San Diego County

SDJW thanks its February 2016 contributors

SAN DIEGO — This publication would like to thank and express appreciation to the writers and photographers whose works appeared during February 2016 in San Diego Jewish World.  They include: Judy Lash Balint Kenneth Bandler Laurie Baron Boaz Bismuth Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Cynthia Citron Richard L. Cravtts Jack Forman Donald H. Harrison […]

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Barry Shaw, Cynthia Citron, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer

Boffo reviews for Seacrest’s ‘Silver Screen’ Gala

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) — The Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities held its 38th Annual Gala, “Silver Screen” at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla on Saturday, Feb. 27, with Esther Fischer and Linda Platt serving as Gala Co-Chairs. The event was attended by 350 guests and raised over $450,000 to be used for the

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San Diego County

Men-only event at Beth Israel to feature expert on relationships

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel hosts Dr. Barry Graff, Ph.D. as a guest speaker at its March 16 Dinner Forum. Dr. Graff’s presentation will focus on “Families and Family Business.” Attendance at this Dinner Forum has been scheduled as a “Men Only” program. Dr. Graff is an organizational consultant

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San Diego Calendar

A Robot Providing Investment Advice? Oy!

By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Question: What are robo-advisors? Should I be using one for my investments? Answer: Before answering whether or not you should use one for investing, let’s look at what robo-advisors are. These on-line investment solutions (robo-advisors) seem to be popping up everywhere. In general, robo-advisors, such as Betterment, WealthFront, Schwab

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San Diego County, Sheryl Rowling

S.D. City Council attention focuses on Bry vs. Ellis

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — As of the end of January, Democrats had a slight registration lead in San Diego’s First City Council District – 26,107 Democrats (34.8 percent) to 22,448 Republicans (29.95 percent) among a total pool of 74,941 voters. Independent voters, listed as “decline to state” also outdrew Republicans with 23,135

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Large cast to read, sing Goldberg, Shneour works

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California–The works of two great Jewish poets, Leah Goldberg (1911-1970) and Zalman Shneour (1887-1959) will be featured at the Tuesday, February 23, 7 p.m. program of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC. All the poems will be read in their original language as

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar

I-8 Jewish Travel: An opera star’s abode

  -44th in a Series- Exit 14C, Fuerte Drive, La Mesa ~ Ernestine Schumann-Heink home By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California –One climbs the Grossmont—named in the early years of the 20th century by land developer Ed Fletcher for his partner William Gross—up narrow, curving El Granito Avenue, seemingly only big enough for one-way

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food

Temple Beth Shalom declared a historic site

By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California –Temple Beth Shalom, a Conservative congregation that in 1958 became one of the first local Jewish houses of worship to locate outside the City of San Diego, was designated on Wednesday, Feb. 17, as a historic site of the suburban City of Chula Vista. The  Jewish congregation, then

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Two IDF reservists tell of morality in combat

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two IDF reservists, touring Southern California as guests of the pro-Israel advocacy group StandWithUS, described to several audiences the precautions the Israeli military takes to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza and other areas of combat operations. At the same time, Edan and Gilad (their last names withheld by

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA