Chabad Hebrew Academy challenges students to be their best academically and Jewishly

“The Blessings of a B Minus: Using Jewish Teaching to Raise Resilient Teenagers”

Design Studio West designs extraordinary kitchens and baths from the ground up

Moishe House opens in San Diego

The desert stars come out at night and during the legendary Palm Springs International Film Festival. But during the other 11 months, residents are making their own appearances with style and ingenuity. From novels and music to movies and beauty pageants, desert residents make their mark with a touch of Jewish glitz and glamour. The [...]

My children attend Chai Altman Preschool at Chabad of Poway. When I received an e-mail from Morah Bluma Rubenfeld, the director of religious education, requesting the donation of fruit and a tree for the school’s Tu B’Shevat celebration, I figured I could just drive over to Evergreen Nursery and purchase a tree for the kids [...]

Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel has turned Chula Vista’s Temple Beth Sholom into a percussive, melodious congregation

Sexual abuse victims in insular religious communities find their voices

At San Diego Jewish Academy, study sessions aren’t complete without a little tikkun olam

Twenty-five years ago today, while everyone else in Los Angeles was fervently pitching movie ideas, getting new headshots or splurging on some exorbitant, designer winter surgery, I was getting married. The lead up to the wedding was this: I had lived with my boyfriend Paul for two years. One day, while he was making a [...]

New York-style Deli Fare Right at Home

It’s Borscht

Teach Your Children Well

Blue Funk Rising

Crisis Management

The Jew and the American Tough Guy

Flowers Bloom in the Desert Through SHALVA

I remember when my husband and I began seeking out a religious congregation we could call home. After living most of our lives determining our relationship with God would be on our own terms, out of the control of organized religion, we decided the communal atmosphere and thought-provoking sermons could add a richness that had [...]

100 years old, and going strong

Wedding Yentas make wedding planning a piece of honey cake for Jewish brides

Lawrence Family JCC’s Nierman Preschool works to make its students as ready as possible for like in kindergarten and beyond, in a fun and happy environment

A Complete Schedule

In its sixth year, Yom Limmud brings an international line-up to the Lawrence Family JCC for a Jewish-education-filled day