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Dedication of a sefer Torah in names and honor of Sol and Fay Chase, z”l
Jewish Life

Dedication of a sefer Torah in names and honor of Sol and Fay Chase, z”l

Posted Friday, October 29, 2021 By Doron Krakow

This past weekend, I shared in a series of experiences that I will carry with me for the rest of my life, a notion shared, no doubt, by all who took part in them. I’ve been wrestling with how best to convey them to you without this message becoming a magnum opus or alternatively diminishing their significance by simply saying too little. Here’s where I came out. I have been privileged to experience many powerful and emotional moments over the course of my career, but the ...

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How the teaching of art and language helps knit together diverse SoCal populations
Early Childhood

How the teaching of art and language helps knit together diverse SoCal populations

Posted Thursday, October 7, 2021 By Jennifer Tanaka

Phung Huynh is hopeful for the future.

As an art professor at Los Angeles Valley College, she is constantly inspired by the next generation. “I feel so lucky for that,” she says. “There’s an exciting new group of artists coming up right now.”

As an educator with previous experience at Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design and Scripps College in Claremont, Huynh continues to encourage budding talent. “I’m getting older,” she says. “I need to give a platform for younger and emerging artists. I try to do that as best as I can and support others.”

One way is through language. L’Héritage Français in La Habra, the International School of Orange and The Language Academy at Aronoff Preschool in Irvine, not to mention the Irvine Chinese School and Chinese Cultural Center, are just a few places in our region offering immersive language classes for younger students. Children spend their school days conversing fully in French, Mandarin, Italian and Spanish. Circle time and songs are taught in foreign languages.

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