Jewish History

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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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History

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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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education

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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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, August 5, 1955, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Now, HearThis! Southwestern Jewish Press, August 5, 1955, Page 4 This space, formerly occupied by Junior Hostess Joyce Addleson, is happy to extend sincere best wishes to her and her fiancé, Sailor Boy Sherman Love of Albany, New York.  Seabee l c Wally Walter also broke the good

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Jewish History, San Diego County

Nietzsche was a philo-Semite, notwithstanding Nazis’ admiration for him

By Barry Rubin   HERZLIYA, Israel — No serious thinker has done more harm to the Jewish people than Friedrich Nietzsche, whose writings were an important inspiration for Adolph Hitler and Nazism. Yet far from being an antisemite, Nietzsche was one of the most pro-Jewish German writers of his time. How can this paradox be

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Houdini exhibit to escape New York, tour the country

By Joel A. Moskowitz, M.D.   LA JOLLA, California — Houdini is a name to conjure with.  For many the word “Houdini” is equivalent to ‘magician’.   More than eight decades after his premature demise, he is returning to California.  Not Houdini per se, but his artifacts, his story and the multiple works which he inspired –

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Jewish History, Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 18, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World Staff Max Rabinowitz To Lead ’55 UJF Drive Southwestern Jewish Press, February 18, 1955, Page 1 Max Rabinowitz, long active in Jewish Community affairs, has accepted the post of General Chairman of the 1955 Combined Jewish Appeal of the United Jewish Fund, Morris Douglas, Fund president, announced. Goal for

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Jewish History, San Diego County

Ohr Shalom in last stages of preservation campaign for old Temple

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Nearly 100 elected officials, preservationists and business leaders from both sides of the U.S./Mexico border gathered Wednesday morning on the site of a historic preservation project at the corner of Third and Laurel streets in Park West. The attendees came from nearby businesses as well those in Baja California to support the

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Jewish History

Re-opening of Cosmopolitan Hotel in Old Town to recall various religious denominations of 19th century San Diego

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The grand opening of the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Restaurant in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park will be commemorated with a free public festival on Saturday, July 10, featuring an open-air night-time circus. The day-long event will begin at 1 p.m. with live entertainment including strolling actors, musicians on stage, and

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History