Adrienne Gold Davis, without the benefit of a microphone, silenced a roomful of Jewish women (no mean feat!) while delivering an insightful and timely message about forgiveness. Attendees ranged in age from about 4 to 74 and represented the entire spectrum of Jewish observance. [Eva Trieger]
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Eva Trieger, Israel, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County
How did the exploitation of men, women, and children in countless camps across Europe and North Africa fit into National Socialist ideology? What was the role of fascism in this ideology? And how did the victorious allies punish the Nazis for imprisoning and enslaving hundreds of thousands of people? All too often these questions are sidelined by the understandable focus on mass murder. Despite major advances in Holocaust historiography over the last several decades, however, scholars still grapple with these issues. [UCSD Holocaust Living History Workshop news release]
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California, Holocaust, International, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
Most of the production was comedic, poking fun at the challenges of seniority, with no holds barred, from prescription drugs to diapers. There were romances, one unrequited, facing the problems of a demented spouse; and one with a happy ending. [Eileen Wingard]
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food
Jenin has no redeeming value. It is simply there for vilification of Jewish people based on falsehoods. San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts could have done research and said no. It didn’t. [Sam LItvin]
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Sam Litvin, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Last month I had the delightful opportunity to interview two bikers who were planning to participate in the Ride2Remember, a motorcycle ride created to pay tribute to Holocaust survivors and memorialize those who perished. This year, the Jewish Motorcyclist Alliance dedicated its contribution to The Butterfly Project (TBP), cofounded by San Diegans Cheryl Rattner Price and Jan Landau. {Eva Trieger}
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California, Eva Trieger, Holocaust, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-partisan education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism, has announced the 2022-23 students participating in its high school and campus programs. [StandWithUs news release]
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California, Israel, San Diego County, USA
Nearly 150 mayors, including three from San Diego County, have renewed a 2017 pledge to combat hate, extremism and bigotry in their cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) announced Thursday as the White House convened a summit to address the problem head-on. [United We Stand]
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California, San Diego County, USA
Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) announced on Tuesday the addition of Rabbi Susan Freeman to help lead the Center for Jewish Care (CJC), which is dedicated to assisting and addressing the needs of San Diego’s Jewish community. [JFS Press Release]
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California, Lifestyles, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted her latest gem on Monday morning. Cheers to that!
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Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — We are thrilled to announce that Michael Mark, a member of our Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices Committee, just won the prestigious Rattle Chapbook Prize for his chapbook, Visiting Her in Queens Is More Enlightening than a Month in a Monastery in Tibet. The poems are all inspired by his mother,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County
By Sandra Scheller CHULA VISTA, California — While taking down the Ruth Remember Us The Holocaust exhibit at the Chula Vista Library, a man approached the exhibit asking what was going on. Having explained that it was a Holocaust exhibit, he stared at our wall of Auschwitz and said that it needs to remain up
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Holocaust, Opinion, San Diego County, Sandra Scheller
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On Sunday, August 28, 2022, more than 500 Zionists in San Diego attended Jewish National Fund-USA’s 11th Annual Love of Israel Brunch at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines with many more online. The sold-out event featured Hollywood actress, producer, author, and activist, Noa Tishby, who was recently named the
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Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity (AEPi), a leading Jewish college fraternity, has named Michael Waitz (DePaul, 2009) as its Chief Operating Officer. [AEPi News Release]
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
The prolific San Diego County playwright, Myla Lichtman-Fields, will be traveling to Los Angeles next month, and then to London, England in November to see performances of two of her 16 published plays that have gone global through lulu.com. [Eileen Wingard]
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California, Eileen Wingard, International, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast