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Orange County
Temple Beth Haverim bankrupt, ADL condemns rise in anti-Semitic incidents
Jewish Journal
August 4, 2008
Temple Beth Haverim, an Agoura Hills-based Conservative congregation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week in an effort to restructure its debts.\n\n
O.C. Incidents Raise Anti-Semitism Fears
Lisa Armony
June 1, 2006
\”There has been a significant rise in the past four years in anti-Semitism generally and on school campuses,\” said Dr. Kevin O\’Grady, associate director of the Anti-Defamation League\’s (ADL) Orange County/Long Beach Region. O\’Grady\’s office recorded 43 cases of harassment and vandalism last year, nearly 50 percent more than in 2003; one-third of these involved public schools.
Vandals Destroy Large Menorah
Tom Tugend
December 29, 2005
Vandals destroyed a large public menorah in Orange County last weekend, an act classified as a hate crime by authorities.\nThe 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.
It’s Time to Change
Jane Ulman
September 2, 2004
It\’s not the birth of the prehominid that scientists have named \”Toumai\” that marks the beginning of our moral evolution, but rather the birth of Adam and Eve.
The Arts
Sandee Brawarsky
September 2, 2004
In this collection of linked stories, the three figures at the center are a mother, father and son who leave Riga, Latvia, for Toronto, Canada. The stories are told from the point of view of the son, Mark Berman, who observes everything and helps interpret the New World for his parents.
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