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Oklahoma tornado: How you can help
Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City.
A prayer for Oklahoma
Lord our God, we stood before You just a week ago to receive the Ten Statements of Your Torah. We stood, as though with our ancestors, and listened to the Torah reader chant descriptions of the smoking mountain, the thunderous…
Chabad center taking in Oklahomans displaced by deadly tornado
A Chabad center in Oklahoma City opened its building as a shelter for those displaced by a deadly tornado.
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Justin Timberlake and Coen brothers answer Jewish questions at Cannes
Using his preternatural smoothness, Justin Timberlake saved the Coen brothers from some serious awkwardness at a Cannes press conference for their folk singer film “Inside Llewyn Davis” on Sunday. “Jewish…
Sean Penn lobbies for Charedi man imprisoned in Bolivia
Actor Sean Penn urged a congressional hearing to pressure Bolivia to release a haredi Orthodox father of five under house arrest in the country.
Mel Brooks’ top 10 Jewy Jewish scenes [VIDEO]
Monday night marks the national premier broadcast of the American Masters installment on Mel Brooks. To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a collection of Brooks’ best Jewish clips.
- LIFE & CULTURE
Sarah Silverman sings about staying home in ‘Perfect Night’
For your listening pleasure, “Perfect Night,” in which Sarah Silverman recounts the benefits of skipping the club for the couch. Because this is a Silverman production you can expect references…
Maccabi Tel Aviv back on top but coach future uncertain
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv have reasserted their dominance of Israeli soccer but media reports on Tuesday suggested they might have to continue their revival without coach Oscar Garcia.
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
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State 194: A Documentary About Palestine
Opening this weekend at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 is a very hot-button new documentary called State 194, which follows the recent history of Palestine. Many will approach this film with…
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
What would my Israeli grandmother think?
When I hear about the latest events in Israel – the air strikes on weapons facilities in Syria, the flare-ups over women donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall –…
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Doheny Meats owner said to be involved in previous kosher controversy
Thirty years ago, in 1983, Rabbi Pinchas Gruman, an esteemed scholar of Jewish texts who also holds a doctorate in philosophy, was the chair of the Rabbinical Council of California’s (RCC) committee dedicated to enforcing Jewish dietary law at establishments under its supervision.
Georgia Freedman-Harvey: The art of healing
“By the way, I forgot to mention,” Georgia Freedman-Harvey said at the end of a long interview, “I was a bone marrow donor for a stranger 10 years ago.” That Freedman-Harvey physically gave of herself wasn’t a surprising revelation.
UC Irvine student divestment vote rejected by school officials
A resolution passed by the UC Irvine undergraduate student council calling on the university to divest from companies that “profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestine” has been rejected by the UCI administration.
CON PROP. 30: Is it crucial for higher education?
On Nov. 6, California taxpayers will once again be asked to bail out Sacramento. As the Orange County Register points out, years of fiscal mismanagement means these “will be the 12th, 13th and 14th times over the past decade that Californians are being asked to increase their taxes.”
About a dog, lost and found
The Real Housewives of Orange County are Over
If you OCeeker, you will find
Overcoming my homesickness…
Youth Football and the big dilemma
Tooth Fairy money and other useless artifacts of choice…
Its Just Like Riding a Bike! In My Case a Big-Wheeler…
A Letter to My Neighbors…
We have sunk so low as human beings. Wish I could start my own society!
Oh Carnival Cruise Line, how I wish you’d step up to the rest of them…
Supermarket Memories…
Summer Rules are not meant to be followed, at least in my house…
Voicemail and My Father’s Outgoing Message…
More Facts, Questions and Things I Will Never Understand or Have Answers To.
Ghosts, Spirits and My Kids’ Wild Imagination…
Vintage Stores and the big Dilemma…
Chivalry is Dead!
The laws according to a Super Model, Gisele Bündchen!
With the over-abundance of Synagogues in O.C., I had to pick this one!
Obvious vs. the-Not-So-Obvious!
Jury Duty!
Jewish Men Don’t Cheat! Ha! And Ashley Madison is a Dating Site!
Angelina Jolie’s Tattoos.
Breast is Best - Give me a Break!
