SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–On June 10 San Diego County Library reached a national library milestone of checking out over ten million items in one fiscal year.  This statistic includes check outs and renewals of book, movies, music, and other library materials.  This increase is a jump from the 2008-2009 fiscal year circulation statistics of eight […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today that the United States will be making an additional contribution of $60.3 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to support UNRWA’s core budget and special projects in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria,

SAN DIEGO (Staff Report)– Congregation Beth Israel in conjunction with the Lawrence Family JCC is organizing a drive to find a donor for Penny Spector, who recently was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Medical technicians will be on hand from noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday,

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–“Zos Chukas HaTorah…”  “This is the decree of the Torah…” Num. (19:2) Chukas HaTorah refers to the decrees of the Torah that are beyond our understanding. Indeed, the Torah is infinite. How can we expect to fully comprehend it in all its depth and breadth. We cannot even fathom how

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Southwestern Jewish Press, June 25, 1954, page 1 Jewish Women Honored for Aid to Hospital In 1946, a group of Jewish women in san Diego conceived the idea  of aiding in the dream of building a new hospital for crippled children. They offered their services to Mrs. Mort

We received a link to a comprehensive story by Debbie Maimon in the Orthodox paper Yated Ne’eman on the acquittal in Iowa of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin in a state child labor case.