Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller
RACHEL HELLER is a freelance journalist whose interests include the arts, culture, business, Yogurtland and cats. She is an East Coast transplant to Sherman Oaks whose work has appeared in TRIBE, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Whole Life Times, Ventura Blvd. magazine and MyDailyFind.com.

Features

Holy Harvest

Sep 20 2012 No Comments by

It’s a Tuesday evening, and Rabbi Craig Wyckoff is turning the compost in a wire bin next to rows of kale…

Community

Sister Act, Part Three

Apr 23 2012 No Comments by

Like her classmates at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR)…

Features

Our Green Faith

Jan 20 2012 No Comments by

It’s a chilly Friday evening in early December and dozens of dads and their sons are huddled around sheets of aluminum foil on an outdoor patio in the Simi Valley hills, trying to make fire.

Features

The Shul That fits

Sep 09 2011 No Comments by

It happens most Friday nights. I close my laptop, pack stray work-related thoughts into my mental filing cabinet …

Arts

Paint by Soul

Aug 01 2011 No Comments by
Ora Tamir Photo by Courtney Raney The walls of Ora Tamir’s home are covered with [...]

Tribe Life

Dining In

Happy Meals

Cooking up kids’ favorites can be delicious and nutritious

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Dining Out

Thrill of the Grill

Eilat Grill in Valley Village is filled with rows of homemade pastries, plates full of thick hummus, heaping piles of meat — and 22 pallets’ worth of Jerusalem stone.

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Shopping

Fun Under the Summer Sun

Summer is finally here. The blue skies beckon kids of all ages to get outside, ­explore the world and play.

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Real Estate

At Home in the Valley

On television and in the real world, this duo is selling the American dream

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Technology

There’s an (Israeli) App for That

Israel is home to some of the biggest technology innovators in the world.

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