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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The premise behind a February 11 “Striking A Chord” Benefit Concert was conceived by local Carmel Valley Middle School student, 12-year old Megan Spector, whose Aunt Marjie Block was diagnosed with ALS about three years ago. Currently there is no cure, and the life expectancy of ALS patients is tragically short, 2-5

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Tarbuton, Israeli Cultural Center in Carmel Valley, has been selected to join Nitzan, a National network for innovative after school programs.  (“Nitzan” means flower bud in Hebrew.) The purpose of Nitzan’s network is to support the renewal of Jewish learning after school.  Network members support each other by sharing

Editor’s Note:  Funeral services will be held on Monday, Jan. 7, for Jewish communal leader Murray Galinson at 1 p.m. at Congregation Beth Israel. By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO –“You should go meet with Murray Galinson.”  I can’t really exactly who said that to me in early June 1990.  I had just finished working on

ESCONDIDO, California (Press Release)– Chesed Home, San Diego County’s adult residential facility serving Jews with serious mental illness, opens next month in this city. Hope Village San Diego, a 501 3c non-profit, has developed Chesed Home.  The mission is to provide a safe and nurturing residence for adults with serious mental illness, based on Jewish values and

By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO –While the intent of the “d” in Hillcrest’s newest, trendy, hotspot on 5th Avenue is on the drinks, dining, and desserts, it should be, in addition, on the delicious, distinct, and diverse ingredients used in each item brilliantly concocted by Chef Keegan Gerhard, San Diego’s most recent celebrity chef to

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Elyse K. Sollender has created the Jeffrey D. Sollender Business and Philanthropic Youth Entrepreneurship Scholarship Program at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego in memory of her late husband, Jeff Sollender, a renaissance man who always put his family first.  Scholarships will recognize innovative, college-bound students who have created and