After a total of 54 years as a caretaker with Seacrest Village Retirement Communities and its predecessor senior residence, the San Diego Hebrew Home, caretaker Joyce Lundin has retired, but not before staff, residents, and donors to the Jewish facility could bid her a fond farewell. (SDJW staff)
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San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Published by BANG Showbiz English Gwyneth Paltrow is planning to spend her New Year’s Eve getting into her pyjamas by 8pm. The Goop founder, 51, who recently said she is so clean-living she has virtually no vices left to give up, added she would only indulge in an eggnog with brandy to ring in 2024
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Jewish Celebrities, Nordot, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Three free “trailer parties” will be sponsored in January by the San Diego International Film Festival to acquaint viewers with the films that will be shown at the January 31-February 11 celebration of Jewish films.
Three ‘Trailer Parties’ to Promote SD International Jewish Film Festival Read More »
Press Release, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
As 2023 draws to a close, Israel’s population stands at 9.8 million. [JNS.org]
Israel Population Poised to Pass 10 Million in 2024 Read More »
Israel
“Systemic Jew-hatred in schools, the workplace, and society has only been exacerbated in the aftermath of the October 27, 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks, with Jew-haters increasingly emboldened to violate the legal rights of the minority Jewish people,” Goldstein said.
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Antisemitism, International, Israel, Press Release, USA
Here at home, Federation continues to increase its commitment and investment in the security of our San Diego Jewish community. We determined the need was great enough to have a dedicated security director and the national infrastructure with Secure Communities Network – which we now have and thank God we do. [David Bark]
Jewish Federation Chair David Bark Reviews 2023 Read More »
Antisemitism, Israel, Press Release, San Diego County
By Doron Krakow Yehuda Amichai | יהודה עמיחי was one of Israel and the Jewish world’s foremost poets. Born Ludwig Pfeuffer in Würzburg, Germany, in 1924, he and his family immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935, during Hitler’s rise to power, eventually settling in Jerusalem. He chose the surname Amichai | My People’s Lives to express his patriotic
The Diameter of the Bomb Read More »
Doron Krakow, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Christina Fink, who has served for 8 years as program chair of the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival, will preview on Wednesday, Jan. 17 what’s on tap in this 34th year of the festival. [News Release]
Preview Jan. 17 of San Diego International Film Festival on Zoom Read More »
International, Press Release, San Diego County
Israeli embassies were put on high alert after an explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi in the early evening of Dec. 26. [JNS.ORG}
Israeli Embassies on High Alert after Explosion near One in India Read More »
International, Israel
JERUSALEM (JNS) — During a meeting on Thursday with representatives of captives still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that his government was engaged in negotiations to return “everyone.” “This is our goal,” Netanyahu told representatives of 28 families, according to a statement by the Prime
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Israel, Middle East, News Sources
SDJW Staff Report DENVER — Earlier this month at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Global Conference for Israel in Denver, high school students put themselves in the shoes of people with disabilities through simulations led by ADI, an Israeli disability care and advancement organization that empowers children, adolescents, and adults with severe disabilities and pioneers cutting-edge therapeutic
Published by Reuters UK By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -France, Germany, Britain and the United States on Thursday condemned an increase by Iran in the production rate of highly enriched uranium of up to 60% purity, close to the level used for nuclear weapons fuel. In a joint statement, the allies made no mention of
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Middle East, Nordot
Published by Reuters CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix (Reuters) – American Judith Weinstein, who was believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas, was killed by the Palestinian Islamist group on Oct. 7 when it attacked Israel, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, adding he was devastated by the news. Weinstein was 70. Her husband, Gadi Haggai, 73,
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Israel, Nordot
“I am honored to receive this esteemed IAAO award,” said Marks, who is a member of San Diego’s Jewish community. “This award could not have been possible without the great team here at the San Diego County Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk’s office. Their hard work and focus on putting the customer first make awards like this possible.”
County Assessor Jordan Marks Honored by International Assessors Organization Read More »
Jewish History, Press Release, San Diego County, USA