Business & Finance

Memoir Recalls Smugglers and Gangsters During Prohibition

During the Roaring Twenties, when alcohol sales were banned across the United States, Jewish fisherman Goldy Goldfarb owned a fleet of boats along the secluded shores of Rockaway, New York—an ideal location for smuggling liquor from Canada. [Cailin Acosta]

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Survey: American Jews Feel Financially Vulnerable

Hebrew Free Loans of San Diego’s Executive Director, Mindi Frankel, attended the International Association of Jewish Free Loans conference. She connected with 29 other free loan agencies. [Cailin Acosta]

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OpEd: Passage of $25 Minimum Wage Ordinance for Hospitality Workers is a Victory over Corporate Greed

It is a modest but necessary step forward in a city where the cost of housing, childcare, and groceries have soared while too many workers’ wages have remained stagnant. [Sean Elo-Rivera]

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Switching TV Providers in Israel No Easy Matter

After wrestling for several years with the less-than-ideal delivery of TV services by one of the two main providers in Israel, we decided to take the fateful step (once again) of changing over to its principal rival. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Jewish Trivia Quiz: Zabar’s

Zabar’s ‍just ‍made ‍another ‍cultural ‍connection ‍outside ‍of ‍the ‍food ‍world ‍in ‍conjunction ‍with ‍the ‍U. ‍S. ‍Open ‍Tennis ‍tournament ‍which ‍just ‍ended ‍in ‍Flushing ‍Meadows, ‍New ‍York. ‍The ‍Upper ‍West ‍Side ‍shoe ‍store ‍West ‍NYC ‍is ‍offering ‍for ‍sale ‍a ‍version ‍of ‍the ‍iconic ‍Adidas ‍Rod ‍Laver ‍sneaker ‍with ‍colors ‍matching ‍the ‍color ‍theme ‍of ‍Zabar’s. ‍[Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Living Dangerously: Integrating the Spiritual into the Commercial World

The central theme of Living Dangerously is the tension between material ambition and spiritual fulfillment. Katsof re-imagines the biblical warning against idolatry, casting money as a false god that promises security but delivers isolation. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Red String Bracelets Used as Amulets

Red string bracelets have been worn to protect against the evil eye and keep bad luck away. Madonna made these bracelets popular, and they were being sold at the Kabbalah Centre. [Cailin Acosta]

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Reiner and Feig Ponder Their Successes as Movie Directors

In a Comic-C0n panel that mixed deep industry insight with sharp comedic timing, directors Rob Reiner and Paul Feig took to the massive Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center to reflect on their careers, their craft, and the chaos of filmmaking. [Shor M. Masori]

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July News of Jewish Interest in East County Magazine

In the first half of July, East County Magazine ran two stories of specific Jewish interest: A member of the community detained and released by ICE, and the Jamul Casino pulling out of SD Pride Festival and donating to JPride’s counter-festival.  Both articles were written by East County Magazine’s editor Miriam Raftery. [SDJW report]

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