By Steven J. Morris SAN DIEGO — The year 2012 has been an eventful one so far for Federation… In a few short months we’ve launched some highly impactful programs and initiatives that enhance our community, help those in need, and build strong lasting connections to Jewish life. Our One Happy Camper program has launched […]
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has endorsed Mat Kostrinsky for City Council District 7. “I have known Mat Kostrinsky for more than a decade, and relied on his counsel on matters in San Diego. He’s strong and independent,” said Senator Dianne Feinstein. “I’m confident Mat will make sure city government is working for
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Two men play twenty-one characters in Amlin Gray’s How I Got That Story. No easy fete this. But war is hell and sometimes the absurdities of war need to be funneled into this type of environment where everything is turned upside down and the only way to relive it is through
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The North University Community Branch Library, a Branch of the San Diego Public Library, will present the popular local author, Laura Simon (age 106), who will discuss her book and life on Friday, March 23 at 1:00 p.m. The presentation will also include the screening of a twelve-minute documentary about her
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Sunday, April 15, at 1:30 p.m. the San Diego community will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom Hashoah) program. The event will be held at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, in the Garfield Theater, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The theme will be Remember, Honor, and Teach: Righteous Among
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San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Diversionary Theatre announced that it has invited a rabbi, a pastor and a humanist to host a panel to discuss how family and faith ‘shape our lives and our relationships’. It’s all in conjunction with its current offering, Geoffrey Naufft’s Next Fall, a poignant, contemporary and funny play about being
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Audrey Jacobs SAN DIEGO –Mazal Tov to the UCSD Tritons for Israel and Pro-Israel community on Wednesday night’s 20-13 vote to defeat a divestment resolution targeting Israel. The UCSD Associated Students (AS) government heard seven hours of hateful rhetoric demonizing Israel as well as heartfelt testimonies defending Israel and the truth. Kol HaKavod UCSD Tritons for Israel Daniel
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Hispanic Jewish activist Gracia Molina de Pick, feminist, educational reformer, and philanthropist, is one of the six 2012 National Women’s History Month Honorees. Her work embodies the 2012 theme for National Women’s History Month – Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment. Molina de Pick’s community organizing skills developed in high school, where she was
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San Diego CalendarBy Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California—Mr. Green (Robert Grossman) is an 86-year-old widower who clings to his Jewish values and beliefs. He is angry, unpleasant, stubborn, worn out and alone. He and his wife Yetta were married 59 years. “We almost made it to sixty and never had and argument”. But she died a
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California– When my family was young and we used to pile into the car for any number of our family excursions, I never dreamed some of them would come back to haunt me. Recently, I attended Moving Arts The Car Plays: San Diego, a concept developed and conceived by Paul Stein.
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By Raquel Benguiat SAN DIEGO –Participating in Shabbat services at El Patronato, a beautiful synagogue in Havana, Cuba, was the highlight of my last traveling adventure. My experience included chanting Shabbat prayers among dozens of Jewish locals and visitors, weaving in sections in Spanish sparkled with a charming Cuban accent. The services were led by
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San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis VISTA, California–When Kathy Brombacher retires this year she will have been at the helm of Moonlight Stage Productions for seventeen years having produced over 200 shows. In other words, she has been there from the beginning. She has been a pioneer for the arts in the North County. It was she who
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Lisa Kron is a political animal. I can identify with that. When her leading character, Ellen, smartly played by Aubrey Saverino, is glued to CNN and/or MSNBC to catch all the political talking heads speaking her language, I get it. And it becomes abundantly clear, as the projections of the still
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Resolutions To Be Presented Before the 23rd Annual Meeting of the United Jewish Fund of San Diego December 8, 1956 Southwestern Jewish Press, November 30, 1956, Page 5 I–Peace in the Middle East — With the Question of permanent peace in the Middle East now on the agenda
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