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Spring Cleaning – Importance of Carpet cleaning

This spring and summer learn the importance of cleaning your carpet with Dr. Carpet. According to the delightful customer base of Dr. Carpet, we all love to decorate our homes. After all our homes are something that belongs to us, are representative of our lifestyle and comfort zone. We decorate it with all sorts of things from furniture to rugs and just about anything we can lay our hand upon…

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Enduring Voice

Yom HaShoah exists as an annual memorial to more than six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis during World War II. On April 26 at 7 p.m. Cypress College will pay respect to this Holocaust Day of Remembrance with a ceremony that promotes acceptance and inclusion, diversity and justice, no matter one’s race, religion, color or creed. [su_simplepullquote]Cypress College presents second…

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#Cypress College #Holocaust

TVT Celebrates 25 Years, Holds Gala April 30

When Irving Gelman founded TVT Community Day School 25 years ago, he could not have imagined the huge and growing state-of-of-the art campus, the kind of relationships that would develop among everyone affiliated with the school or the academic recognition the school would garner. Today, TVT is all that and more, and Papa Gelman is still handing out diplomas and telling stories to students of all…

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#Tarbut V&039;Torah (TVT)

Decolonization?

[su_simplepullquote direction=”center”]Israel has the right to exist[/su_simplepullquote] The International Women’s Group wants to decolonize Israel. Then again, when a Palestinian-American like Linda Sarsour is the voice most often heard, what can we expect? A voice that claims to speak for women everywhere yet speaks harshly about the only democracy in a region that exemplifies horror, Sarsour…

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#Israel

Just the Facts, Ma’am

At a recent Shabbat lecture at University Synagogue, journalist Joel Kotkin discussed media bias. In his opinion this issue is not limited to mainstream media. It crosses party lines and political perspectives. [su_simplepullquote]Whither objective journalism?[/su_simplepullquote] Where, then, can ordinary people get pure, unadulterated versions of the facts? Is it possible to eliminate the views…

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The Story of Purim

A long time ago in a galaxy not too far away, the Persians would have gotten away if it weren’t for princess Esther… The Germans weren’t the first to try and exterminate the Jews. A long time ago in a galaxy not too far away, the Persians would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those pesky kids princess Esther with the help of her Obi Wan of a cousin Mordechai who helped raise and…

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#Purim

Ethical and Moral Behavior

Ethics is the philosophical study of moral values and rules based on what is right from wrong. Morals is the standard of behavior, to act accordingly to the principles of knowing right from wrong. The moral of a story is the lesson we learn, the meaning and lesson we take from it. Values are our moral code, something we take from our cultural beliefs and standards. [su_simplepullquote…

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#Purim

Global Attraction: TVT Film Festival

When the TVT Film Festival opens its doors on March 30 at the Port Theater in Corona del Mar, it will screen films representing the best works of filmmakers from schools around the world. Now in its 12th year, the film festival will award prizes and combine the screening with the debut of an album written and produced by the TVT Advanced Institute Band and selected works from the TVT Poetry…

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#Tarbut V&039;Torah (TVT)

Murder the Messenger?

University Synagogue will hold its annual Biblical trial, “The People vs. the Sailors for Attempted Murder” The Biblical trial of “The Book of Jonah: The People vs. the Sailors for Attempted Murder” will be held on Sunday, March 5, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., at University Synagogue, 3400 Michelson Drive, Irvine. UC Irvine School of Law Founding Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, who is also a University Synagogue…

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Ethical and Moral Behavior

Ethics is the philosophical study of moral values and rules based on what is right from wrong. Morals is the standard of behavior, to act accordingly to the principles of knowing right from wrong. The moral of a story is the lesson we learn, the meaning and lesson we take from it. Values are our moral code, something we take from our cultural beliefs and standards. [su_simplepullquote…

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#Purim

Amazing Mitzvah

Today was an incredible day for our community and especially for our children! Here is the story behind the idea of today’s event… [su_simplepullquote]Kids’ Challah Bake honored speedy recovery of Nicky Colley and others fighting cancer.[/su_simplepullquote] Last year I had the privilege of working with my best friend, Nicky Colley, on the OC Mega Challah Bake. It was an insanely huge undertaking…

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#Chabad of Irvine #OC Mega Challah Bake

Arbors and Hope

Tu B’Shevat, the 15th of Shevat is the Jewish Arbor Day in the land of Israel. This year the holiday begins at sundown on Friday, February 10, and lasts through Saturday, February 11. Celebrate like those in Israel with a Seder. It is customary to eat figs, raisins, dates, almonds, olives, bokser-carob and pomegranates and drink grape juice. Reciting Biblical passages where the Seven Species…

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#Tu B&039;Shevat

The Real Importance Of Finding Yourself

Growing up in a home of Bal Teshuva; although not preferred, my life choices were respected. Often there were times someone from my large family of nine children would comment on what I should be doing. I respected there belief, but not enough to persuade me to share the same lifestyle. It wasn’t until I got to Israel that I noticed how much I had forgotten; maybe even just ignored, my own…

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An Evening of Music and Charm

It was Chinese New Year 2017, at the world class Segerstrom Theatre of the Arts on the evening of Saturday January 28. The infamous Pacific Symphony and exuberant conductor Carl St. Clair led the many acts with grace and perfection. There were Chinese dancers, the youngest looking barely old enough to walk, let alone move with such grace. Multi-colored costumes, ribbon, fans and, of course,…

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Lone Soldier

What is a 24-year-old American, a graduate of an Ivy League University, doing serving in the Israel Defense Forces? [su_simplepullquote]Comic Joel Chasnoff to Perform at University Synagogue February 10.[/su_simplepullquote] Find out Friday evening, February 10, 2017, at 8 p.m., when stand-up comedian and author Joel Chasnoff returns to University Synagogue to present “Lone Soldier: Being An…

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#Entertainment #Israel Defense Forces (IDF)#University Synagogue

Soft-Core Denial

American historian Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, will speak at the Merage Community Center on Thursday, March 16, at 7 p.m. TVT Community Day School will present the program as part of its speakers series. [su_simplepullquote]Historian Deborah Lipstadt to speak at Merage JCC March 16, 2017.[/su_simplepullquote] Dr.…

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For the Love of the Shul

Highlighting the Gala Dinner at Beth Jacob Congregation of Irvine will be the awards presented to a group of highly deserving yet modest people. Scheduled for Sunday, February 12, at 5:30 p.m., at BJI, 3900 Michelson Drive, in Irvine, the elegant event will pay tribute to people whose love of the congregation and its members inspire them to give so much of themselves. [su_simplepullquote]Beth…

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#Beth Jacob Congregation

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