Editor’s Note: In my quest to find Jewish stories wherever I go, I decided there is no place like home to illustrate the concept that “there is a Jewish story everywhere.” Interstate 8 roughly follows the traditional route that settlers took in their covered wagons in the mid-19th century to get to San Diego from […]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego hosts Dr. Albert Ray as its featured speaker at the May 20th Dinner Forum. Dr. Ray’s presentation will cover the subject “Sex and the Torah, for Adult Audiences.” Ray received his B.A. in 1969 from Brooklyn College. He attended the Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego has awarded Beth Jacob Congregation and Hillel of San Diego the first annual Sheila Potiker Endowment Leadership AwardS for their exceptional achievements growing their endowment programs as participants in the Foundation’s Endowment Leadership Institute (ELI). The award, established by the Potiker family, honors
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Jewish Federation of San Diego County and community partners will sponsor the annual community celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut – Israeli Independence Day. On Sunday, April 26, Israel Fest will be held at the Nobel Athletic Field, 8810 Judicial Drive in the University Town Center neighborhood from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. This
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San Diego CalendarBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — The 1930s clearly marked one of the bleakest periods in European history and more pointedly in Jewish history. As Nazis gained momentum and attempted a mass extermination of this small segment of Europe’s population, two young men in Cleveland, dreamed up an antidote to the sense of impotence
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Eva Trieger, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly condemned the anti-Semitic vandalism that targeted a Jewish home in the residential neighborhood of Mira Mesa on Sunday April, 5, 2015. ADL and Jewish Federation of San Diego County are offering a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the
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San Diego CountyEditor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World is fortunate to have among its contributors the authors of many books. To acquaint you with them, and their literary output, we will from time to time offer articles by the authors telling of their works. This article is by Donald H. Harrison, who is the editor of this publication.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County
By Marti E Kranzberg SAN DIEGO– Moses taught us the importance of speaking up and using our voice. Each of us has a voice. I happen to have many. As a professional voice-over talent sometimes I get to play a variety of people and share information for commercials, tutorials, and promotions. It’s a fun and creative
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San Diego County, The World We Share
By Robert Sommers FALLBROOK, California — My father. Amos Sommers, died Monday, April 6, in the early morning hours. The attendant went into his room and might have seen a last breath around 1:30 in the morning. Not official of course, not until the nurse came by about three, we got the call over at
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On Monday, April 13, 2015, organizations across the country including major theaters, universities, memorial museums, centers and embassies will unite to honor victims of the Holocaust by joining in the first ever Remembrance Readings for Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). This event was conceived and launched by the National Jewish Theater Foundation (NJTF) as a
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Jewish History, San Diego Calendar
LA JOLLA, California (SDONA) — UC San Diego announced Tuesday that San Diego businessman and philanthropist Ernest Rady has committted $100 million to help recruit faculty and fund continued growth of the Rady School of Management. “What a magnificent first 10 years — and the school is just getting started,” said Ernest Rady. “Dean Sullivan and other
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San Diego CountyPOWAY, California–Food has always been a uniting component of the Jewish culture and tradition. Temple Adat Shalom, therefore, is inviting the San Diego community to have a taste of the many delicious Jewish culinary offerings at the 2015 San Diego Jewish Food Festival on April 19. Experience homemade comfort foods such as potato latkes, kugel,
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San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — I never fail to be impressed by the creativity of our Torah School students and staff. Last Sunday our Torah School students participated in a “Model Seder.” As we began, I explained that this exercise was not in place of home seders, but rather to prepare our students
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Sunday, April 19, at 1:30 p.m., the Jewish Federation of San Diego County will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom HaShoah) program. The theme of this year’s annual commemoration is: From Auschwitz to Activism – 70 Years on From the Holocaust. The event will be held at the Lawrence Family
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