San Diego County

Your genes endanger your future baby — now what?

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Can two genes control your destiny? Recently there’s been an explosion of genetic testing with 75,000 genetic tests on the market and ten new tests entering the market daily. The business of clinical genomics is forecast to grow to a $7.7 billion global industry by 2020. But the testing of two genes–BRCA1 and BRCA2, […]

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Touring Seacrest Village with a beloved resident

By Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California – A visit on Monday at Seacrest Village Retirement Village to see Cantor Sheldon Merel, 94, the beloved emeritus cantor of Congregation Beth Israel, proved to be doubly interesting.  First and foremost, he’s always interesting to talk to.  And second, active and physically fit, Merel showed me around the

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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food

Sonduck warns against divisions in Jewish community

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – Michael Sonduck, soon to retire as chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, on Sunday, June 10, urged a roomful of well-wishers representing boards, staffs, and financial supporters of some 120 local Jewish organizations in the county, to look beyond their individual organizations

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

‘Women of Valor’ showcases writers and honorees

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — For the 9th annual Women of Valor Program, Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival Director, Todd Salovey, and his co-writers, Rebecca Myers, Leah Salovey and Ali Viterbi, once again selected six remarkable women. Six talented actresses, Linda Libby, D. Candis Paule, Elizabeth Schwartz, Eva Barnes, Catalina Maynard, and Elaine Rivkin represented the

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Comedy Shmomedy’ delights, offends at Beth Shalom

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori CHULA VISTA, California – There were at least two good reasons why the Comedy Shmomedy show featuring five stand-up comedians was staged in the social hall of Temple Beth Shalom rather than in its sanctuary. First, it allowed for table seating and the sale of

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Noah would be proud of Dr. Gary Weitzman

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word, humane, as “being marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals”. This is a good description of Dr. Gary Weitzman, president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society (SDHS) and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Giving

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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, The World We Share

Polin wins Jewish leadership award

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – San Diego Jewish community leader, Lori Polin, will be awarded the 2018 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award for her extraordinary involvement and leadership in our local community. The prestigious, internationally recognized Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award is given to Lions of Judah who have demonstrated the highest ideals of leadership and involvement. Winners are chosen

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San Diego County, USA

$1000 reward for capture of anti- Semitic vandal(s)

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)  — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced Wednesday it is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the hateful graffiti on a sign celebrating the new UCSD Hillel center in La Jolla this past weekend. “We hope this reward facilitates the quick

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

Klezmer Summit felt like a casual hamische party

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The Lyceum Theatre was pretty packed on a Tuesday night –not too shabby- for the 17th Annual Klezmer Summit. The upper gallery featured Yale Strom’s photo portraits of the Jews still living in Eastern Europe. Shot in stark black and white, they evoke a mystical world where time waits

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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

SDSU to move its Special Collections

SAN DIEGO  (Press Release) –Every year, Professor Beth Pollard (History) brings classes to San Diego State University’s Love Library’s Special Collections and University Archives unit. She knows her students succeed when they are exposed to rare, unique, and fragile books, periodicals, manuscripts, audio/visual materials, art, and ephemera.  Among the collections housed in Special Collections are

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Hillel at UC San Diego target of vile graffiti

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Hillel of San Diego condemns the vile graffiti that appeared over the weekend on a sign announcing the development of the Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center at UC San Diego. The graffiti, which reads “Fuck All You!” was discovered Monday morning by Hillel supporters. The Glickman Hillel Center

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education