4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (637+ words) By Cailin Acosta in San Diego As Rosh Hashanah approaches, Director of Operation and Outreach Brandon Fisher’s “Four Elements of Teshuvah” series at Beth Jacob Congregation turned to air, or ruach, and the role confidence plays in helping people recognize…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (234+ words) By Jené Verchick, Ph.D., in Los Angeles Every year at this season we talk about teshuvah, our return. We usually picture it as something between a person and God. We think about the ways we have missed the mark,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (172+ words) Drew Pinsky (September 4, 1958), commonly known as Dr. Drew, is an American media personality, internist, and addiction medicine specialist. He hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline from the show's inception in 1984 until its end in 2016. On television, he hosted…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (555+ words) By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D., in El Cajon, California As we get closer to the High Holidays, a time of reflection, renewal, devoted to prayer and forgiveness, I find myself thinking about what it means to really look at ourselves. We…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (793+ words) By Cailin Acosta in San Diego The class began with a creative exercise: participants selected two pictures that represented how they were feeling emotionally. Rather than simply describing their feelings, they were encouraged to meditate on the images and consider…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (189+ words) By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson in Domeyrot, France Spending time away from home gives one a chance to take a longer view of our everyday life, and no view could be longer, or further away from our routine in Israel, than spending…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (315+ words) San Diego Jewish World Rebecca Bauer-Kahan SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – The California Legislature on Monday gave final approval to Assembly Bill 2664, the Safe Worship Zone Act, which creates a 100-foot zone around house of worship entrances where no one…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (375+ words) The Best Day: A Memoir of Finding Joy, Inspiration, Resilience, and Hope by Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff; 182 pages. By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Krakoff writes from a singular vantage point. For more than two decades he…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (701+ words) By Cailin Acosta in San Diego With Rosh Hashanah approaching, Brandon Fisher’s “The Four Elements of Teshuvah” series at Beth Jacob Congregation began with a deceptively simple question: What does it mean to be human? To explore that question, Fisher…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (794+ words) By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Two elderly Southern ladies sat in the front pew as the preacher thundered against sin. When he condemned stealing, they cried, “Amen, Brother!” When he denounced lust, they shouted, “Preach it,…...