SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregants and friends of Ohr Shalom Synagogue will gather on Sunday, April 29, at 5 pm, at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel, Downtown, to celebrate the accomplishments of its outgoing President, Dr. Ray Sachs at the synagogue’s annual dinner and fundraiser, called Lights of Ohr Shalom.
Sachs, who has held that office since July 2012, has done a job well worth celebrating, according to a synagogue spokesperson. “Through judicious fundraising, he led a successful effort that totally retired the debt remaining from the 2009-2011 renovation of the former Beth Israel building at Third and Laurel in Bankers Hill to create the modern facility that Ohr Shalom currently enjoys,” the spokesperson said. “Under Dr. Sachs’ leadership, the synagogue also greatly has expanded programming in the areas of Jewish worship and adult education, and it has created and funded a highly-successful Student Rabbinic Internship program in cooperation with the American Jewish University, Los Angeles.”
A native of Chicago, Dr Sachs came to San Diego as a Naval Medical Officer in 1975. He practiced as an orthopedic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente from 1982 to 2010, when he retired. In addition to Ohr Shalom, Sachs participates in semi-annual medical services trips to remote areas of South and Central America. He is married to Marcia Sachs and they have three children: Jennifer Smith, a physician in St. Louis, Andy, an attorney in Seattle, and Ben, a Lecturer in Philosophy at St. Andrews University, Scotland.
Tickets for Lights of Ohr Shalom are on sale now at $150 each. The evening will include cocktails, dinner, and opportunity drawings. For more information, contact the synagogue office at 619-231-1456 or email office@ohrshalom.org.
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