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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 6, 1956, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff USO-JWB Southwestern Jewish Press, January 6, 1956, Page 3 Now hear this: “Would you believe it – we’re proud of you!” thusly ran the letter of invitation sent to Junior Hostesses of the USO-Jewish Welfare Board for their many hours of service to USO, for a dinner in […]

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 6, 1956, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Lasker Lodge B.B. To Hold Installation January 15 Southwestern Jewish Press, January 6, 1956, Page 1 On Sunday, January 15, the Lasker Lodge No. 370 B’nai B’rith will hold their annual installation of officers for the year 1956.  The affair will be held at the Mission Valley Country

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A bissel this, a bissel that—San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 29, March 24, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Events (In Chronological Order) On his 204th birthday, San Diego’s first Jewish settler, Louis Rose, will have a point of land officially dedicated for him at 10 a.m. today (Thursday, March 24) at the foot of Womble Road at the Boat Channel.  City and school

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Letters to the editor: two writers challenge AJE speaker on Islamic-Jewish relations

By Linda Sax Snaid SAN DIEGO –Professor Ghada Osman has been invited repeatedly by the Agency for Jewish Education (AJE) to lecture on “Encounters Between Islam and Judaism.”   Her most recent presentation at the Dove Library in Carlsbad on February 28, 2011, is part of the AJE ‘Scholar Lectures on Jewish Studies.’ I was extremely

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Diamond lust, Apartheid’s after-effects shape ‘Groundswell’

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Several months ago I wrote about a documentary that was being shown as part of the Jewish Film Festival called The Wrong Side of the Bus. It was about a noted professor of psychiatry who was born, grew up and went to school in South Africa during the days of Apartheid.

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 23, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Lasker Lodge News Southwestern Jewish Press, December 23, 1955, Page 5 By Lou Levitt The new officers for the forthcoming year were elected at the last regular meeting. They are Dr. Milton Millman, president; Edmund Herman, 1st vice president; Samuel Bennett, 2nd vice president; Harold P. Lasher, 3rd

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 23, 1955, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Who Started This Arms Race? (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, December 23, 1955, Page 3 The secretary-general of the Arab League, speaking in Los Angeles this week, warned that the United States is in danger of losing the friendship of the oil-rich Arab nations. The big fly in the

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 23, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff UJF Fund Board Pledges $51,600 As Special Fund Southwestern Jewish Press, December 23, 1955, Page 1 The United Jewish Fund has accepted the responsibility for the Jewish community of San Diego of raising a Special Fund of $51,600 for the United Jewish Appeal, over and above its usual

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‘Simpatico’: a tale hard to track… but well played

By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California— New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad has, over the years, mounted four of Sam Shepard’s plays: A Lie Of The Mind, Curse Of The Starving Class, True West  and Fool For Love.  Simpatico marks the fifth. For San Diego audiences, these are good choices for this company since they do

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‘The Lieutenant Of Inishmore’ makes torture a source of humor

 By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — ion theatre company, now in it’s fifth season, has established itself as pretty avant-garde. So it’s no surprise that Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant Of Inishmore would be on their wish list of plays to produce. He’s also the playwright who wrote The Beauty Queen Of Leenae (it was a

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How do we preserve someone’s memory?

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The continuing column “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History,” which is compiled from issues of the Southwestern Jewish Press, has,  in recent postings, been dealing with the construction and development in the 1950s of two adjoining properties on 54th Street: the Hebrew Home for the Aged and the Jewish Community Center.  In late 1955, the

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