Fourth in a series LUBLIN, Poland — A group of about 20 survivors and 2Gs (Second Generation) took a trip out of Warsaw and into the countryside. It was 8 a.m., and Agneishka S. was our guide. We didn’t know what to expect and so we girded our loins for what we knew was going […]
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SAN DIEGO–This license plate was spotted in San Diego County by Melanie Rubin. The extra ES at the end of the name? A matter for speculation.
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Jewish Religion, Melanie RubinBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New Year has begun and Yom Kippur is behind us. Two prominent issues wait for treatment: peace with the Palestinians and a response to domestic social protest. The Prime Minister says that he is working hard to achieve both goals. Optimists are asking themselves if they can expect decisive
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastThird in a Series By Jeanette Friedman Jeanette Friedman WARSAW, Poland — When the World Federation announced that this year’s meeting would be in Poland, many 2Gs (children of survivors), survivors and child survivors were angry. They didn’t want to spend a nickel in the country where their families suffered so brutally, and saw all
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The film The Human Resources Manager will be screened at 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 23, as part of the 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Leichtag Family Foundation, and presented in the Garfield Theatre by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community
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By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — We have all attended meetings disrupted by someone who takes up all the “air time.” We have also been at meetings where one or more participants do not contribute. This is true whether it is a board meeting, a staff meeting, a faculty meeting, or any meeting in
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Natasha JosefowitzCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Templers Plan Beach Party on Aug. 25 Southwestern Jewish Press, August 24, 1956, Page 3 Another “first” for the Templers organization is the Starlight Beach Party, to be held Saturday evening, august 25, 7:30 p.m. sharp. A huge bonfire, under a starlit sky, along the beautiful La Jolla
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistorySAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Following are events planned during November at the College Avenue Senior Center, operated by Jewish Family Service in the social hall of Beth Jacob Congregation, 4855 College Avenue, in the San Diego State University area. Tuesdays, November 1, 8 & 15; 1 – 3 pm Facebook Starter Kit: Facebook is the most
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San Diego CalendarWASHINGTON, D.C. (JINSA)–Bellicose threats directed at Israel by the Turkish government delivered over the past two months are extremely disturbing and demand an American response. Never before in the history of the alliance has a NATO member used such strident and threatening language at a fellow democratic country. This is in addition to nine years
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Middle East
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Somewhere between reality and romanticism is the space in which the Candelaria Family lives. Somewhere is also the title of one of Leonard Bernstein’s reflective ballads from his popular West Side Story and it is also the title of Matthew Lopez’s brand new world premiere comedy drama now being given a
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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSecond in a series By Jeanette Friedman Jeanette Friedman WARSAW, Poland –When I went to look for my grandmother’s house and her grave, I sought one friend, Isaac Kot from Boston, to help me. Isaac and I have known each other since 2002, when we both attended our first World Federation of Jewish Child
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InternationalBy Andrea Erins HOUSTON, Texas — While there are not many Jewish scholarships available through government programs due to issues with the separation of Church and State, there are a number of scholarships available through private organizations. In addition to the national scholarships listed here, there are a number of scholarships through individual colleges and
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Jeanette Friedman Jeanette Friedman NEW YORK — On the Friday night, immediately after Rosh Hashanna, my son Dan called for Shabbat dinner at Occupy Wall Street. There were about 25-30 of us who made kiddush, ate cholent (translates these days into vegetarian chili), had tuna fish instead of gefilte fish and drank lots of
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USA
By David Amos David Amos SAN DIEGO — Do you agree or disagree with the following “arguments”? *Modern music is not modern, and is rarely music. (We are talking about the classical, symphonic and chamber variety, not popular music). *It represents an attempt to perpetuate a European musical tradition whose technical resources are exhausted, and
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