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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 3, 1956, Part 5

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Memorial Meeting Slated for Samuel Charney-Niger by Zionists Groups Southwestern Jewish Press, February 3, 1956, Page 7 Samuel Charney-Niger, one of the great personalities in the Jewish and Hebrew literary world for the last half-century, died recently at the age of 72.  A memorial meeting will be held […]

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 3, 1956, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Goldie Schusterman Honored At Testimonial Dinner by Birdie Stodel Southwestern Jewish Press, February 3, 1956, Page 4 On Sunday, February 12, Birdie Stodel B’nai B’rith Auxiliary will give a Testimonial Dinner at the Mission Valley Country Club in honor of Mrs. Goldie Schusterman. Mrs. Schusterman has served unselfishly

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 3, 1956, Part 2

Jewish Community Center Season of Fun in Progress-Activities Serving the Entire Family Southwestern Jewish Press, February 3, 1956, Page 2 The Jewish Community Center is becoming a Family Agency serving the social, recreational and cultural needs of every individual in the family. A season of fun is now in progress and out of the Center

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 2, 1956, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Jewish Center Sets Annual Meeting Feb. 19 Southwestern Jewish Press, February 2, 1956, Page 1 The annual dinner meeting of the Jewish Community Center will take place on Sunday, Feb. 19, at 6:45 p.m. in Temple Center, 3rd and Laurel Sts. Reservations at $3.00 per plate are now

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 20, 1956, Part 3

  Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Synagogue Has New Organization Southwestern Jewish Press, January 20, 1956, Page 5 A newly formed youth organization at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, the United Synagogue Youth, had its first meeting Saturday, January 14, with a great deal of success. It was a get-acquainted affair. The officers at this

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 20, 1956, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff The Bond Drive (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, January 20, 1956, Page 3 Those of us who heard Simon E. Sobelof, at the Israel Bond Dinner, were firmly convinced that the Bond Drive must continue!  We are sure that the Jewish community is aware that Bonds are an investment

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 20, 1956, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staffSouthwestern Jewish Press, January 20, 1956, Page 1 Crisis in Israel Spurs Early U.J.F. Drive The continuing crisis in Israel will spur an attempt for an early start to the 1956 United Jewish Fund campaign, according to Morris W. Douglas, Fund President. Douglas stated that this year’s campaign will

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 6, 1956, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Happy New Year! Southwestern Jewish Press, January 6, 1956, Page 5 With the Christmas and New Year holidays in the past, we have nothing else to contemplate except another year.  Let’s look around and see what happened in 1955 in our community. “ Ne new Synagogues were built,

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Sister schools in Louis Rose’s hometown and adopted city approved by San Diego School Board

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Board of Education on Tuesday, March 29, formally approved a sister-school agreement between Cabrillo Elementary School here and the Grundschule of Neuhaus-an-der-Oste, Germany, thereby making partners of schools in the hometown of  Louis Rose and  his adopted home in San Diego. Rose, an entrepreneur who

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Remembering the Exodus and the American Civil Rights struggle

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–Wednesday night Judy, Margalit, and I watched The Secret Life of Bees. The movie, produced in 2008, is based on the book by the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The story takes place in Southern Carolina in 1964 in the midst of racial turmoil. The Civil Rights Act had

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