80th Anniversary of Holocaust Liberation Observed by S.D. Jewish Community

Holocaust survivors, their families, and supporters gathered solemnly at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. [Sandra Scheller]

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SDMA Matches Plants with Fine Arts in Special Exhibit

The San Diego Museum of Art comes to life with nearly one hundred floral arrangements complementing the Museum’s permanent art collection. Many of the floral arrangements are by local and national floral designers who  creatively fill the galleries with many varieties of color and scents. [Cailin Acosta]

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Coalition Formed to Fight Antisemitism in San Diego County

The coalition engages nearly two dozen partner organizations — including Jewish Federation of San Diego, Leichtag Foundation, Lawrence Family JCC, the Jewish Community Foundation, ADL San Diego and American Jewish Committee — along with community leaders from diverse backgrounds. [Times of San Diego]

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Pianist, Impresario Pays Heartfelt Tribute to Legacy of William F. Buckley Jr.

Buckley was “an anti-Communist warrior, a fighter against anti-Semitism, defender of freedom, a Renaissance man, and the man credited with making Reagan a reality,” Perelman enthuses. “If not for this man and his philosophy, my family and people like us would never have made it to America.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Jewish Biography: Alfred Adler, Individual Psychologist

Adler was a leader, a thinker, and too creative a person to be content with a subordinate role. All his life he suffered in rebellion against his older brother, who was sickly and therefore received special attention from his mother. He wanted to be first. He consistently rejected Freudian analysis, the Oedipus complex and the sexual etiology of neuroses. [Alex Gordon]

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Swiss Detective Novel Probes Death of a Hospital Roommate

Hunkeler also enjoys central European history and legends, tales of Charlemagne, William Tell, and how his hometown of Basel defied the central Swiss government in Bern and welcomed Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany.  He also appreciates the flora and fauna of his region. [Donald H. Harrison]

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