Jewish Family Service is giving serious consideration to forming a partnership with a developer to build between 100 and 200 affordable housing units, according to Deborah Bucksbaum, the new board chair of the social service agency. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The World Jewish Congress, as part of its work with Borussia Dortmund to fight antisemitism and promote Jewish life, praised the team for participating last Friday in a project at the San Diego Jewish Academy that memorializes children killed in the Holocaust. The German soccer club had trained for much
Picture yourself taking the New York subway in the 1980s. You’re in a cramped subway car with your shoulder hitting the person next to you, claustrophobia creeping in. The heavy graffiti heightens how grimy it feels to be on the subway, and the smell only makes it worse. Not only that, but there may be other passengers who make you feel a little uneasy. [Rowanne Reifman]
Connections and Disconnections on the New York Subways Read More »
Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
SDJW Staff Report SAN DIEGO — “Who Are the Marcuses?” — a documentary that reveals the mystery behind a couple who made the largest-ever charitable donation to an institution based in Israel — was recently named the audience award winner for Best Feature at San Diego’s annual Blue Water Film Festival. Held in June
By Mark D. Zimmerman Sinéad O’Connor died last week at the age of 56. She was a highly successful performer, as well as an activist in support of women’s rights and opposed to racism and child abuse. During a 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live she performed a moving version of Bob Marley’s song
Jewish Trivia Quiz: Sinéad O’Connor, RIP Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — I’ve been a subscriber and reviewer of North Coast Repertory Theatre for the past 25 years, and as they close out their 41st season, this intimate venue proves that like a fine wine or a rare gem such as obsidian, moonstone or sapphire imbued with magic, it
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — This week Netanyahu’s ultra-nationalist and ultra-Orthodox coalition rescinded the Israeli Supreme Court’s power to overturn governmental laws and policies deemed unreasonable. Subsequent “reforms” will grant the ruling coalition the right to override Supreme Court decisions and appoint all the judges on the Supreme Court. Since I have a copy
Satire: Unreasonable Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
The JCC has become the local home of the BBYO movement and is actively seeking to reinvigorate in San Diego County the 100-year-old organization that began life as the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, but which is now an independent entity, using only its initials for identification purposes. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Lifestyles, San Diego County
Between the time a Jew utters the Vidui (confessional prayer) on his or her deathbed and is buried in any of seven Jewish areas at El Camino Memorial Park, there is a flurry of activity involving groups of people intent on complying with Jewish rituals for the proper treatment of the deceased. [Donald H. Harrison]
From Death to Burial: A Jewish Ceremonial Primer Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
Local Jewish organizations on Friday issued the following statement regarding the unfolding story surrounding the county’s human relations commissioner: To Our Community Members: We strongly condemn the antisemitic comments made by a commissioner at the San Diego County Leon Williams Human Relations Commission (HRC) meeting on July 18. Antisemitism has ramped up in the world,
City Councilman Raul Campillo has called on “everyone who has a camera on their home or front door” in his 7th Council District “to review their footage if a flier was dropped near you, to help identify these hateful people and to help prevent the next hate incident and crime.” [Donald H. Harrison]
San Diego Officials Grapple with Increasing Antisemitism Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO — Simply put, the owner of this vehicle clearly loves their grandmother!
Parshat Va’etchanan / Shabbat Nachamu 5783 By Rabbi Daniel Reich LA JOLLA, California — Another Tisha B’Av has come and gone…The Jewish people are still in a deep exile…Jerusalem has yet to be rebuilt…to put it lightly — it is exhausting! Every Tisha B’Av, we sit on the floor mourning the destruction of Yerushalayim and
Finding Comfort in Our Unity Read More »
Daniel Reich-Rabbi, Jewish Religion
By Roz Rothstein LOS ANGELES — In recent months, we have seen tensions in Israel rise to alarming levels. Although the current debate is focused on Israel’s judicial system, it cuts deeper into divisions over what it means for different groups to coexist in a Jewish and democratic state. This has been very painful to
The Political Situation in Israel: What Unites Us in Times of Deep Division? Read More »
Israel, Opinion, USA