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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 13, 1957, Part 1

March 8, 2014

Attention Family Historians: If you would like a JPG photo copy from the Southwestern Jewish Press of any “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History” article that has been reprinted on the San Diego Jewish World website, simply copy the website address of the article, and send it along with the article’s headline, with a $5 payment […]

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Energizing science education with the arts

March 8, 2014

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) says American educators have a lot to learn from the i-Phone. “It is the design,” she said. “If it were just a lot of codes, people wouldn’t want to deal with it. But what people love about it is all the design. And that

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Donald H. Harrison

Student poets to take JCC stage March 11

March 7, 2014

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California –The next Jewish Poets–Jewish Voices session will feature student poets on Tuesday evening, March 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC. This free evening program will include four students from the San Diego Jewish Academy, Sigal Kahn, Rachel Rosenfeld, Casey Kroll and

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar, Travel and Food

Humoring the Headlines: March 7, 2014

March 7, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The Conservative Political Action Conference is meeting in Washington D.C. though it is unclear whether it is 2014 or the 1980s since the speakers appear to believe Ronald Reagan is still president. There is so much red meat being served up the conservative base that Omaha Steaks is catering the conference

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

The intricacies of the Hebrew calendar leap year

March 7, 2014

By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org No, it isn’t nearly as rare as “Thanksgivukkah,” the once-in-75,000-years overlap of the first day Hanukkah and Thanksgiving Day that took the Jewish world by storm in 2013. But this year’s 13-month Hebrew calendar isn’t an annual occurrence, either. As February turned to March on the Gregorian calendar this year, the

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Travel and Food

JFS College Avenue Center tells April schedule

March 7, 2014

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The College Avenue Center (CAC) is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 15 & 16 and Monday and Tuesday, April 21 & 22. Following is the schedule for the rest of April 2014: Mondays and Wednesdays, monthly from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. BrainHQ – When it comes to brain fitness

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San Diego Calendar

Obama to Israel: ‘Time is running out’

March 7, 2014

Editor’s Note: Jeffrey Goldberg’s interview with President Barack Obama, coming on the eve of last weekend’s AIPAC conference in Washington D.C., continues to stir a lot of commentary, both favoring and criticizing the President’s approach to the Middle East. Zara Kessler of Bloomberg View kindly extended to San Diego Jewish World the opportunity to reprint the

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Middle East, USA

Musicians who hate music

March 7, 2014

By David Amos SAN DIEGO– On a recent trip, I met socially with a musician. He was highly experienced as a performer, arranger and organizer. Although successful at what he did, he was clearly burned out from his many years of being in the musical battlefield. Although I knew of this person’s accomplishments and successes,

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Travel and Food

Israeli consulates suspend services in labor dispute

March 7, 2014

Editor’s Note: The following communication was received from the Consulate-General of Israel in New York: NEW YORK (Press Release)–As of Tuesday, March 4, 2014, due to the Finance Ministry’s refusal to resolve the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ labor dispute, consular services are unavailable and diplomats worldwide have taken a series of measures in response. During

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Middle East, USA

Let’s revive the Balboa Park centennial celebration

March 7, 2014

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — In 1915 when Balboa Park officially opened under its new name (previously it had been called City Park), it was the site of a great exposition intended to announce to the world that San Diego County was open for business as an international port and trading center. The

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Donald H. Harrison

On Int’l Women’s Day, much work remains for Israel

March 7, 2014

By Merav Michaeli, MK JERUSALEM–Tomorrow, March 8, is International Women’s Day. As a feminist member of Knesset, who began my activist career 18 years ago working for the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, a New Israel Fund grantee, I want to celebrate this day with you, my friends and partners outside Israel. As

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Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, November 29, 1957, Part 3

March 7, 2014

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Adventures in SD History

Iran again proves Israel’s need for missile defense

March 7, 2014

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Early Wednesday, March 5, the IDF intercepted a shipment of Syrian-made M-302 rockets with a range of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles). The missiles, which apparently went through Iraqi airspace to Iran and then by ship to the Red Sea, were likely headed to Sudan. From there, they

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

JNS news briefs: March 7, 2014

March 7, 2014

Time to free Jonathan Pollard, Netanyahu tells Obama (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President Barack Obama about the issue of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard’s release when the two leaders met March 3 at the White House, Netanyahu said in an interview with Israel Hayom that will be published on Sunday.

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International

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 13, 1957, Part 1

Energizing science education with the arts

Student poets to take JCC stage March 11

Humoring the Headlines: March 7, 2014

The intricacies of the Hebrew calendar leap year

JFS College Avenue Center tells April schedule

Obama to Israel: ‘Time is running out’

Musicians who hate music

Israeli consulates suspend services in labor dispute

Let’s revive the Balboa Park centennial celebration

On Int’l Women’s Day, much work remains for Israel

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, November 29, 1957, Part 3

Iran again proves Israel’s need for missile defense

JNS news briefs: March 7, 2014

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