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
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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–45th in a Series– Exit 14C: Fuerte Drive, La Mesa ~ Mt. Helix Amphitheatre By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California – The Christian cross atop Mount Soledad in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego is 29 feet tall, whereas the Christian cross atop Mount Helix here in La Mesa is 35 feet tall.
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
By Sarah Katularu SAN DIEGO — Like most college freshmen, I spent my weekends going to themed parties and sleeping in all day. But as the year progressed and my friends were finding their callings on campus, I was still stuck trying to figure out who I was and where I belonged. Then one day,
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Middle East, San Diego County, USA
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Jewish Family Service of San Diego will salute Claire and David Ellman, Benjamin Schulman and U.S. Bank during its annual Heart & Soul gala, to be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, March 13, at the Hyatt Regency Aventine. The String Angels will entertain at the dinner
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San Diego CalendarBy 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 RowlingLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– Ever wonder what happened to Annie the day after “Tomorrow”? Join the talented cast of the J* Company Youth Theatre group as they pick up where the musical Annie left off. Annie Warbucks, which begins later this month, tells the tale of what happens to everyone’s favorite red-headed orphan and
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
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 CountySAN DIEGO –This is the first in a series of periodic reports addressing how Jewish community members and candidates are lining up in the current election cycle. For the purpose of identifying members of our community, the names of known Jewish community members are printed in boldface type. SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL Charles and Randi
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy 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
-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
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
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, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — His parents are as pious and kind as they are broken and devastated. Yesterday, on Valentine’s Day, I helped them bury their 31-year old son, who died from a drug overdose. The scene at the burial field was hopelessly painful—a mother cried out from the abscess of her
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