SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On August 6, 2023, young philanthropists who are members of Jewish National Fund-USA’s JNFuture Root Society were welcomed into the San Diego home of the organization’s President, Dr. Sol Lizerbram and First Lady Lauren Lizerbram for the community’s inaugural Root Society event. Event co-chair and JNFuture San Diego Board Member, […]
SDJW Staff Report SAN DIEGO — On February 13, 2023, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan hosted a mandatory workshop on the Holocaust titled “What You Do Matters: Lessons from the Holocaust,” training for 500 District Attorney office staff members (including approximately 300 prosecutors and 120 law enforcement investigators) using resources and materials from
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Holocaust, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
On Saturdays, the campus of the San Diego Jewish Academy figuratively is transformed into a nest – in Hebrew, a ken – where some 300 children with mostly Mexican roots are taught in Spanish about their culture, their traditions, and how to be good people, “who will serve the community and practice tikkun olam (repair of the world).” [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA
A seven-hour mediation. A secret recording device. Accusations of extortion. These are the latest twists in the ongoing, ugly saga over control of the Southern California synagogue that survived a 2019 mass shooting only to face a federal fraud conviction of its founding rabbi. [Louis Keene, the Forward]
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California, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
Old-style anthropological museums used to collect things that didn’t belong to them and refused to return these cultural resources to their rightful owners, Micah Parzen, executive director of the Museum of Us, rcently told me during an interview. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – According to the San Diego Hunger Coalition, 1 in 4 people in San Diego County are nutrition insecure – that’s 25%of all San Diegans. And as rising costs and inflation impact our community, these numbers continue to rise with more vulnerable families and individuals facing food insecurity every day. To
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San Diego County
Siguenza, who was formerly the playwright in residence at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, wrote and acted in the one-man play A Weekend With Pablo Picasso which is playing in an encore performance at the New Village Arts theatre in Carlsbad. [Sandi Masori]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
San Diego Crime Stoppers on Wednesday, Aug. 23, offered a reward of up to $1,000 for help in identifying and locating the suspect who threatened and assaulted Orthodox Rabbi Aharon Shapiro on July 24 inside a 7-Eleven store at 5142 College Avenue. Added to a previous offer of $2,500 from the StandWithUs organization, that brings to $3,500 the amount offered for the suspect’s identification and arrest. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, USA
By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — Earlier this summer, the new Harissa restaurant at the Lawrence Family JCC answered the burning question of “Where’s the beef?” for San Diego’s meat-starved kosher restaurant-goers. Well, as it turns out, lighting has struck twice for the same customer base. A mere two days after San Diego Jewish World published
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Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, Travel and Food
SDJW Staff Report SAN DIEGO — Jewish Federation of San Diego President and CEO Heidi Gantwerk last Friday penned an emotional farewell message to the group of nine ShinShinim (young Israeli emissaries) who served with local Jewish organizations this past year, sharing their knowledge, experiences, and passion for Israel with people of all ages. The
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Israel, San Diego County
What once was a choir featuring the voices of male expatriates from South Africa has become a choir of many international voices performing not only Jewish liturgical music but also secular songs in Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew, and English. Choir members hail from countries around the world, among them the U.S., South Africa, France, Guatemala, Mexico, and Israel. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Men’s Choir Brings Joy in Several Languages Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USA
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — At TICO’s (Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra) annual Pops Concert, Robert Zelickman was named the orchestra’s assistant conductor. After the concert’s opening two selections, an unfamiliar Sousa March, “Hands Across the Sea,” and a familiar Strauss waltz, “Voices of Spring,” the orchestra was warmed up for Zelickman as he
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
“Sometimes, I will do a creative service,” she continued. “I will have a theme and I will have some of the basic prayers, but I also ask people to bring poems or stories or something unique that speaks to the theme that I provided. Those were really received well because people could feel that they were participating. I am much more interested in participation than I am in performance.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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Ben Dishman, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USAWhat can I say about the show that is currently at the Civic Theatre? I never knew death could be so fun! The show was a high-energy ball of laughs that never stopped moving. From the moment the curtains opened the crowd was there for it. I’ve never heard such a roar to the opening lines before. [Sandi Masori]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast