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Hi, I’m Carol Klein and I like to help people keep connected and informed.

Once upon a time I was a retail merchandise management instructor for data entry on the IBM360 and NCR computer systems in midtown NY and then California.  I became a full time mom after giving birth to my three wonderful children- twins Chaim & Sarah, in 1985, & then David in 1988.

After enrolling my children at the Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach, I worked and volunteered there for the next 10 years as a secretary, receptionist, TI and fundraiser. It was then that I developed my everlasting love for Judaism and the Jewish community. I worked alongside women who were engineers, accountants and teachers who had also opted to surrender higher paying positions. We, Long Beach and Orange county affiliates of Reform Conservative & Orthodox, worked side by side with a common mission to help provide children with a nurturing education and a strong connection to Judaism and community.

Two years before my children’s graduation, I began night classes, once a week, at Golden West College in Huntington Beach to revamp my computer skills as I knew that I would soon relinquish my work at the Hebrew Academy to the next generation of parents.

Shortly before my computer classes ended and six months prior to graduation, I applied for a part time job offered at Temple Beth Shalom in LB where I met Debbie Prog, who was the Director of Hebrew Studies there and also here at Temple Beth Zion-Sinai (now Congregation Shir Chadash). She convinced me to apply here as they needed an office secretary and she thought I’d be perfect.  Although I was not yet seeking a permanent position I was amazed by everyone’s willingness to work with me, time wise, and believed this would be a great place to try out my newly learned skills before moving out into the business world again.

I got very busy applying myself using all my new skills in combination with  something else that I was very familiar with…my Jewish knowledge and soul.    That was fifteen years ago and I’m still here. I am soulfully enriched through my work and the people I have come to know. I have been working alongside God’s greatest gifts to any community- Friends, Volunteers & Donors.

I am thankful that my connection to the Jewish community continues to grow in both knowledge and in friendship. As a member and Scribe Editor of Sharon-Carmel Hadassah in Long Beach,  I have had the pleasure to make even more friends who are motivated and inspired to strengthen their partnership with Israel and ensure Jewish continuity through medical research and more.   

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