San Diego County

Postponed Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra Concert Was Worth the Wait

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The Strings of TICO, the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, needed to postpone its concert, originally scheduled for last November, to February, due to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The program finally took place in the First Methodist Church in Chula Vista on February 6 and then, in […]

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

Morris Casuto, 79, Defender of the Jewish People

Morris Casuto, the Anti-Defamation League regional director who defended San Diego County’s Jewish community against antisemites while forging good relations with other ethnic and religious groups within the county, died from leukemia Friday night, February 11, at the UCSD Jacobs Medical Center.  Graveside funeral services for Casuto, 79, will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, at El Camino Memorial Park. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County

A Stronger, More Rooted San Diego Jewish Community

By Heidi Gantwerk SAN DIEGO — A few weeks ago I had the privilege of listening to Deborah Lipstadt speak in conversation with Rabbi Jason Nevarez in a wide-ranging discussion about security, antisemitism, racism, Holocaust denial, and Jewish identity. She was asked how she stays standing given all the ugliness she deals with and teaches

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Heidi Gantwerk, Opinion, San Diego County

Rep. Jacobs Leads Letter Calling for Special Envoy and New Strategy in the Sahel

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53), who is Jewish and whose district is in San Diego County, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5) addressed a letter to President Joe Biden urging the Administration to devise a new strategy for the Sahel region and appoint a Special Envoy to the

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International, San Diego County, USA

Loews Coronado Bay Resort: A Tisch Family Outpost

The 440-room Loews Coronado Bay Resort was opened in 1991 on a 15-acre spur of land jutting into San Diego Bay. Like other Loews Properties around the United States, it is owned by the Tisch Family, which operates the hotel business and other subsidiaries through Loews Corporation, a holding company. Tracing the Tisch family’s enterprises is an interesting study in how a family grows its wealth [Donald H. Harrison]

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Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

San Diego Jewish Academy Students Launch Weather Balloon to Highest Attainable Altitude in Earth’s Atmosphere Before Space

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego Jewish Academy on Friday proudly announced the successful launch of a high-altitude weather balloon by their physics students, which traveled 90,000 feet — the highest attainable altitude in the Earth’s atmosphere before space. From that height, it’s possible to view the whole world. The project, a culmination of

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Investor Sam Zell, Mayor Gloria Celebrate Latest Expansion of Cross Border Xpress

By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Legendary Jewish real-estate investor Sam Zell joined San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria on Thursday to cut the ribbon inaugurating the latest expansion of the successful Cross Border Xpress bridge to the Tijuana airport. Zell was part of the investment group that financed construction of CBX,

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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County

Jewish Congressional Candidate Adam Schindler: ‘I Want to Fight for People’

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Scientist and public health advocate Adam Schindler announced on January 12 that he is running for U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 50th Congressional District. Schindler, a San Diego resident and father, is challenging incumbent Scott Peters because Peters receives campaign contributions from corporations and opposed legislation that would have

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San Diego County

University of San Diego’s Nonprofit Institute Honors Jewish Family Service of San Diego with Kaleidoscope Award for Good Governance

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS), one of San Diego’s largest and most impactful nonprofit agencies, has received the 2022 Kaleidoscope Award for Good Governance by The Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego, in the large organization category – reserved for nonprofits with an annual budget of

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