Finding God
I love to ask students of all ages a spiritual and revealing question: "When have you felt the presence of God in your lives?"
I love to ask students of all ages a spiritual and revealing question: "When have you felt the presence of God in your lives?"
For Shannon McGrady Bane, the music of the High Holidays had always welled up into a transcendent, life-changing event.
What the Russian Jewish immigrants of Orange County lack in numbers they make up for in passion.
Once again, they are upon us: the High Holidays. For some, the holidays are a time to reconnect with family and friends they haven\’t seen in a year.
In a symbolic and literal demonstration of support for Israel, Orange County\’s Jewish organizations are waging a cooperative campaign to send a bit of new year\’s cheer to two economically hard-pressed coastal communities near Israel\’s Gaza this month.&\’9;
A massive gathering on a construction site overlooking Orange County didn\’t celebrate the Jewish community\’s newest school, community center, office building, art gallery, fitness center, swimming pool or theater.
The Sept. 11 terrorist attack propelled already soaring interest in religious studies courses at mainstream college campuses in Orange County and around the nation.
Their subjects will range from anti-Semitism to baseball\’s Ted Williams, from the messianic era to Disney\’s \”The Lion King.\”
The subject of evil is something that has entered my mind often this past year. Since Sept. 11, and also from the ongoing news coverage from Israel, I have had many questions and have engaged in frequent discussions about this subject.
In June 1956, Kathy Kohner, a Jewish girl from Brentwood, began tagging along with some of the neighborhood boys driving out to Malibu.