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JCC Teen Coalition helps ‘repair the world’ for Earth Day

By Matt Quijas SAN DIEGO — Members of the  Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, and the San Diego Teen Coalition congregated for Earth Day Sunday, April 22, to give back to San Diego community. JCC Teen Director, Karen Flexer Friedenberg, coordinated the day’s events in which each teen team had an adult coordinator.   JSERVE’s community […]

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Gert Thaler’s purposefulness and zaniness remembered

Editor’s Note: The following eulogy was delivered at the funeral of Gert Thaler, 91, on Tuesday, April 17, at Ohr Shalom Synagogue in San Diego by her dear friend Norman Greene. By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO–As my friend Lorraine Schrag commented, “it is hard to imagine a world without Gert thaler.” Many here today have

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UT stories on Dumanis, Filner emphasize overcoming rejection

  SAN DIEGO — Two of the four candidates for mayor of San Diego are Jewish, although their political viewpoints are quite different.  District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis is a Republican and Congressman Bob Filner is a Democrat.    Craig Gustafson, a writer for U-T San Diego, has profiled both of them.  Here is a link to his

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Dec. 14, 1956, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Marriage Told Southwestern Jewish Press, December 14, 1956, Page 2 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Smollar announce the marriage of their daughter, Judith Sandra, to David Edward Honig, son of Mrs. Mary Honig, of Phoenix, Arizona. Judy was a student at S.D. State College, affiliated with Pi Alpha Lambda

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Dec. 14, 1956, Part 1

  Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Schulman & Ornstein Accept 1957 Campaign Leadership; Greatest Campaign Since 1948 Southwestern Jewish Press, December 14, 1956, Pages 1, 6 Victor Schulman and Dr. Walter Ornstein have accepted the co-chairmanship of the 1957 United Jewish Fund campaign. The announcement at the Fund’s 23rd Annual Dinner Meeting last

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Nov. 30, 1956, Part 6

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, November 30, 1956, Page 11 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant Living with Advertising It may seem far-fetched for Psychology to be interested in big business, even though it takes psychological factors to make a business big.  However, when we

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Hillel undeterred by ‘street vacation’ setback

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — The executive director of Hillel of San Diego says his organization’s quest to build a new center near the UCSD campus has not been deterred by a local planning unit’s advisory vote against the project. Michael Rabkin wrote to supporters of Hillel:  “On Tuesday last week {March 27}, Hillel of San Diego

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