SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Allan Finkelstein, who has spent his entire career working to strengthen Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) and the role that they play in American Jewish life, will retire from leading the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America, where he has served as president and CEO since 1994. His retirement is effective […]
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Hand Up Teen Leadership Program at Jewish Family Service of San Diego has been awarded a Sodexo Foundation Youth Grant through YSA (Youth Service America). The grant will support the Hand Up Teen Leadership Program in leading a community service project that addresses the issue of childhood hunger. In a related
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San Diego County, The World We Share
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES —The Grand Budapest Hotel is a funny film. Not in the LOL sense, but more in the way of a smile of acknowledgment from time to time at the absurdities of the plot. It’s like an old Looney Tunes cartoon. Watch out for that cliff that you’re just about
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Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–A unique prayer book commissioned by the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council will be first used at Shabbat services on Friday and Saturday, March 28-29 during the JCC Association Biennial in San Diego. It is the first time since World War II that a siddur (Hebrew for prayer book) has been created expressly
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — After their meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague this week, Israel’s Minister of Intelligence Affairs Dr. Yuval Steinitz and Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird announced the launching of a joint project to develop technologies for identifying the source of nuclear terror attacks. The technology identifies the
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Visiting the little house in Sde Boker in the Negev where David and Paula Ben Gurion lived after he stepped down as prime minister, and travelling to other parts of the region made me speculate about what would have happened if, after the Six Day War, Israel had heeded
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Middle EastBy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — Recent news is full of examples of how freedom continues to be championed by the Jewish State, where the concept began.This is particularly appropriate at this time of year, in the lead-up to Passover – the Jewish festival of freedom. Every week, Israeli discoveries and developments gives freedom to
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Michael Ordman, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir HAIFA, Israel — With recent history in mind, part of this exercise included a simulation of Rambam Hospital under a missile attack—an all too realistic scenario. The drill included transfer of one large department and a few medical units from the hospital’s main building to the FUEH, which extends three floors underground.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIsraeli Navy foils attempt to smuggle explosives into Gaza (JNS.org) The Israeli Navy thwarted an attempt to smuggle explosives into Gaza from Egypt, Israel Hayom reported. Israeli Navy vessels spotted Palestinian boats heading toward Egypt from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said. When the vessels headed back to Gaza, the Navy opened fire, setting off
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InternationalBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Media pundits have noted that CNN has become obsessed with the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 filling the 24 hour news cycle with various theories about what happened to the airplane in lieu of any news to report. People tired of the CNN coverage can turn to Rachel Maddow who
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireEditor’s Note: Israel Video Network put this film up on YouTube. It shows Anne Frank watching from her window to see a bride and groom who are neighbors. The apartment window she leans from apparently was the one in which the Frank family lived before moving to the Secret Annex made so famous in young
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Jewish HistorySAN DIEGO (SDJW) –A tribute dinner honoring Congresswoman Susan Davis’s 70th birthday and 30 years of public service will be held Wednesday evening, April 23, at the downtown San Diego Central Library, 330 Park Boulevard A VIP reception at 6 p.m. and general reception at 6:30 p.m. will precede a minimum $125-per-ticket catered meal.
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County
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