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Groups praise child nutrition law, with qualms

Jewish groups praised the renewal of a law funding school meals, but expressed concern that it was financed in part by money designated for food stamps. The approval in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act means the bill — which had been subject to some last minute wrangling — is ready for enactment by the president. The bill extends for another ten years funding for school lunches and breakfasts for children from families that depend on the meals, estimated at 4.2 million households.

frdy nt efis

Rabbi Effie\’s specialty is dealing with teenagers. On this night, a happy group of teens is buzzing throughout his modest but welcoming home, and they are filling its many \”play areas.\”

For the Kids

Chanukah! The holiday of lights is here

Varsity Blues

As the summer draws to a close, Jason Kahan feels anxious and excited: soon his firstborn, Aron, is to begin his freshman year of college at UC Santa Barbara.

Kids Page

Ack! Summer\’s halfway over. I hope you\’re having a great summer. Are you at camp? Did your parents take you on a fun trip? A cruise, perhaps?

Pre-Pesach Culinary Blues

The pre-Pesach season is both exciting and disturbing to my family. Exciting, because due to our exuberant cleaning for the holiday, emptying drawers, overturning mattresses and, in general, preparing the house for a visit by Martha Stewart, we find all kinds of things that have been missing in action for months.

Decorating Your Sukkah

Why do we build the sukkah? To be reminded of our ancestors\’ lives in the desert, when they lived in huts made from branches and leather.

Making a Difference

Rabbi Bernie King watched the rioting sparked by the Rodney King verdict, but what he saw was gam zo l\’tovah, the Jewish notion that also, this is for good.

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