By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At Temple Emanu-El’s annual artisans’ festival, I met a painter who is a member of one of San Diego’s longstanding and well-known Jewish families, and a woodworking craftsman who just recently moved here from Kona, Hawaii, where thanks to his Jewish wife he discovered the joy of
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (SDJW) – San Diego Jewish World acknowledges and thanks those writers whose works appeared on our daily news website during the month of October. They were: Yael Aires Laurie Baron Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Morris Casuto Ben Cohen Richard L. Cravatts Toby Klein Greenwald Donald H. Harrison Natasha Josefowitz Rabbi Ben Kamin Steve
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Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Ordman, San Diego County, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer
By Diana Lerner SAN DIEGO — As a busy working mother with two active teenage boys, I know firsthand how challenging it can be to find time for fitness. By now, it’s common knowledge that regular exercise is essential for heart health. Science has shown that heart disease is preventable in nearly 82% of cases,
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) –Cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan, also known as BEK, will discuss his memoir I Was A Child at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 8, at Temple Solel, 3575 Manchester Avenue, as part of the San Diego Jewish Book Fair sponsored by the Center for Jewish Culture. Kaplan’s single-panel cartoons, which often appear in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, San Diego Calendar
– 28th in a Series – Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ San Diego State University By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Before I even get started on this chapter, I want to acknowledge a debt to Lawrence “Laurie” Baron, a professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University, who also is my
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — It’s been a couple of weeks now since my new life, alone, began here. This transitional town, situated between the glistening ocean waves and Marine fatigues of Camp Pendleton, is hardly associated with metro San Diego’s more effete communities such as La Jolla, Del Mar, or Rancho Santa
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San Diego County, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Hadassah’s heart-health event on October 18th began with a brisk walk, led by Suki Lurie, along a canyon across from the Prybs Cardiovascular Center, near where “Girlfriends Take Heart!’ took place. The walkers returned to enjoy a heart- healthy breakfast, catered by Felicia G. This was followed by welcoming
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
CHULA VISTA, California (SDJW) – Sonni Cooper, an author who wrote Star Trek novels, will be the guest speaker at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Temple Beth Shalom, 208 Madrona Street. Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel said that Cooper, the author of the Star Trek novel Black Star in which Spock is accused of
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – No doubt about it, the Jewish community of San Diego made a lot of dough Thursday night, Oct. 22. And community members will bake it into challot (challahs) in time to serve them with Friday night Shabbat dinners throughout the county. It was all part of the Shabbat
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego County
-27th in a Series– Exit 10, College Avenue, JFS College Avenue Older Adult Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Older adults who seek a low-cost meal plus both intellectual and physical stimulation often drop by the College Avenue Older Adult Center operated by Jewish Family Service in space rented from Temple Emanu-El at 6299 Capri
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – What grandparent, after an absence of any significant duration, hasn’t looked at his or her grandchild, and said wonderingly, “My how big you’ve become!” Rabbi Simcha Weiser, headmaster of the Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, told an assemblage of grandparents on Wednesday, October 21, that the
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Editor’s Note: Temple Emanu-El will host an artisan’s fair–including those whose magic is in the kitchen– from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, at 6299 Capri Drive. Here is a first-person story from one of the vendors. By Yael Aires SAN DIEGO — I have always wanted to bake. Ever since I was a little
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San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – San Diego’s internationally recognized San Diego Jewish Book Fair celebrates its 21st year with many leading authors in their fields including: Steve Katz, David Gregory, Fern Mallis, Arlene Alda, Barney Frank, Jennifer Teege And Mitch Albom. Book Fair events will run from November 7 through November 16, and are
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Marcia Berneger, San Diego CalendarWere other genocides comparable to the Holocaust? LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Was the Holocaust unique, or was it a catastrophe comparable to other genocides? This question has engaged historians for decades and is the topic of a lecture by Norman Naimark, who specializes in modern Eastern European history and the history of ethnic
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