New Beginnings
Rob Eshman
May 2, 2002
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Jewish Girls Rule
J.D. Smith
May 2, 2002
It never occurred to me that there was some kind of tacit competition going on, pitting the home Jewesses against the visiting teams from the other major religions.
Songs of Simcha
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
May 2, 2002
As a member of the South Coast Simcha Band, 44-year-old Chattler brings those traditional Yiddish melodies to the Southland.
Winds of Change
Andrea Adelson
May 2, 2002
One of the holiday\’s enduring rituals is pouring to the rim an extra cup of wine in anticipation of a late guest, the prophet supposed to herald freedom.
Israelis in Orange County
Andrea Adelson
May 2, 2002
Violence in Israel, instead of creating community among the area\’s fragmented expatriates, generates emotional shockwaves that turn them into news junkies.
Grass-Roots Support
Andrea Adelson
May 2, 2002
The rally demonstrated the county\’s growing Jewish vocal involvement on Israeli matters, and heightened the Israeli community\’s plight so far from home.
Digitizing the Shoah
Gustavo Arellano
May 2, 2002
A conference on the importance of Holocaust education focused on training teachers to make better use of the Internet revolution.
Orange County Briefs
Journal Staff
March 28, 2002
Nearly 150 volunteers, who phoned local residents for pledges earlier this month, raised $260,911 for the Jewish Federation of Orange County, a 50 percent increase over the $171,081 raised during last year\’s Super Sunday.
White Power, O.C. Style
Penny Starr
December 13, 2001
Who knew that sunny Orange County, home of Disneyland and family values, was the \”Mekka [sic] of National Socialist skinhead bands\” and \”the skinhead capitol [sic] of the world.\”
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