San Diego County

Orthodox school celebrates women of Judaism

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, celebrating its 51st anniversary two nights before Erev Shavuot, paid tribute to two women of the Bible and to three women who have been essential to the school’s own success. Bobbe Reitman, the school nurse, was honored as volunteer of the year.

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

County wedding photos finance trips for children

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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Jerusalem Day celebrated at international gathering

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, USA

Harvey Milk American Diner raises T-shirt funds for LGBT military members to walk in S.D. Pride event

SAN 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

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San Diego County

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 18, 1958, Part 2

“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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