By Dor Gwieta LA JOLLA, California — Natan Sharansky has been my inspiration, from his work not only as a Jewish leader, but also as an educator and a pro-Israel activist. His life story is a guidebook for me on how a Jewish community leader should act—we must manifest his ideals within the Jewish community.
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host Mike Dolinka as a guest speaker at its March 21 Dinner Forum beginning at 6:30 p.m. Dolinka is the current Executive Director for the Friends of the Israel Defense Force (FIDF) in San Diego, Orange County and Arizona. This program is open to the entire San
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Middle East, San Diego Calendar
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — For some people, your first love or passion can be hard to forget. This passion may be related to love or work. In the case of widower, Rafael [Fallo] Mareyna, he had two first loves which were painting, something he left and came back to many
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International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyEFRAT, Israel — Two years ago, Rabbi Gideon Osher Shmueli donated a kidney to a stranger, saving that individual’s life. These days, he works at Magen David Yeshivah in Brooklyn, N.Y., teaching Hebrew and bringing with that teaching the culture and values of Judaism and eretz Yisrael, the land of Israel. To him, teaching about Judaism
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International, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — “Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices” opens its tenth season at the Lawrence Family JCC’s Astor Judaica Library Tuesday evening, January 23, at 7 p.m., with three outstanding San Diego poets: Chris Baron, Professor of English at San Diego City College; Roger Aplon, former teacher at The Writing Center; and Ruth Benjamin,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego CalendarBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Chaim Hollander, spiritual leader of Young Israel of San Diego, proclaims, “We can never be satisfied with our accomplishments and rest on our laurels. We must constantly strive to move forward.” When in 1988 three families in the Del Cerro – San Carlos neighborhoods of San
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego CountyEvery night I hear her croon the Russian Lullaby. Just a little plaintive tune when baby starts to cry. Go to sleep my baby, some day there may be a land that’s free for you and me and the Russian Lullaby. — Irving Berlin By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — What memories that song evoked.
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Alfred Jacobs was an unassuming man, yet his graveside service at the Home of Peace Cemetery on Friday was packed with more than 100 friends, fellow congregants, and the rabbis of two neighboring congregations – the Conservative Tifereth Israel Synagogue and the Chabad of East County. Jacobs, 93,
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Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — While most kids are reprimanded for “acting up,” not so in the Ellenstein household, where David and his younger brother, Peter, were encouraged to follow in their father’s footsteps. When I suggested that perhaps acting was in his genes, David quipped, “and in my corduroys.” I wanted to know
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Effective January 1, 2018, pursuant to Senate Bill 2 (SB2 –Atkins) certain documents for recording at your County Recorder office will be charged an additional $75 fee that can go as high as $225 per transaction above the current recording fees. San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg reminded constituents
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San Diego CountySan Diego Jewish Film Festival will include 37 feature films plus 21 shorts to be shown Feb. 8-18 at four different locations in San Diego County. WHAT: The San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented by San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS; www.sdjff.org WHEN: Thursday, February
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club has scheduled San Diego Councilmember Barbara Bry as guest speaker at the 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 17 Dinner Forum where she will discuss “Keeping San Diego Safe, Clean, and Prosperous”. Councilmember Bry was elected to the City Council in 2016 and represents San Diego District 1
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Cabrillo National Monument will be increasing the daily park entrance fee on January 1, 2018 for non-commercial vehicles. The commercial vehicle fees are not changing. The new rates for vehicles will be $15.00 per vehicle (good for everyone in the vehicle,) walk-ins/bicyclists $7.00 per person and motorcycles will be $10.00.
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