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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Major League Baseball, PEOPLE and the San Diego Padres have announced Andrew Hoffman as the Padres’ “All-Star” of the “All-Stars Among Us” campaign, which debuted in 2009 and recognizes individuals who are serving their communities in extraordinary ways. Out of the three “All-Star” finalists representing the Padres, Andrew was selected by fans […]

Complied by San Diego Jewish World staff City Schools Get Gift of Film from B’nai B’rith Southwestern Jewish Press, July 23, 1954, Page 1 B’nai B’rith of San Diego this week presented to the City Schools a color print of the new film, “The Toymaker”.  The School Depository has been the recipient of many human

TUCSON, Arizona (Press Release)–The DNA Shoah Project is a non-profit, humanitarian effort at the University of Arizona aiming to reunite families disrupted by the Holocaust. We are building a database of genetic material from Shoah survivors and their immediate descendants in an attempt to match displaced relatives, provide wartime orphans and lost children with information

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)– Congresswoman Susan Davis, a San Diego Democrat, voted to strengthen sanctions against Iran in an effort to persuade them to abandon their nuclear ambitions and support of terrorism.  H.R. 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, would strengthen the underlying Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) by imposing an

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The Jewish Institute for National Security  Affairs (JINSA) applauds the decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the law that prohibits Americans from providing “material support” to groups designated by the State Department as “foreign terrorist organizations.” The case, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP), was decided in a 6-3 decision

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed – and How to Stop It, and founder of the movement against libel tourism, praised Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), its Ranking Member, for introducing the “Securing the Protection of our

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Betrothal Announced Southwestern Jewish Press, June 25, 1954, page 2 Mr. and Mrs. Browne Cleveland Hamilton of Glendale have announced the engagement of their niece, Ellen Marie Clark, to Stuart Naliboff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Naliboff.  The bride-elect is a speech therapist for the San Bernardino

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–On June 10 San Diego County Library reached a national library milestone of checking out over ten million items in one fiscal year.  This statistic includes check outs and renewals of book, movies, music, and other library materials.  This increase is a jump from the 2008-2009 fiscal year circulation statistics of eight

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today that the United States will be making an additional contribution of $60.3 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to support UNRWA’s core budget and special projects in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria,

SAN DIEGO (Staff Report)– Congregation Beth Israel in conjunction with the Lawrence Family JCC is organizing a drive to find a donor for Penny Spector, who recently was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Medical technicians will be on hand from noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday,

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–“Zos Chukas HaTorah…”  “This is the decree of the Torah…” Num. (19:2) Chukas HaTorah refers to the decrees of the Torah that are beyond our understanding. Indeed, the Torah is infinite. How can we expect to fully comprehend it in all its depth and breadth. We cannot even fathom how