HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)– Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Emeritus of Qualcomm, was honored on May 20 with the Technion Medal, the greatest recognition by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, awarded only every three to five years. He received the medal during a festive event in Haifa, marking 20 years of Qualcomm activities [...]
By Max Samarov Over the last month the UC Santa Barbara student government has been voting on a resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel. As a UCSB graduate and former student leader, I spoke at two senate hearings and worked with current students to defeat the resolution. It should now be [...]
DEL MAR, California (Press Release)– The Tarbuton is launching an Israeli Cultural and Hebrew language themed day camp this summer. Keitana is a three-hour, ten-day, Israeli style summer camp conducted in Hebrew. Two camps are offered each session: Hebrew Immersion for Hebrew Speakers who are proficient in Hebrew and Hebrew Enriched for Hebrew Learners. The [...]
By Eran Mukamel LA JOLLA, California–One of the Hebrew language’s most celebrated novelists, essayists and committed public activists visited San Diego last week to talk about Israel’s past, present and future. Amos Oz came to UCSD as the Herman Wouk Chair of Modern Judaic Studies Lecturer, and he used the occasion to confess to his love affair [...]
Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–There were so many things to do, exhibits to see, and people to schmooze with that unless you walked hand-in-hand with a companion during the entire time of the Israel Independence Festival, never letting go for even a minute, no person’s overall experiences there on Sunday, [...]
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County and community partners will sponsor an annual community event to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut on April 21 held at Nobel Athletic Field in the University City area. This is a free event to celebrate and educate our local community about Israel and its culture. [...]
By Rabbi Adam Simon On Sunday, April 21st, San Diego’s Jewish teens and young adults will have an amazing opportunity to learn about Israel, both modern and ancient, in an engaging and fun way. As part of the San Diego Celebrates Israel Festival, and thanks to the generous support of The Jewish Federation of San [...]
By Yiftach Levy SAN DIEGO –Dr. Daniel Pipes is a study in contrasts. He’s a Jewish American historian whose specialty is Islam and the Middle East. He’s a PhD who doesn’t work in academia. But perhaps no dichotomy is as jarring as his soft-spoken manner compared with his subject matter. Sitting across from him at [...]
By Roz Rothstein LOS ANGELES –Although the UC San Diego student government voted last week for divestment from corporations doing business with Israel, the UC regents, who set investment policy, will not even consider the divestment resolution. After the student bill passed, UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla reiterated that “divestment is not the [...]
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Community Foundation and Leichtag Foundation have congratulated Charlene Seidle as the 2013 recipient of the J.J. Greenberg Memorial Award. Seidle, Senior Vice President of the Jewish Community Foundation and Executive Director and Vice President of the Leichtag Foundation, accepted the award at the Jewish Funders Network International Conference [...]