ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – For their philanthropic impact on the Jewish community and support of San Diego’s seniors, the Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities will honor Sylvia and David Geffen at the 36th Annual Gala on Saturday, February 1, at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine in San Diego, California. With […]
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel of San Diego has named Jeff Silberman recipient of the Carl M. Esenoff Memorial Award for Extraordinary Community Service. The Esenoff Award recognizes outstanding Jewish individuals for their service to Beth Israel and to the Jewish and general communities. The award is named for its first recipient who
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Eight outstanding community leaders have been chosen as honorees as well as a special memorial tribute to community leader Murray Galinson at the upcoming National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon. The event presented by The Jewish Community Foundation San Diego will take place on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 at the Hilton
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Twelve Year old Megan Spector was walking along Mission Bay last Fall with 1,600 other participants in the Greater San Diego Chapter of the ALS Association’s Walk. It was Megan’s third time doing the ALS Walk to Defeat ALS, along with her parents and brother, Sheri, Steven and Cole Spector. Megan
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San Diego County
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — When local surgeon Dr. Leslie Giesemann was looking for good preschool programs for her son Benjamin, she chose the Jewish Community Center, which began a relationship that grew to include her whole family. While not from the Jewish community herself, she says she found it to be such
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) – CaseyGerry partner Frederick Schenk has been selected by his peers as San Diego “Lawyer of the Year” for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, a prestigious national ranking of attorneys selected through an exhaustive annual peer-review process. According to Best Lawyers www.BestLawyers.com,
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)- After three years of direct grant making through its San Diego County Small Grant Program, Weingart Foundation has announced that, as of August 2013, the program will be managed by the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego (JCF). This exciting re-granting relationship is designed to maintain Weingart Foundation’s commitment to San
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San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Michael Berk SAN DIEGO — The lurid allegations of politicians acting badly overcame the usual summer lull in news this season. Mayor Bob Filner and Anthony Weiner spent much of the summer trying to survive politically. But what about spiritual survival? What does their common faith, Judaism, teach about sin, atonement and forgiveness?
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
By Aaron Voit SAN NICOLÁS LEMPA, El Salvador –For the next five months it is my extreme privilege to work as EcoViva’s International Fellow in the Lower Lempa in El Salvador. I first came to the Lower Lempa as a participant on an EcoViva Community Empowerment Tour (CET) in April of 2012. It was a
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The 15-year-old San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir is releasing “Heritage,” its first CD, with a preview of two of it songs to be performed Aug. 25 on the Chabad Telethon at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. The group also will perform some selections from the album at a Chanukah
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — For the 16th year in a row, San Diego teens participated in a summer Philanthropy Leadership Training Institute, learning the basics of effective philanthropy within the context of Jewish values. The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego leads this innovative program in partnership with the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center.
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San Diego CountyENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Guardians of San Diego’s 22nd Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament presented by the William Gumpert Foundation raised more than $167,000 this year. Proceeds from “Take a Swing for Seniors” held July 29 will benefit the Resident Assistance Fund at Seacrest Village Retirement Communities. Guardians of San Diego hosted over
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San Diego County
EL CAJON (Press Release) – In the shock that followed the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., partners Mary Carouba and Susan Hagen sat stunned across the country in California. After a while it dawned on them that whenever they turned on the television, there were news stories and
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San Diego County
EL CAJON (Press Release)– Foreign-trained doctors, nurses and medical technicians may help fill the gap between the number of health care professionals working in the United States today and the larger number expected to be needed when the federal Affordable Care Act goes into effect on January 1, 2014. Welcome Back Centers at Grossmont College