SAN 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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San Diego County
By David Ogul SAN DIEGO – Tifereth Israel Synagogue’s Silverman Preschool in the San Diego neighborhood of San Carlos on Thursday, May 14, officially dedicated the Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg Infant Care Center, an addition that enables the rapidly expanding preschool to accommodate newborns and infants of working parents. Enrollment at Silverman Preschool has nearly
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David Ogul, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationEditor’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, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Wednesday, May 27, at 7 p.m. the San Diego community will gather for a special presentation of Waiting for Mamu, a documentary about a now destroyed orphanage in Nepal. The event comes just weeks after a terrible series of earthquakes rocked Nepal, killing thousands, and leaving tens of thousands homeless. One
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International, San Diego Calendar
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego International Airport wanted to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week with some excitement and enthusiasm, but, goodness, not with a bang! That’s why costumed characters such as Matilda the Koala from San Diego Zoo and Max from Legoland gently coaxed children who were among arriving
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
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, Jewish History, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food
By David Leyva NATIONAL CITY, California– D-A-V-I-D L-E-Y-V-A, that is how I learned to spell my name and last name. What I did not know was where these came from. I am the 7th in a long line of men in my family named David Leyva, a family fact of which I was not entirely aware
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International, Jewish History, San Diego County, USABy David Amos SAN DIEGO–It is not too frequent when I get to attend a concert which has such impact, both artistically and socially. This was the case on Saturday, April 25, when the combined forces of the San Diego State University Orchestra, Aztec Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, a children’s choir, the Mira Costa
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San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – During consideration of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the House Armed Services Committee, Congresswoman Susan Davis voted to let the Department of Defense (DOD) move forward in expanding financial protections for our men and women in uniform. Language in the NDAA would have blocked the DOD from extending those
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San Diego County, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – For reporters and photographers covering groundbreakings and ribbon-cuttings, such events can tend to blur together in that there often is little to differentiate one from the other. For the participants however, these events can be important milestones marking the beginning of new chapters in their corporate lives
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — You don’t need to be a theater buff or even a minor stage devotee to know that the “Green Room,” replete with lighted vanity behind the starred door, is where actors await their cues. While that way station may be adequate for Hollywood or Broadway, it cannot begin to
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Eva Trieger, San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is mobilizing a communal response to the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal and caused widespread destruction throughout Southern Asia earlier this week. San Diegans can donate at http://jewishinsandiego.org/nepal-earthquake-relief 100 % of all donations will go directly to those affected by the earthquake.
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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Elie Shneour was born in France on December 11, 1925. The son of Zalman and Salomea Shneour, he had one sibling — Renee Shneour, who later became Spanish dancer Laura Toledo. Shneour was raised in Neuilly sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. His family was of Jewish heritage, his father having emigrated from Czarist Russia
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County
LA JOLLA, California (SDONA)–Hillel of San Diego announced Sunday the appointment of a new director for its programs for Jewish students at the UC San Diego campus. Rabbi David Singer will begin work in La Jolla in July. He was previously founder and director of Makom, a spiritual community for millennials affiliated with one of Dallas’ largest
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education