By Gary Rotto LA MESA, California — Providing health care is more than delivering professional services. I remember during high school that many of my friends were candy stripers, helping out with a friendly smile and greeting visitors to the hospital. We see stories about doctors and other medical professionals helping out at large- scale
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Three San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) high school students placed in the top .00005% or 325 out of seven million students vying for science competitions throughout the world at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held on May 8-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. “We are so proud of
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By Dov Hartuv KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel — When the young enthusiastic idealistic Jews left Eastern Europe during the first half of the twentieth century, they not only left behind their parents and families but also turned their backs on everything that represented their past as Jews of the diaspora. The majority of world
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — When I lit up my computer on Monday morning, the lead story on the New York Times Internet site reported on Palestinian-Syrian efforts to send a mass of demonstrators toward the Israeli border on the Golan Heights. The article described the motives of the Syrian regime to distract attention from
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Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff United Jewish Fund Tally Tops 1954 and ’55 Drive: Close to $200,000 Raised in Campaign Southwestern Jewish Press, May 25, 1956, Pages 1, 5 More money was raised by May 20, 1956 in the current campaign of the United Jewish Fund of San Diego than was raised by
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By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California — SEX! SEX! SEX! Okay, now that I’ve got your attention, let’s talk about English. That’s Maria Gobetti’s message in playwright Lissa Levin’s Sex and Education, now having its west coast premiere at the Victory Theatre Center in Burbank. Gobetti plays Ms. Edwards, a once-enthusiastic English teacher who is leaving
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Cynthia Citron
By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO–What do you get when you combine two nice Jewish boys, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a desire for Tikkun Olam? You get SwoopThat – an online service that saves college students time and money when purchasing their textbooks. According to the company’s website (at www.swoopthat.com), SwoopThat can save students up to
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SACRAMENTO—It took a Holocaust video to compel the California State Assembly to a moral consensus. It was during one of our more recent visits to the state capitol that members of the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice—a multi-cultural panel of activist clergy—discovered a genuine poignancy in the midst of the
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USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Call it Jewish pride, but if I had my druthers, I’d like to see the San Diego mayor’s race come down to a race between two members of our community: District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, a Republican, and Congressman Bob Filner, a Democrat. Now, it’s not that I have
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Donald H. HarrisonCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Shavuos, “The Feast of Weeks” Southwestern Jewish Press, May 11, 1956, Page 5 The observance of the Jewish festival of Shavuos, which begins at sundown, Tuesday, May 15, is a most joyous experience for the Jewish community. According to Jewish tradition, the revelation on Mt. Sinai took place
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Dear Money Maven: How can I help protect my parents against senior financial abuse? Should I be worried?— Anxiously, Concerned Son Dear Concerned, It’s a shonda that this type of abuse is becoming more and more common. The SEC says that more than 5 million senior citizens fall victim
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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and FoodJERUSALEM — People fortunate enough to live in Anglo-Saxon regimes may be forgiven for assuming that governments are likely to be stable. The United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have good records, but the blessings were generally not passed on to other places they governed. Except for Israel and India, none of the
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Ira SharkanskyCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Bride-to-Be Honored Southwestern Jewish Press, May 11, 1956, Page 2 In honor of their forthcoming marriage on June 14, Ethel Ann Mallinger and Sam Sosna have been entertained at luncheons and dinners. Mrs. Harry Brookler held a luncheon for Ettie at the Lafayette Hotel; Mrs. Bert J. Mallinger’s
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the anniversary of the Six Day War, we are reminded of the existential threat Israel faced. Egypt was massing troops in the Sinai after closing the Straits of Tiran and expelling the UN peacekeeping force. Syria was massing troops on the Golan after years of shelling Israelis in
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