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A down-home way to treasure that special day
Consider orchestrating a Bar Mitzvah Treasure Hunt that you can host in your backyard, throughout your house or even in a hall rented for the occasion.
Affordable winter escapes are but a snowball’s throw away
Now that the holiday season is upon us, it\’s time to do a little carving — and we\’re not talking brisket.
frdy nt efis
Rabbi Effie\’s specialty is dealing with teenagers. On this night, a happy group of teens is buzzing throughout his modest but welcoming home, and they are filling its many \”play areas.\”
Last chance for ‘Hakuna Matata,’ and please, try the Hot Pstromi
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‘Moishe Houses’ provide post-Hillel hangout for 20-somethings
Say you\’re a few years out of college, living with friends and working in a low-paying job for some do-good organization. You don\’t go to synagogue, but you miss the camaraderie of your college Hillel, and you like to invite people over for Shabbat meals.
Imagine if someone was willing to pay you to keep doing it?
$61.8 Billion
Each year, The Los Angeles Business Journal uses legwork and a little guesswork to discern who\’s worth the most in Los Angeles. Once the list comes out, as it did this week, I like to run it through the old \”Who\’s a Jew?\” detector.
PASSOVER: The 11th Plague: Boredom
Not all seders are sit-down affairs. When \”Dayenu\” begins at the home of Simone Shenassa of West Orange, N.J., everyone takes bunches of scallions and hits everyone else, to imitate the whipping of the slaves.
7 Days in The Arts
Hollywood Fight Club\’s current production \”A Lively … and Deathly Evening With Woody Allen\” brings to the stage three written works by the Neurotic One. Woody Allen\’s \”God,\” \”Death Knocks\” and \”Mr. Big\” all deal with existential dilemmas as only Allen can.
Jewish school spirit can be found in abundance on the USC campus this weekend. The Jewish Student Film Festival has coordinated a weekend of Jewish activities, which culminates in today\’s film fest. Friday evening, attend Shabbat services at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion followed by Shabbat dinner at USC Hillel; Saturday, attend \”Jewzika: A Night of Jewish Musicians\” featuring Dov Kogen and the Hidden, SoCalled and the Moshav Band.
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