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L.A. Holiday Info:
Candle lighting: 7:50pm Friday, 03 July 2009 Parashat Chukat-Balak Saturday, 04 July 2009 Havdalah (72 min): 9:20pm Saturday, 04 July 2009 Community EventsThere are no upcoming events currently scheduled.Recent Events HDC 18-29 Young Professional ShabbatonJanuary 25, 2008 (1:30 pm) -- Chanuka Party December 4, 2007 (8:00 pm) View Full Calendar Login Form
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It is no secret that an unfortunate phenomenon exists in our community when it comes to finding a marriage partner. Below is our humble attempt to point out certain common problems and proposed solutions to them. These ideas are in no way our own; they are merely insights that we have gleaned from Jewish texts, lectures, personal advice and yes, learning from our own mistakes. We share them with you, not to arrogantly proclaim that we can solve our problems, but to try to create dialogue and awareness for negative habits that have seeped into our culture. 
This Chanukah, like most Chanukahs that preceded it, we light our Chanukah candles (or hopefully we do), we eat a few donuts, have a few L’chaims, are forced to listen to Adam Sandler’s Chanukah song over and over again on every radio station, and if there is anytime left after all the time spent on giving gifts to all sort of folks, we may come to ask exactly what are we celebrating these eight days for anyway? 
Iranian Jewish religious leaders said the cost has resulted in several weddings being called off and some couples divorcing within a few months of getting married. There's also concern that local Iranian Jews will marry outside of the community or outside of the faith in order to escape the mounting six-figure wedding pressure.