Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Southwestern Jewish Press, July 23, 1954, page 7 Jewish Center News Rhythmic Exercise – Our busy San Diego women now have an opportunity to relax to music every Wednesday evening beginning July 28, at 7:30 p.m. The class will be led by Mrs. Lilo Berger, for all women […]
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Adventures in SD HistoryCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Station KFMB Increases Watts Southwestern Jewish Press, July 23, 1953, Page 5 Radio Station KFMB this week will move from 550 on your radio dial to 540 on your radio dial and increase its power to 5,000 watts starting Thursday, July 22. Marking the first time in San
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Adventures in SD HistoryLOS ANGELES (Press Release) — Disturbed by the rise of the “new anti-Semitism” directed at Israel and its supporters and Jewish students on UC campuses, StandWithUs joined eleven other organizations to deliver a letter on June 28 to UC Regents President Mark Yudof asking him to take firm action to protect Jewish students from bigotry and
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The earth is moving at Third Avenue and Laurel Street. Not as a result of seismic activity, but of cranes digging and dirt being lifted away for the much-anticipated renovation of the Ohr Shalom Synagogue’s historic building in the Park West neighborhood of San Diego. Probably very few citizens realize the importance
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Travel and FoodSACRAMENTO (Press Release) –Insurance Commissioner Poizner announced on Tuesday that the Automobile Club of Southern California has submitted an application to offer an innovative program that rewards California drivers who voluntarily drive fewer miles with lower auto insurance rates. “The voluntary pay-as-you-drive initiative is a cutting-edge program that will allow insurers to offer plans based on
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education announces a new 3-part lecture series with Rabbi Jack Riemer beginning on July 27th. The theme of Riemer’s talks is “Some of My Favorite Women.” The individual lecture topics are: “David and Bathsheba…and Woody Allen?”, “Jezebel, the Marie Antoinette of the Bible”, and “All About Eve”. Rabbi
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Travel and FoodENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– Patrons of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities’ 211 Club will enjoy a special evening Saturday, July 11, featuring gourmet fare by Jeffrey Strauss, owner and chef, of the acclaimed Solana Beach restaurant Pamplemousse Grille. To make the event even more extraordinary, Strauss has invited this year’s guests into his home to celebrate their commitment
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)… With a letter to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) enclosing two virulently anti-Semitic “histories,” including a newly written volume claiming Jews for centuries have worked to financially undermine Black people, Minister Louis Farrakhan has “opened a new chapter in his ministry where scapegoating Jews is no longer just part of a message,
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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — The audience in the auditorium listened intently as the head of the one of the departments of the Music Academy gave an erudite analysis, with illustrations at the piano, of various aspects of Mendelsohn’s ‘Songs Without Words,’ which we were to hear later in the programme. Professor Assaf Zohar, a
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Doris Jean Berman Weds Sydney Green Sunday Southwestern Jewish News, July 23, 1954, page 3 The marriage of Doris Jean Berman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Berman to Martin Sydney Green of Beverly Hills, son of MR. and Mrs. David Green of Beverly Hills and Palm Springs,
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By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California–In Annie Weisman’s world premiere Surf Report now playing at the La Jolla Playhouse in the Mandel Weiss Forum, the waves have yet to break, the water’s flat, the surf is receding and the rip currents are enough to drag you down. Yup, all that and the characters are as
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Editor’s Note: JINSA Reports referred to below are published as columns by Shoshana Bryen in San Diego Jewish World By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –To mark the occasion of 1,000 JINSA Reports beginning in 1995, we have finished reformatting and posting them on our website – www.jinsa.org. Please take a look and let us know
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Major League Baseball, PEOPLE and the San Diego Padres have announced Andrew Hoffman as the Padres’ “All-Star” of the “All-Stars Among Us” campaign, which debuted in 2009 and recognizes individuals who are serving their communities in extraordinary ways. Out of the three “All-Star” finalists representing the Padres, Andrew was selected by fans
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By Ulla Hadar SDEROT, Israel -I was seated comfortably in the Sderot Cinemateque surrounded by quite a large crowd consisting mostly of students from the Sapir College cinema department. The reason for this outing was the screening of the movies from the Sderot area that had taken part in the “48hour” project. The project
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