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Has your gift list got game?

Demand for PlayStation 3 and Nintendo\’s Wii is outstripping the available supply, and analysts predict the shortage could lead to increased demand for Microsoft\’s Xbox 360.

But how will you know which system is the right fit for your family?

Pick a cause

In addition to my business, I always take on the opportunity to help in my own community. I believe that it is important to help out whenever you can, whether it\’s picking up trash at the beach or working at a charity benefit, as well as taking on new challenges.

In the ‘hood, the treat is no trick

Halloween is seen as the crowning achievement of secular emptiness. You celebrate, glorify, trivialize and idolize something as deep and holy as death, and in return, your kids get to gorge on KitKats and day-glow jawbreakers.

Trading in happy meals for real happiness

Living a life of dual identity is no simple task. On one hand, my peers and I are told to live up to the expectations of being Modern Orthodox teens, but on the other side of the spectrum we are tempted by the culture of the secular world on an everyday basis.

The magic Spend/Save/Tzedakah Plan keeps kids thinking

How do we enlighten our concrete-thinking kiddies to the fact that — despite popular playground belief — money doesn\’t grow in ATM machines? With the Spend/Save/Tzedakah plan, of course!

Calabasas evens playing field for special-needs kids

The city of Calabasas is preparing a play area where the thousands of special-needs children living in the Conejo and West San Fernando valleys can play alongside all children their age. Brandon\’s Village, the area\’s first universally accessible handicapped playground, is scheduled to open on Oct. 28 at Gates Canyon Park on Thousand Oaks Boulevard, just east of Las Virgenes Road.

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