San Diego County

Charlene Seidle promoted to senior v.p. at Jewish Community Foundation

SAN DIEGO  – The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego has promoted Charlene Seidle to Senior Vice President, hired Jessica Toledano as Director of Communications and hired Anahid Brakke as Program Officer. Seidle is a  seasoned professional at the Foundation and has been with the organization since  1997 with increasing responsibility during her tenure.  In her […]

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11-year-old animator’s Holocaust film debuts at Comic-Con

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two years after surprising animator Bill Plympton with his ability to mimic Plympton’s drawing style, 11-year-old Perry Chen is making his debut at Comic-Con as the animator of a 6-minute Holocaust short,  Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest. Chen will appear on a panel with his mentor

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Gourmet food, luxury living greet Seacrest Village donors

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)–Seacrest Village Retirement Communities hosted over 140 members of the prestigious 211 Club on Sunday, July 17,at the beautiful home of 211 Club members Cindy & Larry Bloch. The occasion was to celebrate The 211 Club members’ commitment to the charitable mission of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities The evening began with a

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San Diego County

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 27, 1956, Part 3

Cancer Patients To Form Club Southwestern Jewish Press, July 27, 1956, Page 5 Former cancer patients who are pledging themselves to help others who are afflicted or facing cancer operations, will meet Tuesday night, July 31, to organize a new club. Announcement that the club will assist in a loan closet, supplying materials for patient

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‘Five-Course Love’ provides chuckles with every course

By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California—It’s hard tobelieve that North Coast Repertory Theatre will be celebrating its thirtieth anniversary season in September. Over the years, yours truly has watched this little theatre grow from a corner suite in the Lomas Santa Fe Shopping Center to its current location in a larger, more accessible space. With artistic

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 27, 1956, Part 2

As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, July 27, 1956, Page 3 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant At first glance the title of this issue might seem to imply that I was sponsoring a safety campaign with a suggestion to drivers that they watch for children in the streets.  While there is need

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 13, 1956, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Jewish Center News Southwestern Jewish Press, July 13, 1956, Page 5 On Wednesday, July 18th, the registration for the Youth Camp will close for the season. Boys and girls, 13 to 17 years of age, have been participating in a Youth Camp experiment three days a week for

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‘Poster Boys’ and ‘The Woolgatherer’ in Hillcrest

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—This past weekend had me settled in the Uptown/Hillcrest area catching two very different shows but both worthy of mention. Diversionary Theatre and Moxie Theatre have teamed up to mount the U.S. Premiere of Canadian playwright Michele Riml’s new play Poster Boys. Just down the street @ 6th and Penn Ion

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

SDJA 4th graders spearhead tzedakah drive for Japan quake victims

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Students at San Diego Jewish Academy’s (SDJA) Golda Meir Lower School raised $756 to help the people of Japan after devastating earthquakes and floods ravaged their country in March of 2011. Initiated and inspired by SDJA’s fourth grade class, students as young as four years old took action to help those

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Jewish leadership turns out for Steve Weening’s memorial

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Some of the top leadership of the organized Jewish community of San Diego turned out for a service to memorialize Steven Weening, 64, and to comfort his wife, Leslie, who had been a long-serving executive assistant to the director of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, and

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Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 13, 1956, Part 2

Symphony Season Opens At Bowl July 17 Southwestern Jewish Press, July 13, 1956, Page 3 The San Diego Symphony’s 1956 series of summer concerts will begin next Tuesday evening, July 17, at 8:30 p.m., with some of maestro Robert Shaw’s most ambitious conducting in three years as conductor. The concert will feature the Beethoven Ninth

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 13, 1956, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Kuchel Sponsors Resolution Outlawing Discrimination Against American Jews Southwestern Jewish Press, July 13, 1956. Page 1 The Southern California Division of the American Jewish Congress today hailed the action of Senator Kuchel who co-sponsored Senate Resolution No. 298, aimed at outlawing the discrimination practiced against American Jews by

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‘Peer Gynt’ weird but entertaining

By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California—Some might call director David Schweitzer’s adaptation if Henrik Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt” entertaining and they would be right. Some will agree that’s it’s pretty weird and they would be right as well. Some might look for a hidden meaning under it all and they may find that exercise well worth

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast