Judaism

Jenny Camhi: Building Jewish Community in North County

While not everyone was Jewish, “we had a community ketuba of values” in which it was agreed that “we all come from different faith backgrounds, but we can agree that innovation, caring for one another, caring for the environment, and acting with intention were the things that we all wanted to do. So, we had one of our Hive members create a community ketuba (a written contract, usually for marriages.) We illustrated it and we all signed it.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Ben Dishman, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food

County Assessor Jordan Marks Honored by International Assessors Organization

“I am honored to receive this esteemed IAAO award,” said Marks, who is a member of San Diego’s Jewish community. “This award could not have been possible without the great team here at the San Diego County Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk’s office. Their hard work and focus on putting the customer first make awards like this possible.”

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Jewish History, Press Release, San Diego County, USA

Herb Kohl, former U.S. Senator and Milwaukee Bucks Owner, Dead at 88

While Kohls Department Store co-owner Herb Kohl served in the U.S. Senate for four terms, a sign on his door read “The Bucks Stop Here” – a pun on Harry Truman’s old saying that combined the Jewish senator’s political career with another great love.  Kohl also was the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team. [SDJW staff]

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Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Sports & Competitions, USA

Being Happy for Others: Insights From Menashe

Shabbat Vayechi 5784 By Rabbi Daniel Reich LA JOLLA, California — One of the oldest and most cherished customs of the Jewish people is the parental blessing bestowed upon their children on Friday nights. It provides a precious moment of profound connection between parent and child, offering heartfelt blessings for the realization of their full

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Daniel Reich-Rabbi, Jewish Religion

Wilfrid Israel: The Unintentional Gaza War Memorial

By Jerry Klinger YOKNEAM, Israel — The Wilfrid Israel Memorial was an idea proposed by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) over a year ago. JASHP was going to pay for it. The hard part was getting permission to site it. JASHP has a message that needed to be said: Jews rescued Jews

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Holocaust, International, Israel, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion

Remembering Sandy Lakoff, Founder of UCSD’s Political Science Department

Sandy fostered long-lasting connections to friends around the world such as Jacob Goldberg, who had served as an adviser to Israel’s prime minister, Ehud Barak. That 40-year friendship began when the Lakoffs hosted Goldberg’s lecture at their home on behalf of American Professors for Peace in the Middle East. [Eileen Wingard]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Eileen Wingard, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Javier Guerrero: Growing and Distributing Food in Accordance with Jewish Ethical Teachings at Coastal Roots Farm

After four years heading Coastal Roots Farm, first as executive director, and later as the President and CEO of the independent, nonprofit farm, Guerrero can sling around a lot of Hebrew, some of which may be unfamiliar to non-Hebrew speaking American Jews. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Ben Dishman, Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Chicago actor Mike Nussbaum dies at 99, the oldest working actor in the country

Published by Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Mike Nussbaum, acknowledged by the Actor’s Equity union as the oldest professional actor in America and a dynamic and yet steadying influence in Chicago theater for decades, died Saturday at home at the age of 99. He was days short of his 100th birthday. And until his final week,

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Obituaries & memorials

Opinion: How U.S. Universities Became Bastions of Antisemitism

What is not spoken about, and perhaps not publicized very much, is how universities in the 1970s, in a mad rush to balance their debt, began to take in very large endowments and contributions from the oil-rich Arab and Muslim countries. I know this firsthand. I was a doctoral candidate at Boston University in the ‘70s, earning my PhD in sociology in May 1981. I sat in class with Muslim students, who were mostly from Iran and Saudi Arabia. [Amy Neustein]

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Amy Neustein, Antisemitism, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

In Memory of My Saba: Setting the Stage for Yehuda’s Kingship

Shabbat Vayigash 5784 By Rabbi Daniel Reich LA JOLLA, California — Parshat Vayigash continues from where we left off last week, as Yehuda confronts Yoseph in the aftermath of the stolen goblet incident that led to Binyamin’s imprisonment. The narrative carefully retraces the sequence of events, beginning with Yoseph’s peculiar interest in their family. Yehuda makes

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Daniel Reich-Rabbi, Jewish Religion

Rabbi Warns Where Upsurge in Antisemitism May Be Leading

An old kind of hate has been very visible lately. High-profile entertainers and athletes have openly spouted antisemitic tropes. There’s also been a steady rise in the number of hateful incidents directed at Jewish people over the past several years. According to the Anti-Defamation League, 2022 was the highest year on record for documented reports of harassment, vandalism and violence directed against Jews. [Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg]

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Bernhard H. Rosenberg-Rabbi, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, USA