San Diego County

$945,000 grant to JFSSD for Alzheimer’s programs

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has been awarded more than $945,000 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, as part of the Administration on Aging’s Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative: Specialized Supportive Services (ADI-SSS) program. The funds allow JFS to fill existing service gaps and

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Recital by Matathias and Stanislavsky enthuses S.D. audience

By Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — The Israeli duo, violinist Asi Matathias and pianist Victor Stanislavsky, shone in their recent recital at the Encinitas Library, under the auspices of Virtuosi USA, a concert series sponsored by the Friends of Musical Arts, under the direction of Michael Tseitlin. Matathias and Stanislavsky have performed in San Diego

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Marty Block to sum up legislative career Nov. 16

SAN DIEGO (Press Club)–State Senator Marty Block will be  guest speaker at Beth Israel Men’s Club Nov. 16 Dinner Forum. Senator Block is the California State Senator for Senate District 39. He previously represented California’s 78th State Assembly district from 2008 to 2012.  He plans to give a legislative summary in preparation for his planned retirement at the end of his current

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San Diego Calendar

Adat Shalom screens ‘Seeds of Conflict’ Oct. 30

POWAY, California (Press Release) — As part of its Love of Israel series, Temple Adat Shalom presents 1913: Seeds of Conflict, a documentary directed by award-winning filmmaker Ben Loeterman, who will be joining us via Skype for a live discussion following the screening. Breaking new ground and laying bare old myths, the film explores the little-known history

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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

City Council to honor JCompany’s Joey Landwehr

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Joey Landwher is a community treasure! On Tuesday, October 18, The San Diego City Council will be recognizing him by officially proclaiming Joey Landwehr Day to honor his dedication to the theatrical arts and to youth. This New York actor and director, who worked on and off Broadway,

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Grossmont’s classical concert at Temple Solel a machiah

By Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — Cantor William Tiep, of Temple Solel, is to be commended for having the temple cosponsor a concert of Jewish Music, presented last Saturday evening by the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale, in the temple’s Social Hall. The program, scheduled between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, featured a varied

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Al Sharpton calls for Justice Department probe of El Cajon, Calif., police shooting

LOS ANGELES — The Rev. Al Sharpton on Wednesday called on the Justice Department to investigate the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last month by an El Cajon police officer, a shooting he called “egregious at best.” Flanked by members of Alfred Olango’s family at a news conference in South Los Angeles, Sharpton

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San Diego County, USA

Engineering skills now taught at Hebrew Day School

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The teacher sets up a buffet of delicious, healthy foods in the classroom and after the students finish their surprise lunch, the teacher asks a deceptively simple question: “What did you eat?” But he or she is not looking for the items that would be listed on a

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

88-year-old finally becomes a bar mitzvah

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Seventy-five years later, Lazar Abramovitch finally had his bar mitzvah on Thursday, Oct. 6, at a special ceremony held at Jewish Family Service’s Jacobs Family Campus. Abramovitch, 88, had hoped to celebrate the advent of Jewish adulthood on his 13th birthday, but the German Nazi invasion of the

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

1,100 pay tribute to Peres at Jewish Federation event

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – With a 10-hour time difference between Jerusalem and this city, 1,100 San Diegans attending an annual Jewish Federation fundraiser known as the Men’s Event, observed a ceremonial silence for the former Israeli President Shimon Peres, whose burial was scheduled only a few hours later. It was Thursday night

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA