David Ogul is a former assistant metro editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune who spent more than three decades as a journalist whose works have been published in newspapers and magazines across the country. He now owns and operates Ogul Communications in San Diego.
By David Ogul SAN DIEGO — My daughter tried her best to talk me out of the trip. My brother thought I was nuts. Friends were somewhere between shocked and amused. But when Major League Baseball decided to conclude an unprecedented season by allowing a limited number of fans to witness the National League Championship […]
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David Ogul, Lifestyles, Sports & Competitions, USAWith a growing anti-vaccine movement as a backdrop, noted researcher and president of the Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation Dr. Peter Salk – whose father discovered the first polio vaccine – will address the fight to end polio and the current controversy surrounding vaccines during a public presentation at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Sunday, October 27. [David Ogul]
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David Ogul, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
This story was updated on August 26, 2019 By Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — A week before the November 2018 election, 17 San Diego-area rabbis signed a letter denouncing Rep. Duncan Hunter‘s “fear mongering” attacks on the Palestinian ancestry of Christian opponent Ammar Campa-Najjar. They said the Republican congressman’s attacks on the
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Before David Ogul and Sharon Wilson were married, they learned about each other’s faiths. David attended Mass at Sharon’s Catholic church. Sharon attended Friday night Shabbat services at David’s Reform temple in Riverside, the city where the two had met and worked for the daily Press-Enterprise. David was
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
By David Ogul SAN DIEGO — The Honorable Sol Gothard, a former senior judge at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals for the State of Louisiana, will lead a discussion on Torah, Talmud, and the American legal system during a special Midrash Shabbat event on Saturday, Jan. 5, at Tifereth Israel Synagogue in San Diego. Gothard
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David Ogul, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy David Ogul SAN DIEGO — It’s all about equality. That was the message from Cheryl Temkin, an executive member of the Speakers Bureau for the Jerusalem-based Women of the Wall, who was the featured speaker Nov. 16 at Tifereth Israel Synagogue in San Diego following Kabbalat Shabbat services. Just months after Israeli paratroopers liberated Jerusalem’s
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David Ogul, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — On the third Friday evening of each month, the Shir Chadash (New Song) Band leads services celebrating Shabbat at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. The young mother whose alto voice provides the harmonies to the Shabbat melodies is an example of religious mobility. Just hearing that her name is “Christina
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music and Visual Arts, San Diego CountySDJW staff report SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – In synagogues in San Diego and across the country, Jews and their friends answered the call of the American Jewish Committee to “Show Up for Shabbat” to demonstrate just one week after the Pittsburgh massacre that people of good conscience will not be intimidated. Contributors to San Diego
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, Eva Trieger, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Sheryl RowlingSAN 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, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — What’s that you say? A gospel choir will be performing at a Conservative Jewish synagogue? Yes, it’s true: immediately following Havdalah at 8:16 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, the 80-member, multiracial Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir San Diego (MLKCC) will perform in the sanctuary of Tifereth Israel
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Music and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In anticipation of opening day of the 2017 Major League Baseball season, congregants of Tifereth Israel Synagogue themed their Kabbalat Shabbat services on Friday night, March 31, around the American pastime. Traditional Shabbat evening prayers were mixed with meditations on baseball; a baseball trivia quiz took the place
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions
By David Ogul SAN DIEGO — Judaism teaches that the world relies on three principles: religious observance, divine work and acts of kindness. Ira Lerner showed his dedication to this philosophy through his professional life, his commitment to his religion and his ties to his family and many friends. Professionally, he served his country as
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David Ogul, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County
Editor’s Note: Following is a eulogy of Stanley Korn delivered by his son, Dr. Jeffrey Korn, on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at Greenwood Cemetery in San Diego. By Jeffrey Korn Our dad passed away Saturday afternoon, May 21st. It has been a blessing for me to know him and enjoy him for 67 years. Dad
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David Ogul, Obituaries & memorials
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor Masori SAN DIEGO – They fractured the lyrics of numerous popular American songs, and twisted the tale in the Book of Esther to fit those lyrics, but nobody objected. In fact, the audience loved it. It was the annual Purimshpiel on Wednesday evening, March 23, at
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Shor M. Masori