County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk Jordan Z. Marks, who is the son of a rabbi, is urging religious institutions to consider utilizing their favorable tax status to build much-needed affordable housing and child care centers. [Donald H. Harrison]
Shana Hazan says her experiences working for Jewish Family Service, such as devising and shaping a program to feed the hungry that was staffed largely by teen volunteers, helped inform the decisions she now makes as one of the five trustees of the San Diego Unified School District. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SDJW Staff Report LA JOLLA, California — Hillary and Avi Levison of La Jolla made Aliyah to Israel with their three daughters last month. For New York native Avi, 43, and Cleveland native Hillary, 38, what was initially intended as a “one-year adventure” of moving to the West Coast for its quality of life and
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Israel, San Diego County
Eight days after Orthodox Rabbi Aharon Shapiro, 65, suffered an attack at a 7-Eleven store in the College area, there still has been no arrest — even though the perpetrator clearly was seen on the store’s security cameras. [Donald H. Harrison]
City Council President Elo-Rivera Appeals for Information on Antisemitic Attack Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, USA
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Intersections at UC San Diego Park and Market is a new multicultural concert series that showcases both local and non-local artists, curated by musician, performer, and filmmaker, Yale Strom. These events will take place at the Guggenheim Theater at UC San Diego Park and Market, located in San Diego’s East
Blending and Celebrating Diverse Cultures Downtown Read More »
Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
Jewish Family Service is giving serious consideration to forming a partnership with a developer to build between 100 and 200 affordable housing units, according to Deborah Bucksbaum, the new board chair of the social service agency. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The World Jewish Congress, as part of its work with Borussia Dortmund to fight antisemitism and promote Jewish life, praised the team for participating last Friday in a project at the San Diego Jewish Academy that memorializes children killed in the Holocaust. The German soccer club had trained for much
Picture yourself taking the New York subway in the 1980s. You’re in a cramped subway car with your shoulder hitting the person next to you, claustrophobia creeping in. The heavy graffiti heightens how grimy it feels to be on the subway, and the smell only makes it worse. Not only that, but there may be other passengers who make you feel a little uneasy. [Rowanne Reifman]
Connections and Disconnections on the New York Subways Read More »
Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
SDJW Staff Report SAN DIEGO — “Who Are the Marcuses?” — a documentary that reveals the mystery behind a couple who made the largest-ever charitable donation to an institution based in Israel — was recently named the audience award winner for Best Feature at San Diego’s annual Blue Water Film Festival. Held in June
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — I’ve been a subscriber and reviewer of North Coast Repertory Theatre for the past 25 years, and as they close out their 41st season, this intimate venue proves that like a fine wine or a rare gem such as obsidian, moonstone or sapphire imbued with magic, it
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
The JCC has become the local home of the BBYO movement and is actively seeking to reinvigorate in San Diego County the 100-year-old organization that began life as the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, but which is now an independent entity, using only its initials for identification purposes. [Donald H. Harrison]
Reinvigorating BBYO in San Diego County Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Lifestyles, San Diego County
Between the time a Jew utters the Vidui (confessional prayer) on his or her deathbed and is buried in any of seven Jewish areas at El Camino Memorial Park, there is a flurry of activity involving groups of people intent on complying with Jewish rituals for the proper treatment of the deceased. [Donald H. Harrison]
From Death to Burial: A Jewish Ceremonial Primer Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
Local Jewish organizations on Friday issued the following statement regarding the unfolding story surrounding the county’s human relations commissioner: To Our Community Members: We strongly condemn the antisemitic comments made by a commissioner at the San Diego County Leon Williams Human Relations Commission (HRC) meeting on July 18. Antisemitism has ramped up in the world,
City Councilman Raul Campillo has called on “everyone who has a camera on their home or front door” in his 7th Council District “to review their footage if a flier was dropped near you, to help identify these hateful people and to help prevent the next hate incident and crime.” [Donald H. Harrison]
San Diego Officials Grapple with Increasing Antisemitism Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County