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Shinim are high school graduates who choose to defer their military enlistment and embark on a year of service. ShinShin is a Hebrew acronym for Shnat Sherut (year of service). They are carefully selected, recruited, trained, and deployed to Jewish communities around the world, bringing Israel to life through their youthful enthusiasm and dedication. Amit and Yael have been in Orange County since August. Let's see what they've been up to...

Undisputed comic legend, Lenny Bruce—born Leonard Alfred Schneider—was one of the greatest stand-up artists of the 20^th century. His unwavering commitment to free speech led to numerous obscenity charges and arrests as he fought for freedom of speech all the way to the Supreme Court. 

The paths of two minority communities in early Orange County, Hispanic (mostly Mexican) and Jewish, usually didn’t overlap, but it was a bit different in San Juan Capistrano, which had a significant long time Hispanic population, and where Max Mendelson, owner of the Mendelson Mission Inn and the local postmaster, was affectionately known as “Don Marcos.” Mendelson was unwittingly placed in the middle of a conflict between Modesta Avila, a young woman who had lived in the ...