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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The ‘On the Go’ program of Jewish Family Service  is more than a ride—it’s independence, community connection, mobility, and dignity for individuals 60 and older in the following zip codes: 92037, 92064, 92111, 92115, 92117, 92119, 92120, 92121, 92122, 92126, 92127, 92128, 92129, 92131, 91941, 91942.  On the Go provides individual rides […]

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The award-winning J*Company Youth Theatre, a program of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will present The Sound of Music March 4-21 at the David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre.   Based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, the

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – The Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities held its 32nd Annual Gala, “Cirque du Seacrest Masquerade Ball,” on Saturday, February 6, at the beautiful Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines. The night was a wonderful success raising well into the six figures for residents at Seacrest Village. The evening began

CARLSBAD, California (Press Release) —  Rabbi Karen Sherman and Guest Cantor Kathy Robbins will lead services this Friday night (February 12) to services at Temple Etz Rimon. Cantor Robbins has served as Cantor and Music Director for Temple Solel since 1984.  In 1988 she premiered Larry Zimmerman’s “Windsongs” (Transcontinental Music), which was written for her

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Gotthelf Art Gallery, part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, has announced An Evening with Artie “The Father of Woodstock” Kornfeld, March 10, 2010 at 7:30pm.  Tickets are $15-$18 and are on sale now. Rock music writer &

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Gotthelf Art Gallery, part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, announced the new exhibition Jews Rock! A Photographic Celebration of Rock ‘n Roll’s Jewish Heritage, running March 10, 2010 – May 19, 2010.  Art is for sale, with all

LONDON (WJC)–British police are investigating a verbal attack on Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon, after a student shouted “kill the Jews” during a talk Ayalon gave at Oxford University, in England. During the event, which was hosted by the university’s Student Union, a Muslim student got up and shouted in Arabic “Itbah Al-Yahud” –

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Michael Drake, the Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, for enabling an anti-Semitic/anti-Israel atmosphere on his campus over a period of years, which culminated yesterday evening in the repeated disruption of a campus lecture delivered by Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Michael

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. – Ecclesiastes 9:7. By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO–Life is full of coincidences. Just this past Shabbat, I was chatting during the oneg with a fellow congregant about the wine tour he had taken

JOPHANNESBURG, South Africa (WJC)–Harry Schwarz, a South African lawyer, politician and Jewish leader who defended Nelson Mandela during the apartheid regime, has died at the age of 86. Schwarz was born in Germany in 1924. In 1936, he escaped the Nazis and emigrated to South Africa. He served as a navigator in the South African

MOSCOW (Press Release)–Khaled Meshaal, the exiled political leader of Islamist group Hamas, has met for talks with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. “We met to pursue our discussions, and our principal goal is to build on efforts brokered by Egypt to secure Palestinian unity,” Lavrov told reporters at the start of the meeting. 

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced Monday that a San Diego man has been sentenced to eight months in state prison for pointing a laser at a San Diego Police Department helicopter known as ABLE (Airborne Law Enforcement). Timothy Allen, 39, pleaded guilty to the charge in January and was sentenced in

CAIRO (WJC)–Two senior Egyptian journalists have been reprimanded by Egypt’s Journalists Union for violating the group’s ban on contacts with Israeli officials. Hussein Serag, a veteran reporter, was suspended from his job for three months for visiting Israel, and Hala Mustafa received a warning after she conducted an interview with Israel’s ambassador in Cairo, Shalom

SAN DIEGO–“Remember the Shabbos day and keep it holy.” The Chofetz Chaim writes that Shabbos is a sign for the Jewish people. When a store has a sign out front, you know it’s in business. When we have Shabbos, we are ‘in business.’   Faithful observance of Shabbos is part of what makes our people eternal,