-62nd in a series- Exit 45, Pine Valley, California By Donald H. Harrison PINE VALLEY, California – Although she was raised as a Catholic, Judy Hunter Osterberger felt a certain restlessness about religion as a young woman. “I wanted to get to the genesis of things and read the Bible for myself” she recalled. She investigated […]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO — Feivel Wolgelernter, whose father Chaim Yitzchok Wolgelernter wrote the The Unfinished Diary: A Chronicle of Tears, which detailed his experiences hiding in Dzialoszyce, Poland from the German Nazis, will speak at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 28, at Congregation Adat Yeshurun, 8625 La Jolla Scenic Drive North. Feivel’s talk will be followed by a
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNEW YORK (Press Release)– American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) announces a substantial gift of approximately $400 million from the estate of Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus of San Diego, California. Lottie Marcus died this past December at age 99, just two months short of her 100th birthday, while Howard died in 2014
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – California State Senator Marty Block has named Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) “Nonprofit of the Year” for the 39th district, and honored the agency at the first inaugural California Nonprofits Day on Wednesday, June 22 in Sacramento at the State Capitol. “Nonprofit organizations are vitally important to
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-61st in a Series- Exit 47, Sunrise Highway, Mount Laguna, California By Donald H. Harrison MOUNT LAGUNA, California – Jackie Lucas dropped in on the Serra Museum in Presidio Park, San Diego, in 1975, to look around the museum that focuses on early San Diego history. She saw on display a photo of a Kumeyaay woman. She
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USASAN DIEGO — During the sit-in at the House of Representatives to demand action on gun violence on Wednesday, June 22, U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) recounted the tragic story of Willie James Jones, a promising San Diego youth whose life was snuffed out by a random drive by shooting. Her emotional speech may
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San Diego County, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host Dr. Arnold Gass at the July 20 Dinner Forum. Gass discuss the medical use of cannabis. Gass is Health Sciences Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and a General Internist and Geriatrician. In 2011 he retired after 30
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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & EducationCan the shape of a letter suggest the meaning of words in which it is used? Linguistics professor Zev bar Lev believes that it can. He previews his Global Alphabet theory, upon which he will expound June 28 at a Lawrence Family JCC workshop, in the video above.
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SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego teens who participated in the March of the Living earlier this year–in which a visit to the German Nazi concentration camps in Poland is followed by a trip to Israel — reflected on the first of these experiences in these articles below. Questions about the March of the
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International, Jewish History, Marcia Tatz Wollner, San Diego CountyCARLSBAD, California (Press Release)– The Carlsbad Desalination Project was recognized for “stretching taxpayer dollars through cooperation between the public and private sectors” by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association at the organization’s 21st Annual Golden Watchdog & Fleece Awards last Thursday at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. Poseidon Water and the San Diego
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Middle East, San Diego County, USACommunities bordering the Gaza Strip usually make the headlines in stories about terrorism, attacks, and tunnels. A new initiative aims to change that a technology incubator named SouthUp the first technology incubator in the southern border communities. The parties involved in establishing the new incubator are the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council, Sapir Academic College, OurCrowd
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Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra’s (TICO’s) June 7 concert featured the music of Leonard Bernstein, the 20th century’s most outstanding American musician. He was not only a great composer, equally versatile writing classical music and Broadway musicals, but he was one of the world’s foremost conductors, a brilliant pianist
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
-61st in a series- Exit 40, SR 79 North, Descanso, California ~ Alpaca Ranching By Donald H. Harrison DESCANSO, California – While operating his DaMar Plastics business in San Diego, and later El Cajon, David Kabbai often dreamed of living a quieter, simpler life, somewhere where the air is clear, the nights are starry, and where
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Federation of San Diego County has announced the return of Jewish Community Day at Petco Park with the San Diego Padres on August 21, 2016 at 1:40 p.m.. In partnership with Jewish organizations and synagogues throughout the country, the community will enjoy a day of food, entertainment, and, of course, San
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