January 9, 2012

College Avenue Senior Center lists February activities

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The College Avenue Senior Center, operated by Jewish Family Service inside the social hall of Beth Jacob Congregation, 4855 College Avenue, has announced its schedule activities for February.  They are as follows: February Feature – Richard Lederer presents American Trivia Thursday, February 23 at 12:45 p.m. Richard Lederer – American Trivia […]

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Travel and Food

David Wolpe to give free lecture at Congregation Beth Israel

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregation Beth Israel continues the celebration of its 150th anniversary with a special appearance by renowned Rabbi David Wolpe at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19. Rabbi Wolpe, who has been named one of the 50 most influential rabbis in America by Newsweek magazine three times, will discuss “Where Leaders Become Heroes

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San Diego County

C.T. Vivian, based on article by Rabbi Ben Kamin, nominated as Examiner.com hero

SAN DIEGO–Rabbi Ben Kamin’s article on C.T. Vivian appeared on the websites of both San Diego Jewish World and Examiner.Com.  Now, on the basis of that article, Vivian has been nominated as a hero who sacrificed himself in the cause of Civil Rights.  Reader voting will determine the outcome of this contest. You can read the

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San Diego Calendar

West Bank settlers who invaded Israeli Army base among ‘enemies within’

 By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The attack on an Israeli army base in the West Bank last month came as a shock to Israelis, not only because security was breached but because it was Jewish settlers, not Palestinian terrorists, who breached it. The army is responsible for all security in the West Bank. Soldiers are

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Middle East

Pre-School ‘guarantee’ adopted by Israeli Cabinet; Yair Lapid gathers momentum

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Once again Prime Minister Netanyahu demonstrated his skills as a magician.   In the morning, his ministers expressed wall to wall opposition to giving up four percent of their budgets for the sake of free pre-school education from the age of three. The government meeting was nastier than usual, with

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Nov. 2, 1956, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, November 2, 1956, Page 7 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant Treatment of the Criminal Offender–In the past when a crime was committed, society dictated that the criminal should be punished under the old theory of an eye-for-and-eye.  However, it

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Adventures in SD History