The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego has issued an advisory on ways San Diegans may help Israel in the midst of the latest flareup of violence. The Foundation’s recommendations follow: [Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego]
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Middle East, San Diego County
It brings me great pleasure to announce that the Chula Vista Public Library is now open and that the RUTH (Remember Us The Holocaust) exhibit has been extended through December 2021. [Sandy Scheller]
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International, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA
Michael Jeser, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, announced on Thursday that he is stepping back from his position because of a recurrence of the cancer that had him sidelined much of last year. [Jewish Federation News Release]
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San Diego County
The San Diego State University police force does not plan to further investigate last week’s burglary at Chabad of San Diego at the request of Rabbi Chalom Boudjnah. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
18 Under 18 was created so that outstanding Jewish teens in San Diego could be recognized for the incredible things that they were doing. They have exhibited leadership in teen youth groups and have been creative and passionate in jump-starting new offerings to their peers. [Allie Donahoo]
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San Diego CountyAllie Donahoo has always valued connecting with younger audiences. “I had been working at a Jewish summer camp for over 13 years and loved who I was there the most, and it dawned on me – why not be a part of that world all the time,” she said. [JD Krebs]
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Middle East, San Diego County
The 28th Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, Jfest 2021, promises to be sparkling with more stars from all corners of the globe than ever before, thanks to the virtual platform for all but one of the 15 offerings. [Eileen Wingard]
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Eileen Wingard, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
It is unsurprising that even two years after his death, Walter Munk, who is known as the “Einstein of the Oceans” is continuing to make waves. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Writers posting on social media are debating whether Rabbi Chalom Boudjnah of the Chabad House at San Diego State University was too kind and forgiving of students who stole photographs and other personal effects from the combination prayer space and residence hall at 6115 Montezuma Road. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
Nearly four decades have rushed by since the day that Sheri L. Bernstein served as a high school docent at the San Diego Museum of Art, during which she learned all she could about one of the paintings on exhibit and recited to visitors what she knew. [Donald H. Harrison]
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On Tuesday, May 4, the San Diego State University Senate passed a resolution urging SDSU President Adela de la Torre and the administration to begin the process of changing the university’s mascot. The resolution passed 53-9 with 10 abstentions. It calls for the creation of a commission, chaired by the university Tribal Liaison Dr. Jacob Alvarado Waipuk, who is a member of the San Pasqual Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. [Brenden Tuccinardi, SDSU Daily Aztec]
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
South Africa’s apartheid laws mandated Black South Africans to use separate, often inferior facilities like public restrooms, public transport, beaches, schools, et cetera. B’Tselem claims that a comparable system of inequality exists between Arabs and Jews, both within Israel proper and the disputed territories of the West Bank and Gaza. This is simply false. [Benjamin Zaghi]
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe Jewish Community Foundation issued the following notice to its donors and others interested in helping the victims of the Mt. Meron stampede, in which some 45 people were killed and many more injured. [Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego Press Release]
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Middle East, San Diego County
HOD HASHARON, Israel (Press Release)– San Diego Jewish Academy high school seniors were among the first students traveling to Israel again to continue learning and touring the country through the Jewish National Fund-USA Alexander Muss High School in Israel program (AMHSI). The spring semester abroad in Israel is a regular part of the SDJA experience,
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