SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Board of Directors of Waters of Eden: San Diego Community Mikvah and Education Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Rabbi Lenore Bohm as its new Executive Director. She began her tenure in early July, 2013. Contemporaneous to assuming this position, Rabbi Bohm resigned from the Board of the Leichtag […]
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Editor’s Note: The presentation by Max and Rose Schindler at Grossmont College made a deep impression on many listeners. We have run one news story already, and here is another account provided by a former editor of the Grossmont Summit. By William Dudley EL CAJON, California –Around fifty Grossmont College community members, including participants in
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EL CAJON (Press Release) — Holocaust survivors Max and Rose Schindler related to a group of incoming freshmen at Grossmont College on Monday, July 22, that after enduring such horrors as the death of family members, near starvation, and constant humiliation at the hands of the Nazis, they finally were liberated from separate Nazi concentration
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San Diego CountyENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Seacrest Village Retirement Communities hosted its annual 211 Club Patron Recognition Party this past Sunday, July 14 at the Solana Beach home of Jeffrey Strauss, Executive Chef & Owner of Pamplemousse Grille. Over 120 of Seacrest Village’s most generous supporters gathered to celebrate their commitment to the charitable mission of
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By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO — If you enjoy having your canine best friend by your side while dining out, a new restaurant just opened in San Diego’s Mission Valley. The Montana styled facility is appropriately called “Lazy Dog.” It is the newest member of a thirteen store chain, only the second to be operated
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San Diego County, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO — Nominees for leadership roles in the Jewish Federation of San Diego County have been announced on the Federation website. They are: Board chair, Theresa Dupuis, succeeding Claire Ellman; vice chair for philanthropy, Laura Tauber; Women’s Philanthropy Board Chair, Leigh Johnson; Vice-Chair for Community Partnerships, Caryn Viterbi; Vice Chair for Finance and Secretary/
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San Diego CountyBy Norman Greene SAN DIEGO –It’s a strange name for a restaurant and the parking could be a little more convenient, but the food was delicious, the wine list interesting and the prices quite good. I liked our friendly, efficient service and the relaxed atmosphere at Lupi on La Jolla Boulevard in the Bird Rock
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By Eva Trieger POWAY, California- Move over Adrian Peterson and Peyton Manning. There is a new NFL star waiting in the wings…..Meet Max Brett. This sixteen year old rising junior at Westview High School is going places. Sure, the Vikings and the Broncos may not know him yet, but if you were to ask
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Temple Emanu-El, a Reform Jewish synagogue, welcomes Rabbi Devorah Marcus as congregational rabbi beginning July 1. Marcus comes to San Diego from Temple Beth-El in Great Neck, New York, where she served as associate rabbi for five years. At Temple Beth-El, she worked extensively with young people and families, developing
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Local students display their work at the “Dare to Reuse” Art Exhibition being held at the New Children’s Museum running through August 28, 2013. The contest and exhibition are sponsored by the City of San Diego’s Environmental Services Department, WAXIE Sanitary Supply, Inc., and the New Children’s Museum. “WAXIE Sanitary
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Nicole Bernstein has been appointed as the StandWithUs San Diego Regional Director. Bernstein brings with her 14 years of leadership experience in executive management, communications and marketing roles in the corporate and start-up worlds, and spent 10 of those years living and working in Israel after she made aliyah in
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The Jewish Federation of San Diego County will sponsor the Super Hero 5k and BBQ on June 9 to aid the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombings through The One Fund of Boston. The family-friendly event will take place at Liberty Station in San Diego. Participants are encouraged to dress up
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By Sheryl Rowling DEL MAR, California — As you know, I’m not a food critic – at least not a published one. Yet, I got invited to the San Diego County Fair’s media night last Friday. So, I feel obliged to write about it! What can a financial person do with this subject? I can
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San Diego County, Sheryl RowlingBy Norman Greene JULIAN, California– If you are fond of dining on a less traveled road in a romantic country inn with an excellent dining room, I have a great suggestion for you. Visit this mountain city east of San Diego. The restaurant at Orchard Hill Country Inn in Julian was a delightful, well
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