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Jewish Federation CEO: My Trip to Washington in Support of Israel

By Heidi Gantwerk SAN DIEGO — On Tuesday, I, along with Federation Board Chair David Bark, flew to Washington D.C. to gather with more than 200 Federation and partner agency leaders, philanthropists, and many national officials — all in support of Israel. We heard extraordinarily strong words of support from Congressional leadership from both sides […]

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Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, Opinion, San Diego County, USA

‘We Have Been Here Before,’ StandWithUs Reminds San Diego Amid War in Israel

By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, StandWithUs co-founder and CEO Roz Rothstein grew up deeply immersed in the shadow of the Shoah. That is what made the unprecedented Hamas assault on Israel all too familiar, Rothstein said at the StandWithUs Southwest “Leaders of Tomorrow” gala on Sunday at the Marriott

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Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County

Parashat Noach: Being a Mensch in a World Flooded With Strife

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Look at the world Noach lived in. Greed, oppression, corruption, sexual excess, and worse. Wait. What’s changed? Look at our world. How do we cope without an ark to escape into? Floods, figuratively at least, surround us. Our response, our Jewish response, is to continue to be resilient,

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell

Music of Shabbat to Soothe the Troubled Heart

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — If music can soothe the troubled heart, the music of Shabbat may be particularly effective with its prayer chants for peace, for healing, and for the departed. The next Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library program will feature the Music of Shabbat and will

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Gaza: The Hellhole

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — More than a week has gone by since the infamous sneak attack by Hamas terrorists from Gaza on October 7. I have reported that Michal and I are doing ok, with no missiles striking Kfar Saba and only a few short periods in our in-house shelter. Well, we

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Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer

David Ellenstein Followed His Actor Father Into Show Business

“I believe the arts in general are all about uplifting human beings and making the world better for having experienced them,” Ellenstein told me. “I’ve always believed in a wide variety of genres, and I like to do all kinds of plays – new plays, old plays, dramas, comedies, musicals, avant-garde plays…” {Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

San Diegans Describe Experiences Flying In and Out of War-Torn Israel

A group of 18 Jewish men, who have nicknamed themselves “The Bagel Boys” arranged their chairs under a shade tree at a local park on Friday and shared stories about flying in and out of Israel just as the war with Hamas was getting underway. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Addressing Internet Propaganda During a Time of War in Israel

By Heidi Gantwerk and Bill Ganley SAN DIEGO — We have been made aware of propaganda circulating on the internet and social media calling for violence targeting Jews and Jewish organizations around the world on Friday, October 13, 2023. This form of emotional terrorism is meant to deter us from daily routines, activities, and adversely

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Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, San Diego County