By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — I made my final school lunch for my daughter yesterday. For sixteen years, I’ve made lunches for her. It all started with a simple brown paper bag. The ubiquitous brown bag has been the choice of families for lunches for decades. Until she was two, Kelila was under the […]
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (SDJW) –City Councilwoman Marti Emerald, currently the president pro tempore of the City Council, will discuss issues facing San Diego as well as her career both as a broadcast journalist and as a public office holder, during a kosher dinner meeting sponsored by the Tifereth Israel Men’s Club and open to all. The
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SAN DIEGO – The Hadassah Foundation, headquartered in New York, NY, awarded the Bernice N. Tannenbaum Prize to Jessica Nare, Director of Leadership Programs at Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS), in a June 8 ceremony at the UJA-Federation of New York The Bernice S. Tannenbaum Prize recognizes emerging professionals who have made innovative
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County
-Eighth in a series- Exit 3: Taylor Street, San Diego — Wadie P. Deddeh State Office Building SAN DIEGO — No, Wadie P. Deddeh isn’t Jewish. He’s an Iraqi Christian, whose success in San Diego County rising from a professor at Southwestern Community College to a state Assemblyman and eventually to a state Senator was
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The theme of Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School (SSDHDS)’s 52nd fundraising gala on Sunday, June 7, was “Growing Greatness” and what better venue to stage it than at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park, a sports museum conceived and implemented by the late Bob Breitbard, who
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By Michael Mantell, PhD DEL MAR, California — This year, the theme of the San Diego County Fair is “It All Started At a Fair.” Since the first World’s Fair “Great Exhibition” in 1851, in London, and then from about 100 years ago when San Diego’s Balboa Park became part of the World’s Fair
By David Amos SAN DIEGO — The 70 member Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, now on its 42nd year, will be giving two concerts featuring two orchestral masterpieces. They will be presented on Sunday, June 7, 3:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 9, 7:30 p.m. Both concerts will be at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 6660 Cowles Mountain Boulevard,
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San Diego CalendarBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two former trusted employees of the Lawrence Family JCC—Nancy Johnson, 59, who had served as its chief financial officer, and Tamara Azizov, 62, who had served as its accounts payable clerk—pled guilty on Thursday, June 4, to charges including embezzlement, income tax fraud, and wire fraud in return
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SAN DIEGO — Sgt. Alfred Menaker, a World War II veteran, died May 16, 2015 at the age of 95. Born in Philadelphia, PA he moved to San Diego in 1974 with his, Thelma, a former commander of the Jewish Auxiliary Post 185 . Alfred and Thelma were married for 68 years before her passing
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County
-Sixth in a series- Exit 2: Morena Boulevard, Immaculata Church By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — That such a man should be knighted by the Pope was not surprising. The retired colonel had donated substantial sums of money not only to the Catholic-run University of San Diego, but also to other universities founded under religious auspices, including
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego has scheduled Dr. Sanford Lakoff as its featured speaker at a June 17 Dinner Forum. Lakoff, a professor emeritus of political science at UCSD, will proved an update on the Middle East. Lakoff earned his doctorate at Harvard, where he taught in the
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The first Jewish Teen Foundation (JTF) board granted a total of $25,000 to nonprofits working to secure human rights for women and children following a year-long experiential learning program about philanthropy. Twenty-eight San Diego Jewish high school teens collaborated to assess community needs, learn about nonprofit organizations, and identify opportunities to
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San Diego CountyENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Guardians of San Diego will host its 24th Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament “Take a Swing for Seniors” presented by The William Gumpert Foundation on Monday, July 27th at the Del Mar Country Club with Devin Chodorow and Gary Pollak serving as Co-Chairs. The annual tournament raises funds to support
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San Diego Calendar, Sports & CompetitionsSAN DIEGO (SDJW)– There has been a reset at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego and at the Leichtag Foundation. Marjory Kaplan is coming back, at least temporarily, as President and CEO of JCF. Charlene Seidle is returning to a full-time role at the Leichtag Foundation. Here is an announcement sent to members of
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