Hanukkah events announced
      Chabad of the Conejo will present a number of events to celebrate Hanukkah. •Throughout the week leading up to Hanukkah, Chabad representatives will visit local Jewish schools and senior homes with olive press demonstrations. The workshop is a handson presentation of how olive oil, ...
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CLU hosts Jewish celebration
      California Lutheran University will present its fifth annual Hanukkah Celebration at 4:30 p.m. Wed., Dec. 5 in the Student Union Building on the campus at 60 W. Olsen Road in Thousand Oaks. Hanukkah begins at sundown Dec. 4.
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Hanukkah book fair slated
      Temple Beth Haverim will sponsor a Hanukkah book fair from 4 to 6 p.m. Mon., Dec. 3 at Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Promenade at Westlake.
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The Art of Being
      "Not Christian or Jew, Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, Zen. Not any religion or culture system. I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or up from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not composed of elements at all . . .
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Called to the Torah
      Halle Lorkis was called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Oct. 20 at Temple Etz Chaim, 1080 Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. She is the daughter of Lisa and Scott Lorkis of Agoura Hills and an eighthgrade student at Lindero Canyon Middle School.
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Interfaith Thanksgiving
Clergy hold joint worship service
     JOINING HANDS- Leaders of several local churches and temples come together to hold an interfaith Thanksgiving service last week at St. Judes Catholic Church in Westlake Village. From left, Cantor Kenny Ellis, Temple Beth Haverim; the Rev. Craig Beeker, Westlake Lutheran Church; Rabbi Gershon Weissma...
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Advent worship at church
      The United Methodist Church of Westlake Village will present the annual Advent Celebration at 4:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 2 in the sanctuary at 1049 Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. For more information, call the church office at (805) 497-7884 or (818) 889-5431, or visit www.umcwv.org.
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