POWAY, California (SDJW)– Brian Spongberg, whose family owns the Wendy’s franchise at 10536 Crafsman Way in San Diego, was at his restaurant April 27 when he learned of the shooting that day at the Chabad of Poway. Deeply saddened, “I got in touch with Rabbi Goldstein and came up with this idea to raise […]
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San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Michael Jeser SAN DIEGO — This week was a week of more ups and downs for the Jewish people. As our community began picking up the pieces from the devastating attack on Chabad of Poway, our brothers and sisters in Israel went through yet another series of traumatic attacks from terrorists in Gaza. With
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Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Tifereth Israel Synagogue celebrated Yom Ha’atzma’ut, Israeli independence day, on Thursday night, May 9, with songs, four American perspectives on Israel, and the kind of dairy dinner you might be served in Tel Aviv. Oscar and Olga Worm own Bekker’s Catering, which typically serves non-kosher food. But the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — Our Torah portion this week, Kedoshim, provides us with instructions on how to conduct ourselves in a holy manner. One somewhat surprising instruction is when the Torah tells us that in order to live our lives in a holy way, we need to “Hocheach tochiach et amitecha.” The
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Jewish ReligionBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The Exhibit on Aging served as a fitting backdrop to the Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices program, held in the Gotthelf Gallery of the Lawrence Family JCC Thursday, May 2. The forty plus people who gathered were well-rewarded with inspiring poems by three senior citizens. Janice Alper and Dr. Irvin
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Irv Jacobs, MD, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Elliott Nahmias, regional political director for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), will discuss the status of American support for Israel at a speech following at 6:15 p.m. buffet dinner Wednesday, June 19, sponsored by the Beth Israel Men’s Club at Congregation Beth Israel, 9001 Towne Center Drive. Admission
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Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USABOSTON, Massachusetts (Press Release)— Coinciding with May’s observances of Jewish American Heritage Month and Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day), the Ruderman Family Foundation has made available to the public never-before-seen archival footage that shares the stories of the American Jews who helped established and strengthen the nascent State of Israel. “Eyewitness 1948: The American Contribution”
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued the following statement on the occasion of Yom Ha’atzma’ut, Israel’s Independence Day: “On behalf of the American people, I offer best wishes and congratulations to all Israelis as you mark the 71st anniversary of Israel’s independence. “On this day, the friendship between the United States
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Jewish History, Middle East, USA
By Fernando Zweifach López SAN DIEGO — My father, a devout Catholic man from Mexico, and my mother, a Jewish woman raised by Orthodox parents whose family left Russia and Austria respectively to escape persecution and death, each explained to me as a young person the discrimination I would face because my life encompassed
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By Sig Christenson San Antonio Express-News When Oscar Stewart heard the sound of gunfire, it would have been natural to run the other way — but it also would have been contrary to what he’d done as a soldier in Iraq and as a San Antonio teenager who once tackled and punched an abusive
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I have had the privilege over the years of interviewing many Survivors about their experiences during the Holocaust. After doing a number of these interviews, I noticed a pattern. When they were recounting for me all the horrible things that had happened to them and their families
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Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — What was so special about this Yom Ha’Azmaut (Israel’s Independence Day), coming so quickly after 700 enemy rockets? What is Independence Day if not part of Jewish history? But why is Jewish history different from other nations’ histories? If history is a list of chronological facts and information, our
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Barry Shaw, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Benjamin Netanyahu has served as prime minister for the past 11 years, coinciding with Hamas’ rule over Gaza ever since it usurped power in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority after a brief violent confrontation between the two sides. During this period, Netanyahu has deliberately perpetuated the conflict with Hamas
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