San Diego County

UCSD Jewish Students ‘Finally Getting Their Due’ as Long-Awaited Hillel Opens

By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — Top lawmakers and Jewish community leaders celebrated the official opening Sunday of a Hillel center adjacent to UC San Diego following 23 years of struggle. The $18.7 million Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center, built on previously vacant land across La Jolla Village Drive […]

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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices Continues to Tap Into Community’s Creativity

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The 15th season of Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices continues on Tuesday evening, January 17, at 7 p.m., featuring three Jewish poets from our community, Roberto Nejmias, Julie Potiker, and Lisa Schwartz. Register here: https://my.lfjcc.org/12680/12681 Nejmias writes in Spanish and his sister, Sara Artenstein, will be reading the English translations.

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County

Hillel of San Diego Announces Long-Awaited Opening of Jewish Center at UC San Diego

(JNS) Following 20 years of legal challenges, Hillel of San Diego will open the $18.7 million Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center — a long-anticipated center for Jewish students and the entire community adjacent to the UC San Diego campus at 9009 La Jolla Scenic Drive North — on Sunday, Jan. 15. According to David

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Beth Israel Lecture to Cover ‘Antisemitism in Visual Art Since the Middle Ages’

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On Wednesday, January 18, from 7-8 p.m., the Congregation Beth Israel Men’s Club Speaker Forum presents, “Antisemitism in Visual Art Since the Middle Ages,” a lecture by Claudia Hercman. Hercman was born and raised in Buenos Aires, within the Argentinian Jewish community. She is a tour guide and translator. She

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Holocaust, International, Jewish History, San Diego County

Yiddish Songs to Kick Off New Musical Series at Lawrence Family JCC

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — A new series of Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library will be launched on Thursday, January 5, 2 p.m. in the library of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. Register here. The three-part series will feature songs of our people, opening with Yiddish Songs.

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Program Fuses New and Old Music, Creativity, Meaningful Connection to Chanukah

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The Litvak Dancers’ LIGHT and Yale Strom’s Broken Consort program served as a memorable opening for the eight nights of Chanukah. Performed on the first night of the holiday for an appreciative audience in the Lawrence Family JCC’s Garfield Auditorium, the two-part program was presented by the Center

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Dor L’ Dor: ‘Annie’ Continues To Delight 

The sun comes out at the Civic Theatre for the next few days.  The beloved musical Annie is back!  It’s been in San Diego several times, made into a few movies, and is a favorite of children’s theatre groups.  In spite of all this, somehow my son had never seen it, so I was really excited to go with him and show him something that was dear to my childhood. Afterall, what Gen X drama kid didn’t attempt an off-key version of “Tomorrow” at an audition or two?  My inability to hit those notes may have been the reason I was never cast in the show, but 12-year old actress Ellie Pulsifer, in her debut role, knocked it out of the park.  Looking around the theatre, it seemed that there were many parents like myself who were there with their children, excited to introduce the next generation to such happy songs as “Your Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile”, “Hard Knock Life”, and of course, “Tomorrow”.  The smiles on the faces of the kids showed that they were just as excited as their parents.  [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Biden Signs Legislation Naming a Post Office for Susan Davis

President Joe Biden signed a bill Monday in Washington d.C. that will rename the Rolando post office branch after former Rep. Susan A. Davis, D-San Diego. “Throughout her more than 20 years of public service, (Davis) always put her constituents first and fiercely advocated and delivered for our kids, students, families, service members and veterans, and the LGBTQ+ community,” Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-San Diego, said in a statement when she introduced the bill. [Times of San Diego]

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California, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

Sesame Place San Diego Makes Chanukah the Centerpiece of a Day at the Theme Park

By Jacob Kamaras CHULA VISTA, California — How does it feel to be included? Southern California’s Jewish community experienced precisely that feeling December 19 on the first day of Chanukah at Sesame Place San Diego, which hosted a Chanukah celebration that featured a menorah candle lighting ceremony, a dance party with Chanukah music, dreidel playing

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Jacob Kamaras, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

A Brazilian-born San Diegan’s Chanukah Song

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Brazilian-born singer Carla Berg’s original Chanukah song, “Nes” (Miracle), with lyrics in Ladino, is available as a video clip on YouTube and on other digital platforms. It was produced by Allan Phillips at APMStudio in San Diego and was released last year. It is a welcome addition to

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County