SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Robert Gilleskie, former director of engineering at the California Center for Sustainable Energy, will address the need to counter climate change in an address at the Beth Israel Men’s Club dinner meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 19, starting at 6:30 p.m., at 9001 Towne Centre Drive “Based on overwhelming evidence of […]
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American Jewish Committee seeks nationwide effort to combat hate crimes The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling for a concerted government effort to combat hate crimes. The call to action comes after the FBI issued its latest annual report, which showed a 17 percent increase in hate crimes during 2017, compared to the year before.
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International, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — A day after the Shabbat morning massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, reactions from Jewish and non-Jewish organizations and individuals continued to come into the offices of San Diego Jewish World via email. In addition to messages from those individuals and organizations that spoke out on Saturday, there
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David Ogul, International, Jewish Religion, John McCormick, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USAShabbat San Diego lists upcoming events The legendary San Diego Challah Bakes once again, to accommodate the expected 5,000 attendees. There will be 6 locations on Thursday night, Oct. 25, with RSVPs required via https://shabbatsandiego.org/ The locations are: Coastal 4126 Executive Dr. Doors open at 5 PM, Ample Parking (we’ve rented lots on both sides of
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Tifereth Israel Sisterhood will host a Roaring ’20s-themed party, the “Sistahood Speakeasy (ssh!)” on Saturday evening, November 17, at the synagogue at 6660 Cowles Mountain Boulevard, San Diego The event gets underway at 7:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour, complete with piano and lounge singer. A full, no-host bar continues
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release) –David Ward Ph. D, San Diego representative for the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) will be guest speaker at the Nov 11 Sunday Luncheon of the Beth Israel Men’s Club at 9001 Towne Centre Drive. “Are you (or someone you love) among the millions of U.S. adults who could benefit from
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The contemporary art exhibit, “Beyond the Age of Reason,” curated by Larry and Debby Kline, is nearing the end of its run at the San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park. If you want to be intrigued, or even possibly enraged, by various artists’ visions of religion and
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California -North Coast Rep Theater will produce the New Works Reading Series sponsored by Nebcal Printing, that will kick off with a dramedy written by stand-up comic Steve Bluestein. I had the good fortune to interview Bluestein by phone earlier this month. Rest, in Pieces is Bluestein’s baby, and will enjoy
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Legislation would create fund for Palestinian-Israeli people-to-people partnerships Congresswoman Nita Lowey (NY-17) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1) introduced the Palestinian Partnership Fund Act of 2018 (HR7060). This legislation would help create the conditions on the ground necessary for an eventual end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The bill would establish a Palestinian Partnership Fund to facilitate and finance
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The Samuel Project, filmed in San Diego and screened at the San Diego International Film Festival, is a gentle post-Holocaust story starring Hal Linden as Samuel, a Holocaust survivor who is reluctant to talk about what the Nazis did to him and his family. Despite prodding by his
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By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — When we think about female leading ladies or icons of the screen, names like Meryl Streep, Cher, Jane Fonda, or Glenn Close may spring to mind. Not to detract from these gals, but they’re not dames. Oh, sure. They’re women, and Damon Runyon may have called them dames,
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Eva Trieger, San Diego CalendarBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The opening program of the eleventh season of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices will showcase student poets from the San Diego Jewish community. On Tuesday evening, October 16, 7:00 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library, fourteen young people will read their original poems. English teacher, Elaine Lepow, will be accompanying
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Lawfare Project fights pro-Israel battles in Spain, Germany The Lawfare Project is now celebrating a string of major victories in Spain. A court in Barcelona last week voided a BDS measure passed by the city’s council of arts, a court in Andalusia last month suspended a large city’s boycott of companies that engage in free
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar, USABy Pamela Pollack-Fremd SPOKANE, Washington — Creative people have magnetism, a force, an affect all their own. Antonio Lopez, a fashion illustrator and trend setter, was that kind of person. Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion & Disco, a documentary directed and written by James Crump and produced by James Crump and Ronnie Sasson, introduces us to
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