Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The sanctuary and social hall of Temple Emanu-El were transformed into an exhibit hall for 55 local artisans, with many of them exhibiting Judaica in various media on Sunday, Nov. 2. I went around to the booths and asked artists offering Judaica for sale why Jewish objects and designs […]
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Silent Bird by Reina Lisa Menasche, © 2014, ISBN978-14944-08831, 251 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Back when I was an undergraduate at UCLA—has it already been more than 50 years?—college men talked hopefully about the mythic “Yale date,” which supposedly had been agreed upon by male and female students at that august institution across
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The first 2014-15 Rendezvous Engineering Mathematics Science (REMS) Academic Competition will be held November 5, 2014 at San Diego Jewish Academy and will include students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. REMS competitions are a series of Jeopardy-like events that happen throughout the school year. They are meant to be fun
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — As I write this early on Thursday morning, October 30th, I face a day in which I will be attending the funeral of a friend, Rae Marie Ibarra. This was most unexpected. It is hard to believe I will no longer see her bright eyes and welcoming smile. She
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CARLSBAD, California (Press Release) — The Jewish Collaborative of San Diego (JCoSD) has dedicated its offices and temporary sanctuary at 5297 Balfour Ct, Suite 203, with a ceremony affixing the mezuzot on outdoor and inside doorways. Led by Rabbi Josh Burrows and Rabbi/ Cantor Gabi Arad , husband and wife, the new congregation forms chavurot
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– Carol and Harvey Korfin are both artisans who will be displaying their creations at the Temple Emanu-El artisan festival on Sunday, Nov. 2. Their creations reflect their different interests Carol, who markets her glass creations under the name “The Glass Giraffe,” says no two pieces of her fused glass art are
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The J Company’s production of Peter Pan is playing for two more weekends at the David and Dorthea Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family JCC. As grandmother of Adira Rosen, in the title role, I, of course am interested in encouraging all to see this musical. But,
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By Yisroel Weiser SAN DIEGO — The scene in front of Beth Jacob San Diego felt big and electric. It looked like a movie premier. Big, because 175 women and girls had gathered to bake Challah and attend a multi-media class. Electric, in part, because two big flood lights illuminated the women’s outdoor workspace on
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO COUNTY, California (Press Release) — The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Mandelbaum Family Lecture Series in Coronado and Scholar Lecture Series in Carlsbad continue their seasons with filmmaker and author James (Jim) D. Long. His lecture titled, “The Riddle of the Exodus” will take place in the Shulman Auditorium of the Carlsbad
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Middle East, San Diego Calendar
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Selwyn Isakow, a private investor who helped organize last weekend’s Shabbat San Diego events, said attendance statistics were impressive but the true test of the events that brought so many Jews together is whether it will spur many people to seek deeper levels of involvement with the Jewish community. Isakow told
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California –Nancy and I arrived a bit earlier than necessary for the grand Shabbat service and dinner on Friday, Oct. 24, at Congregation Adat Yeshurun, watching the hustle and bustle as caterers prepared meals and set up tables in a large tent for the hundreds of people who would
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW)–The twentieth anniversary of the death of the singing rabbi, Reb. Shlomo Carlebach, will be memorialized with a Shabbaton Nov 7-8 at Young Israel of San Diego, 7289 Navajo Road, in the San Carlos section of San Diego. The yahrzeit of Carlebach’s death falls this year on Nov. 9, 1994. The Shabbaton will include
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CalendarBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — I live, to my misfortune, in the 52nd Congressional District. Even if you live in another congressional district you cannot help but be aware of the bitter election battle between incumbent Scott Peters and challenger Carl DeMaio. You can’t turn on your television (in the San Diego media
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San Diego County, USA
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Lt. Col. Shai Abramson, Chief Cantor of the Israel Defense Force, will once again be in San Diego to share his remarkable talent with our community. The concert will be presented by Friends of the Israel Defense Force on Tuesday evening, October 28, at 7 p.m., at the Balboa Theatre.
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