San Diego County

Jacobs takes roles in Limmud programs in San Diego and London

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Audrey Jacobs, volunteer program chair of the San Diego’s Yom Limmud: Community Day of Learning of the Agency for Jewish Education to be held January 30,  has been invited to be a featured speaker at the 30th anniversary of the Limmud Conference in the U.K. during this Christmas week.  Jacobs  will be among 350 

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College Avenue Older Adult Center tells December programming

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The College Avenue Older Adult Center, operated by Jewish Family Service, in the social hall of Beth Jacob Congregation, 4855 College Avenue, has announced the following programming for December. Thursday, December 2, 12:45 pm–Dr Barold presents . . . Nutrition Vs Genes, Who’s In Control? We know that our genes dictate

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Expert on Israeli media to lecture Nov. 22 in Carlsbad

CARLSBAD,  California (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education continues its monthly Scholar Lectures on Jewish Studies, a new lecture series in Carlsbad, with Professor Oren Meyers of the University of Haifa. Meyers’s lecture will take place in the Schulman Auditorium of the Carlsbad Dove Library on Nov. 22 at 7:00 pm. His lecture is titled,

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Hoffinger shines in ‘Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins at Diversionary

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO- -It isn’t often that we get a chance to see a young, up and coming actor who is still in school and has time to perform, and perform well. How fortunate for us then that Dylan Hoffinger, a freshman at the School of Creative and Performing Arts (as a musical

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food

Gracia Pick, Marjory Kaplan, Ellen Beck among 12 ‘Local Heroes’

SAN DIEGO (Nov. 4, 2010) — As part of its ongoing commitment to cultural diversity and to celebrate Hispanic Heritage and American Indian  Heritage months, Union Bank has partnered  with KPBS to honor four extraordinary San Diegans during its 13th Annual Local Heroes Awards program.  Recognized for exemplary leadership and dedication to serving their communities, these

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JFS seeks votes in Pepsi contest for the Hand Up Youth Food Pantry

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Hand Up Youth Food Pantry at Jewish Family Service is just one of 1,142 organizations competing for part of $1.3 million from the Pepsi Refresh Project. In an effort to support those who generate innovative, optimistic ideas, the Pepsi Refresh Project (of Pepsi-Cola North American Beverages) is awarding more than $20 million

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Ion’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ …chilling yet entertainingly good theatre

  By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Sometimes bringing back a scary old classic can be a ‘what else is new moment’ especially if it opens late in October and the play is Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Don’t be misled by either, though. Ion Theatre is mounting an intriguing production of Jeffrey Archer’s new adaptation of

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

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 29, 1955, Part 2 (Includes Albert Einstein’s Visit to San Diego)

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Schissell-Levenson in Double-Ring Rites Southwestern Jewish Press, April 29,1 955, Page 3 On Sunday, April 17th, at 2 p.m., Sandra, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Schissell, exchanged marriage vows with Arthur Levenson, son of Mrs. Ethel Levenson.  The double-ring candlelight services were held at Temple Beth Israel,

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Heartfelt condolences to our neighbors and cousins, the Chaldeans

  SAN DIEGO — It was horrifying to read about the wanton attack on a Catholic Church in Baghdad in which more than 50 people were violently slain and even more were injured. I’m sure I speak in behalf of the entire Jewish community in offering  heartfelt condolences to the large Chaldean community of San

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 29, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Noted Jewish Editor To Speak Here May 12th on Tercentenary Theme Southwestern Jewish Press, April 29, 1955, Pages 1, 6 San Diego’s Tercentenary Committee and the United Jewish Fund will act as co-host for the concluding event of the Tercentenary Year celebrating 300 years of Jewish life in

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San Diego book tells of sadistic exploitation of homeless and one man’s redemption

A Bum Deal: An Unlikely Journey from Hopeless to Humanitarian, by Rufus Hannah & Barry Soper, Source Books, ISBN -13: 97801-4022-4471-1; 2010, 238 pages, $24.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – For people in this city, one of the most startling things about this book is that its events occurred, in great measure, in

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Folksinger Peter Yarrow serenades Natan Sharansky at emotional Jewish Federation meeting

-First  in a series- Photos and Story by Donad H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Folksinger Peter Yarrow, who once sang as part of the trio of Peter, Paul and Mary at rallies to free Soviet Jewry sang a pair of songs to former Soviet Refusenik and current Jewish Agency for Israel chair Natan Sharansky at

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Jewish Book Fair schedules variety of programs in North San Diego County

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– The 16th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, thanks to a generous grant from the Leichtag Family Foundation, will present four events in North County at two locations.    On Sun., Nov. 14 at Temple Solel in Cardiff:  Sheila Isenberg will present her biography of heiress and resistance hero Muriel

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‘Gee’s Bend’ quilts together a Civil Rights era story

By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California — It takes more than lynching, water hoses, police batons or stampeding horses to stop a movement and keep a people down. The story of such a people caught in the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement is documented, to some degree, in Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s Gee’s Bend

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