SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Congregation Beth Israel presents Anti-Defamation League Regional Director Tammie Gillies at a January 15 Dinner Forum. She will provide an update on the key issues and challenges the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) deals with on a daily basis. Gillies is well versed in both the ADL and […]
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San Diego Prepares for 8th National Shakespeare Festival at Old Globe Southwestern Jewish Press, July 12, 1957, Page 5 The San Diego 8th Annual National Shakespeare Festival is scheduled for the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park July 19 through September 1. Plays to be presented each night at 8 p.m. are “King Lear” and
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Kenny Weissberg, Off My Rocker, Sandra Jonas Publishing House, 2013, ISBN 9780985581565, $26.95, 305 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– For more than two decades Kenny Weissberg was the concert promoter who brought to Humphrey’s By the Bay an eclectic mix of talent, some being big names in the music industry, and others who
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The Los Angeles Times editorial board published an opinion today that the 59-year old infamous high Cross above Mt. Soledad in La Jolla, Ca., should be removed: “A cross is not a universal symbol for memorializing the dead. It is a Christian marker.” This is but the latest
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San Diego CountyENCINITAS, California (Press Release) — The Leichtag Foundation has announced the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey R. Solomon, President of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, to its board of directors. Dr. Solomon also sits on numerous nonprofit and foundation boards including the FJC, a community foundation in New York; the Jewish Funders Network; Jewish Week;
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SAN DIEGO–Jeff Silberman, chair of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, announced Thursday, Dec. 5, that Marjory Kaplan, the Foundation’s president and CEO, will retire in 2015, and that a search for her replacement will be launched. Here is the text of his announcement: “After nearly 20 successful years at the Jewish Community Foundation,
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Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California–Runoff candidates for San Diego Mayor, Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez, on Tuesday expressed warm feelings for Israel and for the American Jewish community, while sidestepping such potential hot button issues as the Mt. Soledad cross atop city-owned land and the long-pending effort by Hillel
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By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California — Temple Beth Shalom celebrated the fifth night of Chanukah Dec. 1 in both ancient and modern style. “Chanukah” is a Hebrew word meaning “dedication” as when the Maccabees rededicated the ancient Temple in Jerusalem in 167 BCE after it had been defiled by the Syrian
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By Jennie Starr SAN DIEGO –Thanks to our Jewish Community Foundation, Leichtag Foundation, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the PJ Library books are available to our Jewish families. The program delivers Jewish children’s books in English to our mailbox through the year providing parents an easy way to nurture Jewish identity in our children. The books
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is mobilizing a communal response to the super Typhoon Haiyan, which has wrought widespread destruction in the Philippines. Our partners at the JDC are consulting with local officials, the Filipino Jewish community and global partners to assess the evolving situation on the ground in the
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO– Melinda Wilkes, director of volunteer engagement at Jewish Family Service, will address Beth Israel’s Men’s Club at A 6:30 p.m. deli dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Her topic will be the “Embrace a Family” program. She plans to discuss the needs of 500 low income families at this time of year, how the
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San Diego CountyLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – San Diego’s internationally recognized San Diego Jewish Book Fair celebrates its 19th year with most prominent legal mind and celebrated lawyer in America – Alan Dershowitz– launching the nine-day series on Saturday, November 2 at 7:30pm at the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) – For the second year, applications are now available for the Jeffrey D. Sollender Business and Philanthropic Youth Entrepreneurship Scholarship Program at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. The program was established in 2012 by Elyse K. Sollender in memory of her late husband, Jeff Sollender, a renaissance man who
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San Diego CountyENCINITAS, 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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