San Diego County

ADL offers reward for arrest of swastika vandals

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced Wednesday it is offering a reward of $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for swastika graffiti targeting a neighborhood in La Jolla. Wednesday morning, residents discovered anti-Semitic graffiti, including swastikas and other images painted on property and sidewalks […]

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SDSU announces visiting Israeli faculty

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Studies Program at San Diego State University recently announced a new slate of visiting Israeli professors who will teach at SDSU during the upcoming academic year. They include Eran Feitelson, Moshe Zonder, Shuki Ben Naim, Luba Levin-Banchik, and Gilad Shteinberg. Dr. Eran Feitelson Over the decades, Israel has

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

Young Israel sponsors ‘Health through Torah’ programs

  SAN DIEGO  (Press Release) — The World Health Organization reports that in 2019 more than 141 million children will be born: 73 million boys and 68 million girls. Based on recent mortality risks the boys will live, on average, 69.8 years and the girls 74.2 years. What’s this have to do with a synagogue-based,

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education

Seven ‘Women of Valor’ saluted at Jewish Arts Festival

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Celebrating its tenth anniversary as an annual part of the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, this year’s Women of Valor featured seven outstanding local Jewish women, Jaqui Silver, Pianist and Educator; Allison Price, Philanthropist and Body Builder; Theresa Dupuis, Chair of San Diego Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy;

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Eileen Wingard, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Radzynski recital set for June 18 at Beth El

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — David Radzynski became the youngest concertmaster of a major symphony orchestra when, in 2015, the 28-year-old violinist was selected to fill that post in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). Up until then, Radzynski had never played in a professional orchestra, but his formidable talents, honed in the United

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

Albright warns against pride morphing into hate

Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be appointed a U.S. Secretary of State, warned graduating UC San Diego students Saturday to beware when “pride in ‘us’ hurdles into hatred of ‘them’” in multi-cultural America. “When pride in ‘us’ hurdles into hatred of ‘them,’ the American tapestry unravels

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Rep. Davis endorses Green New Deal at forum

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) surprised and mollified a restive crowd of environmentalists Saturday when she announced that when she returns to Washington for Tuesday’s congressional session she will “be signing onto the Green New Deal.” Her announcement was greeted with 16 seconds of applause, which might

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USA

U.S. Senate condemns attack on Chabad of Poway

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Democratic U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris  and Dianne Feinstein , both from California, on Thursday applauded the approval of a resolution condemning the recent anti-Semitic attack on worshipers at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue. S. Res. 231, Condemning the horrific Anti-Semitic Attack on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San

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