SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Hoping it is starting a new San Diego tradition, the NTC Foundation at Liberty Station has scheduled in conjunction with two local Chabad houses a menorah lighting preceded by ice skating to Chanukah music, beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday evening, Dec. 24. “We’re pleased to incorporate our new menorah and […]
SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin found this license plate indicating the car has three times the spirit (ruach) as other cars!
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Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- Charlene Seidle and Sharyn Goodson representing the Leichtag Foundation will be guest speakers at the January 18, 2017 Beth Israel Men’s Club Dinner Forum. Seidle and Goodson will provide an overview of the Leichtag Foundation and the Coastal Roots Farm. The Leichtag Foundation, is a private independent foundation which works to honor the legacy of
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By Eric George Tauber CARLSBAD, California — Once upon a time, families huddled around wooden boxes in rapt attention. The radio gave us our news, music, comedy and drama. Sound effects planted pictures in our minds and our imaginations took it from there. This was the world of Walton Jones’ 1940s Radio Hour playing at
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Some details are beginning to emerge about the major exhibition planned by the San Diego History Center about the Jews of San Diego. Bill Lawrence, executive director of the center that previously was known as the San Diego Historical Society, said the exhibit will run between nine months
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — A video about the advanced research and clinical trials taking place at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem concluded Hadassah San Diego’s Women of Excellence Luncheon on December 4. The program featured talks by two remarkable local women: Executive Chef of Extraordinary Desserts, Karen Krasne, and retiring San Diego City
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — With a mission to share the holiday joy with San Diego’s homeless community, Teens About Goodness (TAG), a community-based humanitarian teen initiative, coordinated a Thanksgiving food drive, distributing hundreds of warm food packages to San Diego’s homeless population. Teen volunteers gathered on Thanksgiving eve to pack 500 gift bags, each
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San Diego County, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — If you are looking for something Jewish this holiday season, the Dybbuk for Hannah & Sam’s Wedding will feed your soul like pickled herring on rye. We walk into the reception hall for Hannah & Sam’s wedding complete with a gift table, guest book and a trio of
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — A couple of weeks ago, a member of our congregation reported an extremely unpleasant incident at the La Mesa Costco. He wears a kippah and tzitzit in public which makes him an easily identified Jew. One of the shoppers accosted him and began making anti-Semitic comments, specifically accusing him of
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Inside Liberty Station (the old Naval Training Center in Point Loma) lies the New Americans Museum. I had passed by it several times feeling that I should check it out “one of these days,” but hadn’t had a reason to until I heard this news: Over Thanksgiving weekend,
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Legislation to honor fallen San Diego Police Officer Jonathan “J.D.” De Guzman took a major step forward when the House of Representatives approved a bill U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) is sponsoring to dedicate a Chula Vista post office to Officer De Guzman. “Officer De Guzman dedicated his life to
I’m gonna live forever I’m gonna learn how to fly I’m gonna make it to heaven Baby, remember my name! — From “Fame” by Irena Cara By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –In 1980, Christopher Gore inspired performing arts teachers throughout the nation with his movie FAME, a drama about New York City high school
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. MasoriThe following graveside eulogy was delivered by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal on November 21, 2016 at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego. SAN DIEGO — Joseph I. Weiss once wrote, “However short, however long the time given to those who are near to us, strength will be fashioned through the gratitude of our hearts for
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Violinist Jenny Oaks Baker, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was the featured soloist at TICO’s opening programs, Thursday evening, November 17 and Saturday evening, November 19. The large audience in the Cohen Social Hall of Tifereth Israel Synagogue included many members of the Church of Latter Day Saints, of
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County