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Andrew Hoffman, helper of military families, up for 'All Star' award

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California–Andrew Hoffman is a congregant at my synagogue, Temple Solel.  Andrew Hoffman is a finalist in Major League Baseball and People magazine’s 2010 “All-Stars Among Us” national campaign, in conjunction with the MLB All-Star Game. The campaign is to recognize individuals who are serving their communities in extraordinary ways. Andrew Hoffman works […]

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Dinner held for legacy donors to Seacrest Village Retirement Communities

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– Members of Seacrest Foundation’s Legacy of Promise program gathered on May 27, 2010 for an intimate evening of appreciation and gourmet fare in the newly remodeled Mel’s Place at the Seacrest Village Encinitas Campus. The Legacy of Promise provides donors the opportunity to secure the future for the residents of Seacrest Village

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El Al ticketing will lead to tree being planted in Israel

NEW YORK (Press Release)– EL AL Israel Airlines and Jewish National Fund (JNF), are partnering in a promotion: Anyone who buys a ticket to Israel via www.elal.com  will have a tree planted in Israel by the Jewish National Fund.   Once the purchase is completed, the passenger receives a certificate via mail or email that EL AL and JNF

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seems more sensitive to religious bias

  By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–No wonder Rand Paul is horrified by the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Six months ago, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission posted a 10-page fact sheet on its Web site that should force any repugnant employer to cringe.   The fact sheet addresses concerns crucial to victims of workplace

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StandWithUs will meet anti-Israel flotilla with counter flotilla off Gaza coast

ASHDOD, Israel (Press Release)–Self-styled European human rights activists will be in for a big surprise this weekend when their eight boats try to illegally land on the coast of Gaza to break what they call Israel’s “illegal Israeli blockade” of the Gaza Strip.  “We will be there with our own flotilla of boats and signs

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A Wedding: New Connections, Old Reconnections

By  Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California–The phone rings, it’s my daughter. “Mom, what are you wearing to the wedding?” “Remember the lovely two-piece, grey silk dress I wore at your daughter’s Bat Mitzvah?” “Mom, she was thirteen, she’s thirty-one!” “Oh,” I said. “It’s vintage!” And so I wore that dress at my grandson’s wedding

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Jewish organizations' policies on same-sex marriage questioned

Editor, San Diego Jewish World: While having lunch this past Sunday at the Grand Del Mar (a Manchester property ) one of the people at the table mentioned that Manchester’s properties were being blacklisted by the UJF and Seacrest (Village Retirement Home) over his support for Proposition 8 (the ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriages

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Two Israeli classical musicians to perform at Carlsbad library

CARLSBAD, California (Press Release) – The San Diego Jewish Music Series, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture will present in Carlsbad  A Classical Evening with Piano and Violin, featuring Victor Stanislavsky, piano and Asi Matathias, violin.  These two virtuoso Israeli musicians, Victor Stanislavsky and Asi Matathias, are emerging as an outstanding force in the

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