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*Preventing Gun Violence topic for Yom Kippur
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Preventing Gun Violence topic for Yom Kippur
SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Devorah Marcus of Temple Emanu-El will moderate a panel on gun violence prevention at 1 p.m., following morning Yom Kippur services Oct. 9. Panelists will include Ron Marcus of San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention; Cathi Marx, chair of Temple Emanu-El’s security committee; James “Bo” Morris, a supervisory special agent with the DEA, and Ann Sharp, founder of NeverAgain CA, a community advocacy group. “We all want a safer world, one in which mass shootings no longer fill the day’s headlines,” explained Janice Steinberg in the Reform congregation’s October bulletin. “People of good will may part company over the question of how we, as a society, can achieve that. How do we balance our concern for public safety with the commitment to preserve individual rights?” … Elsewhere in the bulletin, the congregation’s co-presidents, Eric Rosenzweig and Jeff Schindler, announced that over the next several months, “your Board will be initiating a series of listening opportunities, so that we can hear from members of our Temple Emanu-El community about the challenges faced in our personal lives, our Jewish lives, and of course our family lives. We will then embark on a projet designed to work to address our shared challenges with the resources already available to us at our Temple Emanu-El community, so that we can capitalize on the abundance with which we have been blessed.”
Political Bytes
Joe Leventhal, a candidate in the 5th San Diego City Council District, has been endorsed by County Supervisor Diane Jacob. “I’m confident that he will serve the people of San Diego with integrity,” she said. … In the campaign in the 53rd Congressional District from which Susan Davis is retiring, San Diego City Council President has raised $200,000 in the two weeks since she announced for the office, her campaign reported. … The San Diego Police Officers Association has endorsed Assemblyman Todd Gloria in his race for mayor against City Councilwoman Barbara Bry.
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Sociologist Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Social Polarization and the Decline of Civic Life, will discuss his book at 7 p.m., Oct. 24, at the Central Library downtown. Library Director Misty Jones says one of Klinenberg’s key arguments is that “the future of democracy rests not simply on shared values, but also on shared spaces – especially libraries — where essential and sometimes life-saving connections are made.”
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Harrison is editor of San Diego Jewish World. He may be contacted via donald.harrison@sdjewishworld.com