SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Four weeks. Four sites. Four hundred students. Yes, United Way of San Diego County is going to need some help. In the second year of the “Readers in the Heights” initiative, helping students prevent summer slide and be active learners all summer long, United Way has expanded it from 40
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, San Diego County
TORONTO, Canada (SDJW)– David “Buzz” Jonathan Sommers died peacefully in the early morning of Friday July 7, 2017, after a short but hard-fought battle against colon cancer, with Julia, his wife of almost 36 years, by his side. He was 58 years old. Sommers, formerly a resident of San Diego and Poway, was a family
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO — Thirteen non-Orthodox rabbis, protesting the decision of Israel’s chief rabbi to not recognize certification of Jewish identity by certain American rabbis, have demanded that their names be added to Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau’s “black list.” A copy of their letter follows: Dear Israel Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau: We, the following
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — California is a state of both Latino and Anglo cultures. Herbert Siguenza, the Playwright in Residence at the San Diego Repertory Theater, has the gift of melding both cultures together and reaching a diverse audience as seen in the plays, A Weekend with Pablo Picasso, El Henry, Manifest Destinitis,
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO — Craig Parks of Carlsbad has been selected for the Harold Grinspoon Foundation Award for Excellence in Jewish Education for Multi-Institutional and Independent Jewish Educators, it was announced by Jennie Starr of Tarbuton. Tarbuton/Startup18 Jewish Educator Awards were also awarded to Lillian Elbaz of Serra Mesa (San Diego) for her work as a
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Darren Schwartz SAN DIEGO — Summer camp is perhaps the richest experience for teens to explore his or her sense of Jewish identity. Camp provides an experiential space for youth to experiment with who they are and the type of person they want to become. As a product of both Jewish day camp
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyCompiled by Samuel Chessler Fund, Federation Merger OKd By Lou Lieblich, executive director Southwestern Jewish Press, September 11, 1958, Page 2 At consecutive meetings of the Boards of Directors of the Federation of Jewish Agencies and the United Jewish Fund, these two former arms of the San Diego Jewish community were merged into one on Sept.
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Jewish History, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) recognized eight individuals and one committee with special awards during its Annual Meeting Luncheon on June 13 at the agency’s Joan & Irwin Jacobs Campus in Kearny Mesa. Outgoing board member Jennifer Levitt was honored with the “Charles Zibbell Board Leadership Award.” Levitt served on
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ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – To have the opportunity to honor Lee and Frank Goldberg is indeed a celebration in every sense of the word for San Diego Hebrew Homes and Seacrest Foundation. We write San Diego Hebrew Homes instead of the name, Seacrest Village, (which is how the organization has been referred for
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San Diego CountyBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO– The Roustabouts continue to make their debut season a winner. The trio opened with Margin of Error, a dramatic and emotional ride, and continues with Withering Heights, a delightfully, over-the-top hilarious adaptation of Emily Bronte’s classic. But, don’t expect a rehashing of the nineteenth century novel you read in tenth grade.
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastEditor’s Note: The following is excerpted from Don Harrison’s presentation on June 22 at the San Diego History Center about the status of pioneer Jews in San Diego County. Other speakers included Joellyn Zollman, curator of the exhibit at the Center on the Jews of San Diego; Mary Ellen Stratthaus and Phil Shapiro, who both
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego CountyBy Darren Schwartz NEW YORK — In my last column I identified a major challenge in Jewish teen engagement the stems from a disconnect in the values and traditions associated with bar/bat mitzvah. The ceremony that symbolizes a child’s commitment to live a Jewish life relies on an implicit notion that he or she will
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San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Michael Roth is an accomplished composer, with over 250 scores for theater productions throughout North America to his credit. This outstanding local Jewish artist had two of his compositions featured as part of the 24th Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival at the Lyceum Theatre. The works not only utilized Roth’s
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has named businesswoman and renowned philanthropist Marie Raftery as chair of the 99-year-old nonprofit’s board of directors. The appointment was officially announced at JFS’s Annual Meeting Luncheon on June 13. Raftery previously served as chair elect. A Boston native, Raftery came to San
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