SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Family Service of San Diego’s (JFS) Hand Up Food Pantry has been awarded “Best Choice Pantry” for its Corner Market at the 2017 San Diego County Hunger Conference. Each year, the Hunger Conference, hosted by the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, convenes to discuss how to stop
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) —In recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) San Diego History Center in historic Balboa Park will host a powerful call to action through the arts on Sunday, January 28, from 1:30-4 p.m. The program will utilize the lessons of the Holocaust, to discuss the dangers of hatred and bigotry. This timely
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By Donald H. Harrison IMPERIAL BEACH, California – Serge Dedina is a 6’4 surfer, a PhD in geography, a descendant on his Jewish father’s side of Holocaust survivors, a renowned coastal conservationist, and, since December 2014, mayor of the small city of Imperial Beach. There were so many facets of his life to talk about
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Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, The World We Share“Some people think Ebenezer Scrooge is [Jewish] Well, he’s not. But guess who is: all Three Stooges.” -Adam Sandler By Eric
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – The paradox of the border between Israel and Jordan is that, on the one hand, the cold peace between the two countries has resulted in some laudable cooperative projects. On the other hand, the political situation in the Middle East is such that too much attention given
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN MARCOS, California – Arts professor Merryl Goldberg of California State University at San Marcos declares that arts equal opportunity. She explains that the more that arts are incorporated into a child’s life, the better career prospects he or she will have as an adult. A former saxophonist with the Klezmer
By Donald H Harrison SAN DIEGO – Amid growing indignation over aggressive Palestinian tactics at universities throughout the Diaspora, Dore Gold, former director general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, provided a note of optimism at a StandWithUs banquet Saturday night attended by over 500 Israel supporters. Interviewed on stage by Waxie Sanitary Supply Chairman
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Fellow Jews and fellow musicians joined forces on Wednesday, Nov. 27, to pay last tribute to George Alan Fogelman, 72, who died of cancer on Nov. 22 while under hospice care, leaving his wife Gail, two children, three grandchildren, nieces and nephews and many friends. Rabbis Joshua Dorsch
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Colleen O’Connor Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — I have never met the woman. Never met her parent or her grandparents, her friends or enemies. Don’t live in the District. But, seriously, give the woman, Sara Jacobs, a fighting chance. A recent article in the San Diego Union-Tribune contains the opening salvo in
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San Diego County, USASan Diego has a well-deserved reputation for its consistently “Goldilocks” weather: It’s often just right, seldom too cold or too hot. Rainstorms come in quickly but rarely linger. The typical forecast when it’s not sunny all day? Overcast until 11 am, followed by sunshine in the afternoon. But that doesn’t mean climate change isn’t already
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San Diego County, The World We ShareCHULA VISTA, California (SDJW) — Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel, spiritual leader of Temple Beth Shalom, was hospitalized Monday night after being struck by a car as he was crossing a street towards his Conservative synagogue. According to Arlene LaGary, an active member of the congregation, the rabbi suffered two broken wrists and facial bruises. “When
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego CountyLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture is committed to creating community through culture, arts and education. In keeping with this mission, on January 6 at 7:00 p.m., the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center will host the 2nd Annual TAPESTRY: A Community Celebration of Jewish Learning. Last year the
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO–“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” –Anne Frank In 1942, after being denied visas to the United States, the Frank family went into hiding in the Secret Annex, a tight, dingy storage attic above the pickling factory that Otto
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) Bridget Wright, MPH will be the guest speaker at the Beth Israel Men’s Club Dinner Forum at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 20. She will discuss “Nutrition for Healthy Aging.” This will be an excellent opportunity for attendees to learn about good eating habits and how diet affects health. Wright has a
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