SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Hillel of San Diego and the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego have announced that Sandra and Arthur Levinson have established the “Lori Bolotin Development Director for Hillel of San Diego Endowment Fund” at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. The position of Development Director will be named, in […]
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San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52), continuing Congresswoman Susan Davis’ efforts, introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday, March 21, to name a new federal courthouse in San Diego after judges James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep, who were trailblazers in their field. The James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep Federal Courthouse Naming
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)—Words Alive, a leading San Diego literacy agency that fosters a love of reading amongst at-risk youth, featured Lou Dunst, a local Holocaust survivor, during a teen book group discussion at Juvenile Court & Community School (JCCS) Arcadia Community on Thursday, March 14, 2013. The Words Alive Adolescent Book Group (ABG)
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San Diego CountyPress Notes Southwestern Jewish Press, May 3, 1957, Page 3 By Julia Kaufman “Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves …” Thanks to the rain, the brown hills of San Diego are covered with green, splashed here and there with flame-colored bushes and yellow flowers. Even the bald mountains have
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$5000 Needed by Women to Reach Fund Drive Goal Southwestern Jewish Press, May 3, 1957, Pages 1, 6 One hundred eight five women contributed over $5,000 at the 3rd Women’s Division luncheon for $35 minimum givers chaired by Mrs. Irving Alexander and Mrs. E.A. Slayen, Co-Chairmen of the Women’ Division. Mrs. Myrtle Karp, dynamic woman
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—When the opening of the new musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder warns you that the show you are about to see is a tale of revenge and retribution and that blood may spill and spines may chill, you may think this is an updated version of “Sweeney Todd”,
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By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO– When the fall term of the new San Diego Unified School District term begins, the first Hebrew Language public school in town will take its place among other charter schools. Kavod Elementary (http://www.kavodelementary.org) in fact will will be the first public Hebrew Language school on the west coast. A similar
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Hadassah Slates Regional Meeting Here May 19-22 Southwestern Jewish Press, April 18, 1957, Page 7 Mrs. Gabriel Berg, Chairman of Hadassah’s 12th annual Southern Pacific Coast Regional Conference to be held at Hotel del Coronado, from May 19 through 22, has just issued a statement of plans for the conclave. There will be delegates from
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistorySAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Federation of San Diego County will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom Hashoah) program at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, April 7. This Holocaust commemoration has been held in San Diego for more than three decades and last year, was the largest in the United States with more than 700 people in
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Community Foundation held its second annual Peter Chortek Leadership Award Ceremony recently to honor three extraordinary young individuals’ service and leadership contributions to the community. Jenna Arocha, Jonathan Feldman and Sasha Pines were each awarded $3,600 and each received an additional $1,800 in a donor advised fund at the
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO, California (Press Release)– San Diegan community leader and philanthropist Terri Bignell has been selected by the Jewish Federations of North America as the 2013 recipient of the Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award. The national award recognizes an extraordinary woman who has set a high standard for philanthropy and volunteerism in her community. Terri will be recognized
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San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California—I am in constant awe of war correspondent Richard Engle. It seems that wherever there is a skirmish (and I use the word cautiously) anywhere around the world his is the face I see reporting on it. He is the chief foreign correspondent for NBC News and just as recently
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By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO – Near the entrance to Fashion Valley mall, you might see what, judging by the “True Food” name, could be a grocery store. Then you might notice the spacious outdoor seating area and a herb garden. Inside you would see spacious restaurant seating along with an open kitchen concept,
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San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—The San Diego Opera Company has brought back (by popular demand) Camille Saint-Saëns’ beautiful Samson et Dalila. The last time we were treated to this 19-century French opera was in 2007. No question this tale is of biblical proportions. The sets, rented from the San Francisco Opera, (Douglas Schmidt) are ‘gargantuan’
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