San Diego County

San Diego School Board Modifies Resolution Calling for ‘Unbiased’ Materials on Israel

By Jacob Kamaras (JNS) The San Diego Unified School District’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved, though modified, a resolution condemning antisemitism that would have also supported “unbiased and politically neutral” classroom materials pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the approved version of the resolution, the board stated that it “affirms the rights of Jewish

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Jacob Kamaras, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

San Diego Jewish World Names Jacob Kamaras Publisher and Editor Starting January 1

The San Diego Jewish World on Tuesday announced that Jacob Kamaras will assume the role of publisher and editor in chief of the daily online news publication beginning January 1, 2022. Kamaras, a public relations professional who previously served as the first editor in chief of the national Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), succeeds San Diego Jewish World founder Donald H. Harrison, 76, who will become editor emeritus. [SDJW]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County

Jewish Leaders Promote School Board Resolution Against Antisemitism

SAN DIEGO — Jewish leaders in San Diego on Tuesday released the following action alert: Dear Advocates, Tomorrow, the San Diego Unified School District Board of Trustees will take up a proposed resolution condemning antisemitism and affirming the value of Jewish students, staff, and families. In recognizing the importance of teaching ethnic studies, the District

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish Federation Announces Effort to Help Seniors Remain in Their Homes

The Jewish Federation of San Diego County, which broadens and deepens engagement in Jewish life and works with many local partners to strengthen community, has established the “Kulam B’Bayit: Everyone At Home” Fund to provide emergency financial support to help seniors live comfortably in their homes.  [Jewish Federation of San Diego County]

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Lifestyles, San Diego County, USA

Holocaust Memorial, Once at East County JCC, Finds a New Home

A parade of speakers on Sunday rededicated a 50-year-old Holocaust monument, telling about the Jewish communal building where the monument is now located, about the artist who created the massive bronze sculpture, and most importantly, about the victims and survivors of the genocide launched against the Jews by Nazi Germany. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Friendship Circle Cofounder Resigns, Citing Control by Family of Disgraced Rabbi

A cofounder and former executive director of the Friendship Circle of San Diego, Elisheva Green, has resigned “with a broken heart” from the organization founded to help children and adults with disabilities, citing irregularities in the organization’s governance by members of the family of disgraced former rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of Chabad of Poway. [Donald H. Harrison]

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San Diego County, Shanda File, USA

San Diego Jewish Academy to Open New Performing Arts Center, Focuses on Wellness

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), a pluralistic community K-12 school with a thriving early childhood center, today highlighted the milestones the school will celebrate this year, including a new 350-seat performing arts center expected to open in early 2022 and a continued focus on wellness to ensure the health and

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Bat Mitzvah Project: Growing in My Love for Israel and Helping Others

Editor’s Note: Although just this last week reaching her bat mitzvah, Sarah Golembesky has become an important pro-Israel advocate through her participation in the StandWithUs organization, which advocates for Israel on North American college and high school campuses. Here is an excerpt from her bat mitzvah speech, delivered on Saturday, Oct. 16, at Ohr Shalom

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Sunbelt Offers Free Copy of Louis Rose Biography to First 50 Who Request It

Sunbelt Publications Inc. published the first of the six books I have written so far.  It was the biography, Louis Rose: San Diego’s First Jewish Settler and Entrepreneur.  In the event that you haven’t heard of him, he was the man for whom Rose Canyon, Rose Creek, and the Roseville section of the Point Loma neighborhood were named.  The Robinson-Rose Building in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is another reminder of his legacy. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County

San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo Outlines Homelessness Problem

City Councilman Raul Campillo told a forum sponsored by the Tifereth Israel Synagogue Men’s Club that dealing with the problem of homelessness in San Diego requires not only money, but an understanding that there are different sub-classes of homeless people,  whose needs are different. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Lifestyles, San Diego County