SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Cindy Marten, the superintendent of city schools, will address a dessert reception of the Tifereth Israel Synagogue Men’s Club at 7 p.m., Sunday, August 18. The public is invited to attend Marten’s talk in which she has been asked to discuss security at the city’s schools as well as any recent
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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education
The Fire Spot, 4646 Convoy Street, San Diego, California 92111 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — As my time with my older son gets shorter and shorter as we prepare for him to start UC Berkeley in the fall, I’m trying to save up as many experiences as I can for him, his brother and
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San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Travel and Food
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) concluded its season with an entertaining Pops Concert under the direction of its founder and conductor, David Amos, and featuring soprano Victoria Robertson. The first half of the program began and ended with two unusual selections, Sousa’s The Fairest of the Fair March,
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — It was a venue of juxtaposition on Sunday, August 11. In Mission Bay, a dog rode on a paddle board, with it and its master somehow keeping their balance as the wake from a powerboat rocked the board on its course. Elsewhere,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Right above the San Diego Jewish World masthead is a link to our updated Jewish community directory. In the directory, you will find telephone numbers and names of the rabbis at local synagogues; website links to those synagogues and to a variety of other Jewish organizations, both local,
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
LA JOLLA, California (SDJW) — Retired Economics Prof. Lawrence Krause has been notified by UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla that he will be awarded the 2019 Revelle Medal during the university’s Founders Celebration on Friday, Nov. 15. Krause, who lives in retirement at Seacrest Village in Encinitas, writes a column on world affairs
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Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Family Service’s “On the Go” program in conjunction with Ed Brown Center is one of three senior centers selected from across the country to test an outreach and education program connecting older adults with ridesharing services, so they can participate in health and wellness programs. The pilot program is
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San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
33 1/3 House of Dreams through August 25, 2019, San Diego Rep, at the Lyceum Theater By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — As a baby boomer, I like music from the 1960’s and I think much of it is timeless. Many of the songs from the 1960’s were recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios in Hollywood.
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and Food
By Irv Jacobs, MD LA JOLLA, California — Dr. Itamar Kahn is a distinguished Israeli professor at the Technion, focused on Neuro-degenerative diseases research, at its Prince Center. His biography is most unusual. Interest early on, with a B.S. in computer science from Ben Gurion University, gave him an entrée into neurosurgery operating rooms, where
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Irv Jacobs, MD, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Ziv Ayalon, the new director-general of the Tisch Family Zoo in Jerusalem – known popularly as the Biblical Zoo and as the Jerusalem Zoo– said Tuesday he had a special reason for wanting to accompany six Israeli teens to San Diego
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Middle East, San Diego County, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At 18, Ethan Hirschberg has become a recognized authority on autism. He has a blog on which he posts about the condition every two weeks or so; has authored a book on sale on Amazon, in which 20 of his most trenchant columns about autism are included; and
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Cauldon Ice Cream, 4646 Convoy Street, San Diego, California 92111 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — On a recent trip to Kearny Mesa, my younger son by happenstance walked into the most incredible ice cream place I’ve ever been to. When we first walked in we didn’t understand what was going on. There was no
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Our cousins, Harry and Sherry Jacobson-Beyer of Louisville, Kentucky, paid us a visit, bringing along their 14-year-old grandson, Ethan Jacobson, of Fairhope, Alabama. Together, with Nancy’s and my grandson, Sky, 12, we visited the Reuben E. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. The boys went off in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Donald H. Harrison’s book Schlepping and Schmoozing through San Diego County, Vol. 1 is enjoyable, really fun to read, as one can tell by the book’s title. He has been a journalist since 1962 and is an excellent writer. His articles are not only enjoyable, sometimes witty,
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