By Chris and Ken Stone SAN DIEGO — Amid repeated cheers, Todd Gloria urged hundreds of fellow gays and lesbians Monday night to speak up on gun laws in the wake of the Orlando shooting, blasting the FBI for inaction. “This is not about a religion,” the San Diego councilman told a packed Hillcrest auditorium. […]
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Ken Stone, San Diego County, USABy Chris Jennewein When historians write the the history of the 2016 presidential campaign, they may conclude that Donald Trump‘s unorthodox campaign finally crashed and burned in San Diego. It’s a long way to November 8, and almost anything can happen, but two events in San Diego have left an indelible mark on his campaign: On May 27,
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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — If you’ve been around the Jewish community of San Diego, then you know that there’s more to the menu than matzoh balls and gefilte fish. There are tacos and salsa from a thriving Latino-Jewish community that touches both sides of the border. Many of them came to the Lyceum to
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — Election Day. For me, it’s like Hanukah or Christmas in June. It’s a day of anticipation and excitement. It’s a day to celebrate. This Primary Day was one of added anticipation as my daughter was eligible to vote for the first time. Even before she turned 18 last Fall, she
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San Diego County, USASAN DIEGO (SDONA)–The San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association said Wednesday Donald Trump is wrong in calling it radical and demanded a retraction from the presumptive Republican nominee. “The comments made by Trump have been misleading, blatant lies and even racist in nature,” said the organization’s president, Luis O. Osuna. “We call on other bar associations to
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San Diego County, USABy Ken Stone SAN DIEGO — State Sen. Marty Block turns 65 later this month, but isn’t the retiring type. Tuesday, he gave a hint about his future as Assemblywoman Toni Atkins won a four-year term in the 39th District, his seat since 2012. And it won’t be another job in Sacramento. “Some people have
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Ken Stone, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Aviva Paley of San Diego, who helped launch Kitchen for Good, which uses unused kitchen produce to feed the hungry, has been selected to participate in the 2016 ROI Global Summit in Jerusalem, an exclusive, high-profile gathering of young global innovators taking place June 26-30. (ROI is a bilingual play on words
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Middle East, San Diego County
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Several years ago, my brother Matthew sent me a link to some YouTube videos featuring a production of Fiddler on the Roof done in Japanese. It seemed strange at first. But as an ESL teacher, I’ve come to appreciate various world cultures. In the Far East, the tug
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–San Diego County Albertsons and Vons supermarkets are partnering with the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank to help fill its shelves this summer through the School’s Out, Hunger’s Not Summer Food Drive sponsored by SDG&E and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. Over the summer months, food drive donations
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregation Beth Israel, San Diego’s oldest and largest Jewish congregation, has engaged Interim Associate Rabbi Alyson Solomon along with Rabbinic Intern Jeremy Gimbel, Development Director Meg Mandel and Program Director Ilene Tatro. Rabbi Alyson Solomon studied at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Massachusetts and at the American Jewish
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, at its 53rd anniversary gala on Sunday evening June 5, paid tribute to the father of Shabbat San Diego, had tribute paid to its own award-winning science teacher, and announced a half-million dollar gift to kick off
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Donald H. Harrison, Marcia Tatz Wollner, Michael Mantell, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – More than 200 Jewish community members attended a talk on the history of American delicatessens on Sunday afternoon, June 5, many hoping that the turnout at the event would lure more Jewish Community Cente-sponsored programming in the eastern portions of the city.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — There is nothing like good art and good humor to raise your spirits! Rafael Mareyna has a knack for combining both with a twinkle in his eye. One can see that humor at Casa Valencia Art Gallery in Liberty Station where his acrylic paintings are being shown in a
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Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
From Times of San Diego Likely Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said in Oxnard, California on Saturday the San Diego federal judge criticized for being of Mexican ancestry is “as much of an American as Donald Trump.” The presumptive Republican nominee has accused U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over a lawsuit brought by
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