JCC Camp aromas will trigger future memories

Years from now, one of those familiar scents may suddenly bring a camper back to the friendships they formed, the counselor who believed in them, the joy of singing Shabbat together, and the discovery that being Jewish is not simply something you learn, it is something you live. [Betzy Lynch]

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Solomon’s contributions to the Bible weighed through Rashi’s lens

The book begins with a puzzle. The passionate love poetry of the Song of Songs, the practical wisdom of Proverbs, and the philosophical skepticism of Ecclesiastes appear so different that many readers wonder why they belong together in Scripture. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks (June 28, 1926) is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 28 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. [Wikipedia]

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Three divas sing songs by American Jewish composers at JFest

The three jazz divas were introduced by JFest’s producing director, soon to be JFest’s co-director, Becca Myers. They were Whitney Shay, Mara Kaye and Elizabeth Schwartz, who curated the program. Each sang a selection from every one of the American Songbook’s Jewish songwriters featured in the program, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen and Bert Bachrach. [Eileen Wingard]

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Hillel of San Diego reaches 3,500 students on 4 college campuses

In 2020, during the height of COVID, we were barely reaching 400 students (no small feat when everyone was gathering online exclusively), but this year, we served 3,500 students. That’s 3,500 students connecting to Jewish life in San Diego in ways that are meaningful to them. Transformational growth. [Karen Parry]

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JNF-USA plans national get-together in Chula Vista

Jewish National Fund USA announces its “Global Conference for Israel: Unite for Israel’s Future” Thursday, November 12 through Sunday, November 15 at the Gaylord Pacific Resort and Convention Center in Chula Vista.

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Parshat Chukat: Mastering anger, the fire we must control

Anger is a natural, God-given emotion. Throughout the Book of Exodus, Moses channels righteous indignation effectively: confronting Pharaoh’s tyranny, smashing the Golden Calf, and standing against injustice. God Himself is described as “angry” in response to cruelty and idolatry, yet that divine anger is always purposeful, measured, and directed toward tikkun—restoration and moral order. {Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Edward Levi

Edward Levi (June 26, 1911 – March 7, 2000) was an American legal scholar and academic. He served as the 5th dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 1950 to 1962, as the 8th president of the University of Chicago from 1968 to 1975, and then as United States Attorney General from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. [Wikipedia]

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