By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –David Amos, who is best known to the Jewish community as the conductor of the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra and as a music columnist for San Diego Jewish World, on Thursday evening received a plaque naming an orchestra pit at Patrick Henry High School in his honor, and […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — The University of California San Diego will host His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at a 9 a.m. public event June 16, where he will speak about “Embracing the Beauty of Diversity in our World” to an estimated 25,000 attendees on the campus’s RIMAC Field. On May 1 at 10
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International, San Diego CalendarBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – After a 17-year process of waiting and modifying, the proposed Glickman Hillel Center at UCSD won unanimous approval on Thursday, April 27, from the San Diego City Planning Commission and next goes to the San Diego City Council for final approval. Twenty-six persons testified in favor of the
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Two seasoned published poets and a young prize-winning song writer will be the featured presenters at the final Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices evening of the 2017 season. This program will take place in the JCC’s Astor Judaica Library on Tuesday, May 9 at 7 p.m. Following the featured poets, there
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, the San Diego Unified School District’s board members will consider endorsing California State Senator Ricardo Lara’s proposed Senate Bill 30 which would prohibit the state from awarding or renewing a public contract with any person who provides goods or services to the Federal Government for
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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego (JCF) has awarded Hillel of San Diego and Jewish Family Service of San Diego with the annual Sheila Potiker Endowment Leadership Award for their exceptional achievements as participants in the Foundation’s Endowment Leadership Institute (ELI). The award, established by the Potiker family, honors the
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Prof. Lawrence Baron will be guest speaker at the Beth Israel Men’s Club dinner forum on May 17. Baron’s topic is “The Wandering View: The Jewish Immigrant in World Cinema.” Baron is Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He taught Modern Jewish History at San Diego State
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Jewish History, Lawrence Baron, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — A partnership is unfolding at the San Diego Zoo between primate keepers and the Zoo’s François’ langur monkeys. Animal care staff, using assisted-rearing techniques, are getting some unique help from the François’ langur monkey group to raise an endangered 7-week-old baby langur, named Chi (pronounced chee). The monkeys are actively assisting
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San Diego County, The World We ShareLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) –The Samuel and Rebecca Astor Judaica Library, located at the Lawrence Family JCC, has unveiled two new collections sure to delight music lovers across the spectrum including students, historians, teachers, and, of course, musicians. The collections were a labor of love for library volunteers, Eileen Wingard and Ted Parker, who have been
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel will celebrate three honorees at its annual fundraiser this year, Eat, Pray, Sing!. Rabbi Michael Berk will be honored for his ten years of dedicated service as Senior Rabbi, Rabbi/Cantor Arlene Bernstein will be recognized for 20 years of service as cantor and most recently as rabbi as well, and
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CalendarBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel LA JOLLA, California — This year’s San Diego Yom HaShoah presented one of the finest programs I have experienced in many years since arriving in San Diego almost eight years ago. The musical selections were excellent; the theme of the program was “Memory and Morality” and featured Roberta Grossman, who is
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – One of the nightmarish questions we Jews ask ourselves is “After all the Holocaust survivors have passed on, who will tell their stories?” Following a Havdalah service on Saturday night at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, a group of pre-teens and teens affirmed in unison: “When they are gone, we
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–Mesmerizing strums of the oud opened the first number, a Kurdish melody, in a program at SDSU’s Smith Recital Hall entitled: Desert Caravan: New Jazz from Israel and Beyond. This concert, arranged by SDSU Judaic Studies Scholar-In-Residence, Yale Strom, featured, in addition to his band, Hot Pstromi, the prize-winning Israeli musician, Amos
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LA JOLLA (Press Release)– Hillel of San Diego, a religious institution that supports Jewish college students, will present its plans for the Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center to the City of San Diego Planning Commission on April 27. The Glickman Hillel Center will provide a new permanent home for UC San Diego Hillel across
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