Shabbat San Diego lists upcoming events
The legendary San Diego Challah Bakes once again, to accommodate the expected 5,000 attendees. There will be 6 locations on Thursday night, Oct. 25, with RSVPs required via https://shabbatsandiego.org/ The locations are:
Coastal 4126 Executive Dr.
Doors open at 5 PM, Ample Parking (we’ve rented lots on both sides of the field) & Dinner for Purchase
North County 1930 Sunset Drive
Doors open at 5 PM, Kick off with story time with Vivien from PJ Library
East County 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd
Doors open at 5:30 PM, Childcare and Family Fun Zone Surprises
Women and Girls Only 4855 College Ave
Start time 5:30 PM, Special time for female bonding
South County (5012 Central Ave)
Doors open at 5:30 PM, Refreshments and LOTS of Ruach within
Tijuana, Mexico (Av. 16 de septiembre # 18)
Start time 6:30 PM, *New Location*
“Those who bake together rise together.”
FRIDAY NIGHT, October 26th
Co-Ordinated Congregational, Organizational, and Private Shabbat Programs, Congregational Services, Shabbat Dinner with Kiddish. Other materials Private Family and Friends Shabbat Dinners Private home hosts and signed up guests!
SATURDAY, October 27th
Morning services Lunch at select Congregations Afternoon study and lecture series Seudah Shlisit meals around the county.
SATURDAY, October 27th
To conclude the Shabbat San Diego weekend a Havdalah Concert will be held at Congregation Beth El. This year’s free concert will feature the internationally acclaimed American/Israeli rock group InJoy. Registration will start after Shabbat at 6:45 — From Shabbat San Diego
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Bend the Arc denounces President Trump for stoking ‘division, unrest, and hatred’
Following Wednesday’s reports of bombs being mailed to a series of prominent political figures, including former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and media organizations, Stosh Cotler, CEO of Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, released the following statement:
“The bombing attempts reported today, following the similar act of terrorism targeting George Soros over the weekend, are horrifying and deserve a thorough investigation.
“We must recognize that this type of violence thrives in the national environment that the President and the Republican Party have created under nearly two years of one-party rule. The President has continuously stoked the division, unrest, and hatred we are seeing in the United States today. His authoritarian mindset, encouragement of physical violence against political opponents and the free press, use of racist and antisemitic tropes, and endorsement of white nationalists have created conditions antithetical to a free and democratic society. GOP leaders have been willing and active partners in these efforts, loudly amplifying the President’s destructive, hateful rhetoric, and openly appealing to racism, xenophobia and antisemitism in political ads, without regard for the damage they cause.
“This is what is looks like to see our democracy under attack. We must all exercise our responsibility to protect our democratic society in these dangerous times. We call on our fellow Jewish Americans and Jewish institutions to recognize this moment of moral emergency and speak out in defense of our democracy and our values. And we call on all Americans to clearly reject authoritarianism and bigotry when they vote in the upcoming midterm elections.” — From Bend the Arc
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American interned as a child by the Nazis to tell of his World War II experiences
“I live in crazy times,” Anne Frank wrote in her attic on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. Lodewyk “Lou” de Beer might have echoed that sentiment, though his life was not in immediate danger. The son of American parents, Lou was born in Amsterdam. As a boy he witnessed the arrival of the German troops in 1940 and lived through 18 months of occupation. When the US joined the war against Germany, the de Beers were declared enemy aliens and subjected to a lengthy odyssey through concentration and internment camps in Holland, France, and Germany.
On the periphery of the war and the Holocaust, Lou caught glimpses of devastation and oppression without fully grasping their significance, though he would experience the hardship of war firsthand during his service in Korea in the fifties. His experience adds an important and generally overlooked angle to the history of the Second World War in Europe.
DeBeer will discuss his experience at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in a program sponsored by The Holocaust Living History Workshop sponsored by the Jewish Studies program and by and at the UC San Diego Library.
This event will be preceded by a book introduction featuring Judith Hughes. In Witnessing the Holocaust Hughes presents the writings of individuals like Victor Klemperer, Ruth Kluger, Michal Glowinski, Imre Kertész and Béla Zsolt. The pre-event begins at 4:30 p.m. — From the Holocaust Living History Workshop
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