LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – A diverse assortment of used books will be available during the Annual Used Book Sale to benefit the Samuel and Rebecca Astor Judaica Library, which will be held from June 11-15 at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037. There will […]
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Defense Attorney Dan Greene is defending the former administrator of the Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad against charges of child molestation. In the case which has attracted considerable publicity, Greene pleads for the public to withhold judgment about the charges against Jeffrey Barton “I’m telling you they are not true,” Greene
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (SDJW) – The new interim general director of the San Diego Opera, William Mason, is the former general director of Chicago’s Lyric Opera. In a story by the U-T’s James Chute, Mason took issue with his predecessor Ian Campbell’s suggestion that cutting the Opera’s budget would lead to inferior quality: “You do things
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (SDJW) – Each of the nine City Council Districts in San Diego are allocated a budget for salaries and other expenses, including discretionary spending by the council member for public improvements within the district. Within the last month, 9th District City Councilwoman Marti Emerald – who chairs the Council’s Public Safety and Livable
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk, Ernie Dronenburg will present the children of the A.B. and Jessie Polinsky Children’s Center with a donation of $15,000 on Friday, May 30, thanks to couples who purchase framed photographs of their civil weddings. The photos, taken by Dronenberg’s staff, ” have been captured during one of the happiest
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– Brad Ausmus was a catcher for the San Diego Padres from 1993 to 1996, and after a full career on other teams served from 2010 to 2013 as a Padres special assistant for baeball operations. He is now managing the Detroit Tigers with slugger Ian Kinsler one of his star teammates.
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By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California –Christians and Jews from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday evening, May 28, celebrated the reunification of Jerusalem with songs about the City of Gold, an interpretive dance, some enthusiastic shofar blowing, and a hora around the meeting room of the Restoration Ministry on the grounds
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)— Harvey Milk’s American Diner, located at 535 University Avenue, will host the San Diego Pride Military Contingent Committee’s first annual fundraising extravaganza Thursday, May 29 2014 from 6-8 p.m. The purpose of the fundraiser is to help raise money for the Military Contingent to help cover the cost of providing T-shirts
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — State Sen. Marty Block (D-San Diego) won unanimous approval from the State Senate for a bill that would authorize 15 community colleges in California to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees, provided they are in subjects not already offered by nearby state colleges and universities. U-T reporter Karen Kucher noted that the statewide
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San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — I arrived at the Encinitas Library just on time, but, from the difficulty I was having finding a parking space, I knew there would be a large crowd. Not only was the hall filled to capacity, with a number of people standing on the sides, but I found myself
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“The Quiz Shows: They Give More Than Money” Southwestern Jewish Press, April 18, 1958, Page 3 (Reprinted from the March 1958 issue of the ADL Bulletin, official organ of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith) By Barrie Simmons Television quiz shows have tickled the American fancy for the past few years. I happen to be
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW)—The U-T on Tuesday, May 27, featured its ongoing coverage of District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ effort to win a fourth term against the determined challenge of Bob Brewer. The newspaper also ran a second part of its series on the reminiscences of retired cancer surgeon Dr. Ira Levine. In a look-ahead article about
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San Diego CountyS.D. Community to Mark Israel’s Tenth Anniversary Southwestern Jewish Press, April 18, 1958, Page 1 Dr. William C. Rust, President of California Western University will speak at a Civic Celebration marking the Tenth Anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel. This momentous event will be celebrated by the San Diego community Sunday, April
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LA MESA, California (Press Release) — The Grossmont Healthcare District recently announced recipients of its awards as 2014 Healthcare Heroes. The annual awards are presented to volunteers who help advance the delivery of quality healthcare in San Diego’s East County region. One honoree was Glenn Farber of the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, a
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