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• Giving Jews some much-needed love on Valentine’s Day

  February 13, 2009 8:50pm

  Valentine’s Day may not be Jewish, but a card with a “yasher koach” would be awfully nice right now for a community rocked by affinity scams, budget meltdowns and protest demonstrations.

• Backyard bounty for a Tu B’Shevat seder

  February 3, 2009 2:21am

  In California, who needs a market to celebrate the new year for trees? Assembling the foods for your seder is definitely doable and helps make connections to the mystics and your roots.

• OP-ED: Welcoming a new day for the stranger

  January 4, 2009 10:58pm

  Perhaps a holiday inspired by the work of Martin Luther King will get Jews to follow the mitzvah most cited in the Torah — the need for awareness of and justice for the stranger.

• The miracle this recession year: Chanukah thrift shopping

  December 23, 2008 8:44pm

  Jewish thrift shopping provides an opening not only to stretch one’s budget in tough times but to support organizations hard at work repairing our communities.

• Pass the turkey, B’vakasha!

  November 14, 2008 1:29am

  With relatives flying in from eretz everywhere, with drama in the kitchen and at the table, and a time to give thanks and say shehechiyanu for being able to celebrate together another year, Thanksgiving surely is as an adopted Jewish day of family gathering.

• Halloween or Shabbat? A tricky choice

  October 29, 2008 9:00am

  As Friday, Oct. 31 approaches, a debate between traditions is raging in many Jewish homes: challah vs. candy, the Sabbath Queen vs. the Pumpkin King, blue homes vs. orange.

• Who’s in your sukkah?

  October 2, 2008 9:00am

  Creating a personal list of ushpizin, guests for your sukkah, can add to the season of joy.

• The shofar – a rhapsody in green

  September 10, 2008 9:00am

  In a year of sustainability and carbon footprints, high gas and hybrids, the shofar is the simplest, most eco-friendly method of reaching the Jewish community with a vital message.

• Write your own dirge for Tisha B’Av

  July 28, 2008 9:00am

  Writing your own kinah, or dirge, could help forge a more intimate connection with Tisha B’Av, the fast day that commemorates a series of tragic events in Jewish history.

• At Shavuot, praise for the scroll

  May 14, 2008 9:00am

  As Shavuot and its focus on receiving the Torah approach, Los Angeles writer Edmon J. Rodman unfurls a paean to the scroll.