SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego will host Cory Briggs as its guest speaker at its February 17 Dinner Forum. Attorney Briggs’ presentation will focus on The Citizens’ Plan Voter Initiative: What it means (and doesn’t mean) for the future of tourism, football, and infrastructure in the […]
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By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Violinist Zina Schiff will be at Tifereth Israel Synagogue this Sunday afternoon, Jan. 17, at 3 p.m., to introduce the MGM Academy Award-nominated movie The Fixer. Schiff’s solo violin playing is heard throughout the movie score, which was composed by Maurice Jarre. Jarre is famous for scores to such
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Do You Like Chocolate? Today, I am recommending that you spend some money. It is for a good cause! Temple Adat Shalom is hosting a Grand Chocolate Gala this Saturday evening (January 9th) at 6 pm. The money will be used to fund Reform Judaism in North County Inland
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San Diego Calendar, Sheryl RowlingLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)- The San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run February 4-14, 2016. This year the festival will showcase a total of 60 films of the best contemporary Jewish themed films from around
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By Amber Bartlett LA JOLLA, California –Aside from making me realize just “how lucky I am” and that “Anything’s Possible”, J*Company Youth Theater, and Seussical in particular, have shown me that at this point in my life, I’ve jumped off my clover and my “who” has finally been heard. I started off at J*company as
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLA JOLLA, California (SDJW) — The Holocaust Living History Workshop at UCSD has scheduled 5 p.m. presentations by survivor Max Garcia and refugee Moselio Schaechter in the Seuss Room of the Geisel Library respectively on January 13 and Feb. 10. Susanne Hillman, project manager, provided these sketches of the upcoming presentations: Think Only of Today:
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LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– J* Company Youth Theatre is starting 2016 off on a whimsical note with its family-friendly production of Seussical, Jr. – a fantastical, magical musical extravaganza featuring Horton the Elephant and many other favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including The Cat In the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie, the Wickersham Brothers, and
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By Toni Robin SAN DIEGO — The new skating rink is not the only new ice at Liberty Station. The NTC Foundation recently unveiled its very first art commission, just in time for the holidays. Entitled ICE, the light sculpture is on display in the fountain in front of the Dick Laub NTC Command Center. Created
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego features Al Korobkin as its guest speaker at the January 20 Dinner Forum. Al’s presentation will focus on the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic and Republican candidates running for the nomination of their parties, and characteristics of the various state primaries and
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ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – The Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities will host its 38th Annual Gala, “Silver Screen” on Saturday, February 27th at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla with Esther Fischer and Linda Platt serving as Gala Co-Chairs. The annual gala raises funds to benefit Seacrest Village’s Fund-A-Need project and the Resident
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DEL MAR — Jewish men from throughout San Diego County will attend the free Men’s Event sponsored by the Jewish Federation of San Diego County from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Featured speaker will be Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, who served as the
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Federation of San Diego County will participate in #GivingTuesday, a global day of philanthropy that follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday. On Tuesday, December 1, the Federation will launch a one-day campaign in an effort raise enough money to provide 1,000 hot, home-delivered meals to San Diego’s homebound in need.
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO — We may think we know about the FBI. After all, many of us have watched such series on television as the X-Files; Bones; Sue Thomas, FB-Eye; Without a Trace; Numb3rs; Criminal Minds; White Collar; The Mentalist; and Quantico, and have viewed countless movies about the “G-Men.” Now there are even video games.
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego will host Mark and Frank Powell as featured speakers at its December 16 Dinner Forum. Their presentation will focus on a project they are spearheading regarding a World War II Holocaust Memorial to honor the Liberation of Holocaust Survivors. The brothers established the
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