San Diego County

Soille returns temporarily to distance learning

Other items in this column include: *Ethnic Studies *Political Bytes *San Diego Jewish World news *In memoriam By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, now observing a nine-day holiday for Sukkot, will delay the resumption of its in-person classes until Wednesday, Oct. 14, two days after the holiday period’s […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Lifestyles, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sheryl Rowling, USA

We join in the outrage over the vandalism at two churches

On behalf of San Diego Jewish World, I would like to offer sincere sympathy to the parishioners and clergy of  St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church in Rancho San Diego and Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in El Cajon, on whose houses of worship swastikas and hateful slogans were discovered on Saturday morning. [Donald H. Harrison, ‘Our Shtetl San Diego County’]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

SDJW Endorses Sean Elo-Rivera for City Council District 9

Conflict of interest allegations and failure to report contributions in a timely manner militate against Barrios’ candidacy.  He needs to get his own house in order before he can become a steward of the people’s. Luckily for the voters, Sean Elo-Rivera, a trustee of the San Diego Community College District, is also a candidate in the 9th Council District, which Gomez is vacating to run for Congress.  [Donald H. Harrison, “Our Shtetl San Diego County”]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

GI Film Festival spotlights a Jewish violinist

When Enlisted Man Stuart Canin boarded a  European-bound U.S. Army transport ship near the end of World War II, he carried with him his barracks bag, rifle, and a violin. Challenged by an officer about what he thought he’d need a violin for, Canin, then a teenager, replied “You Never Know.” He was so right. [Donald H. Harrison, “Our Shtetl San Diego County.”

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Study underway of S.D.’s South African Jews

The South African Jewish American Community, better known as SAJAC, has issued its annual magazine for 2020, reporting that San Diego State University Prof. David B. Cline is conducting oral history interviews with community members. The magazine’s writers also offer suggestions on coping with COVID19, and Alzheimer’s Disease, and additionally they profile young entrepreneurs, visual artists, and poets, among other articles. [Donald H. Harrison, “Our Shtetl San Diego County”

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Lifestyles, San Diego County

Three Jewish women in competitive local races

Three Jewish women are in highly competitive races for spots in Congress, Mayor of San Diego, and the County Board of Supervisors. Respectively, they are are Sara Jacobs (53rd Congressional District); City Councilwoman Barbara Bry (Mayor of San Diego), and Terra Lawson-Remer (3rd District County Board of Supervisors. Here’s a look at the recent news being made by them and their opponents, respectively Georgette Gomez, Todd Gloria, and Kristin Gaspar. [Donald H. Harrison, “Our Shtetl San Diego County”]

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Dorian de Wind, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l, U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice

News of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday was met in San Diego with expressions of grief and hope. The stalwart liberal on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993 died at age 87, the court said, giving President Trump a chance to expand its conservative majority with a third appointment at a time of deep divisions in America with a presidential election looming. [Times of San Diego report]

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Ken Stone, San Diego County, USA

OpEd: Sean Elo-Rivera for City Council District 9

Sean and I talked about our work on the Community College Board as our work for “Tikkun Olam,” helping the world. I could see that this was a Jewish value that Sean was passionate about and that he was committed to Tikkun Olam in everything he was doing in his life. He also talked about his how his personal studies of Jewish history and values gave him a deep sense of commitment to the principles of honesty, integrity, and justice for all, especially those who are subject to the most intense forms of oppression. I could clearly see that Sean saw is public service work as a reflection of his Judaism. [Bernie Rhinerson]

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

We must not let the Holocaust be ‘old news’

“Old news” is perhaps the most dismissive way an editor can reject a suggestion from a reporter, or an outside contributor, about an issue that the media outlet should tackle. San Diego Jewish World promises never to consider the Holocaust “old news,” whatever form that news may come, be it in recollections of still-surviving Holocaust victims; the efforts of second and third generation survivors to measure the Holocaust’s impact on their lives and those of their children; the novelists and playwrights who retell Holocaust stories; or the efforts of some in the academic world to minimize or distort the Holocaust. [Donald H. Harrison, ‘Our Shtetl San Diego County’]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

San Diego Dems cancel anti-Semitism debate

The chairman of the San Diego County Democratic Party, Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, doesn’t want the debate over anti-Semitism in the party’s ranks to be held until after the Nov. 3 election, if ever. On Sept. 10, Rodriguez-Kennedy sent a message to the county party’s central committee explaining his reason for wanting a delay. [Donald H. Harrison, Our Shtetl San Diego County]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

OpEd: Tim Nader for Judge

Two years I wrote an opinion piece for San Diego Jewish World supporting my friend, Tim Nader, for San Diego Superior Court judge.  I pointed out his superb qualifications for the position.  The unstated subtext for the piece was that as a member of the San Diego Jewish Community, who had known Tim for more than 35 years, was vouching for the personal character of a Lebanese American lawyer. [Howard Wayne]

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Rabbi Goldstein’s brother also guilty of tax fraud

Mendel Goldstein, the owner of a videography business based in Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court On Monday to tax evasion charges relating to a long-running conspiracy with his brother, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. Until around 2018, Yisroel Goldstein was the director and head rabbi at Chabad of Poway, a tax-exempt organization that the brothers used to divert Mendel Goldstein’s income and conceal more than $700,000 in earnings from the IRS. 

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