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Teens Team Up for J-Serve

Youngsters across the Southland and beyond banded together April 17 to participate in J-Serve 2005, the first-ever national day of service for Jewish teens. J-Serve, designed to correspond with Youth Service America\’s National Youth Service Day, offers Jewish teens a way to get involved in tikkun olam projects in their local communities.

Spinning Wheels for a Good Cause

Some people kiss the soil of Israel when they come to the Holy Land. Last month, Audrey Adler didn\’t so much kiss the dirt as inhale it.

Adler and a handful of other Angelenos participated in a charity bike ride for Alyn Children\’s Hospital in Jerusalem through some of the toughest terrain Adler has ridden.

Yeladim

On Sunday, Nov. 14, come to the second annual Jewish Children\’s Bookfest at the Triangle, Mount Sinai Memorial Park (6150 Mount Sinai Drive, Simi Valley, exit the 118 West at Yosemite).

Teleconferencing With Tel Aviv

Students at UCLA participate in a live teleconference with its sister class at Tel Aviv University in Israel.

In Search of Moderate Muslims

Khaled Abou El Fadl, a professor of Islamic law at UCLA, estimates that two years ago he received between 30 and 40 requests from around the country to participate in interfaith dialogues between Jews and Muslims.

Last year he received just one.

\”They just vanished,\” he said during an interview. \”Such invitations are a barometer of the level of dialogue, though my experience may not be representative because of my own idiosyncrasies.\”

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