Protesting in the U.S.A. - A waste of time?
A Soviet Passover…
Oh Jared Leto, how little I knew about your band…
Pet Rescue or a Scam?
My evening at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honoring “Hot in Cleveland”
Home buying options according to a Kindergartner!
Groups clash over public discussion of Olive Tree Initiative
The Orange County chapter of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), after being denied a venue at two local synagogues, is claiming Jewish community leaders have sought to prevent ZOA from generating public discussion critical of a controversial student program.
Sister Wives, Polygamy, not too bad of an idea…
Drop charges against 'Irvine 11,' Jewish faculty urges
Thirty University of California Jewish studies faculty members asked the Orange County district attorney to drop criminal charges against 11 Muslim students. The faculty members, from seven University of California campuses, are the second Jewish group to come out in support of the students, who have been charged with disrupting a February 2010 speech by Israeli U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine. The Jewish Voice for Peace organization also supports dropping charges against the students.
The Real Housewives of O.C. Are Back!
Is Matchmaking a Mitzvah and how many are supposed to accomplish in our lifetime?
O.C. demonstrators protest Muslim activists
Several hundred people demonstrated outside the Yorba Linda Community Center in Orange County on Feb. 12, where two controversial Muslim activists addressed a fundraiser held by the Queens, N.Y.-based Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA).
It’s a Wonderful Life… in Florida…
Joys of growing up in Communist Soviet Union, and other tales of my Family.
Valentine’s Day Peep Show!
Decals on my car - don’t want any!
Oren hecklers face conspiracy charges
The Orange County district attorney’s office announced on Feb. 4 that it was filing misdemeanor charges against the 11 students arrested in February 2010 for disrupting a speech by Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The defendants — students at UCI and the University of California, Riverside when the incident took place — have been charged with one count each of conspiracy to disturb a meeting and disturbance of a meeting. Arraignment is scheduled for March 11.
My Interview with the Department of Homeland Security!
Great Doctor must not exist!
Not a Ralphs fan in the least
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Dec. 6 - 12: Poetry of La Norte, love and latkes
$10 million in scholarships helps day school flourish
The start of the new academic year at Irvine's Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School (TVT) ushered in what could be a new era in its outreach to Orange County's Jewish community.
Earthquake rattles San Gabriel, Pomona synagogues, Israeli consulate evacuated
An earthquake felt throughout the Southern California area Tuesday morning caused no visible damage to synagogues close to the epicenter in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys. but the Israeli Consulate on Wilshire was evacuated
Chair dancing with the ‘Jersey Boys,’ Mikey Weinstein blocks prosyletizing Pentagon video game
Scene and Heard
Vandals Destroy Large Menorah
Vandals destroyed a large public menorah in Orange County last weekend, an act classified as a hate crime by authorities.
The steel menorah, weighing 150 pounds and standing 15 feet high and 10 feet wide, was located in Ladera Ranch, a planned community near Mission Viejo.
O.C. Election Set for Rosh Hashanah
Jewish groups are expressing anger that government officials, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, have scheduled a special election in Orange County to fall on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days of the year for Jews.
7 Days in the Arts
7 days in the Arts.
Three Rabbis to Pursue Diverse Sabbaticals
Three of Orange County's senior rabbis have decided to take a sabbatical. While the three have decided on their own to take a respite from the 24/7 demands of being a rabbi, their congregations are taking a different approach to temporarily replacing an absent spiritual leader.
Transition to New Center Under Way
The facility still under construction in Irvine is expansive and includes an infant-care facility, preschool, fitness center and gymnasium large enough to accommodate two basketball games. There are areas designated for workout classes, adult education and massage. When completed, there will be lockers for swimmers, space for an art exhibit, playground and Holocaust memorial.
Walk for Hunger
Organizers of the third South Orange County Interfaith Walk for Hunger and Cultural Fair invite the public to participate in the Oct. 26 event, which promises to build bridges between faiths while fulfilling the mitzvah of feeding the hungry.
Look Who’s Talking
Spiritualists, Dead Sea scholars and psychoanalysts are but a sampling of the varied menu of Jewish speakers that are to make scheduled appearances in Orange County over the next few months.
The Circuit
The Circuit
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