Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi

Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort

Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort is spiritual leader of Chabad of La Costa, which is located in the City of Carlsbad.

God and Jerusalem returned to platform on fortuitous date

By Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California — Over the past two weeks we have again witnessed some of the great machinery of American Democracy at work; the conventions of the Republican and Democratic Parties. The conventions have certainly become highly entertaining, and frankly, fun to follow. The festive and positive atmospheres, which are buoyed by […]

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Chabad House demolished to make way for bigger one

    By Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California –On Tuesday, June 26, ’12 Chabad at La Costa took the next major step towards dedicating its new complex as the old Chabad Center was demolished. Many of the community participants turned out to witness this event, which they almost uniformly described as ‘bittersweet.’ Bitter in the

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Arabs don’t want peace; land bribes won’t change that

By Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California — In the late 1970’s I sat in my classroom in the local Jewish day school watching as Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat warmly shook hands with President Jimmy Carter smiling broadly behind them. I was overjoyed. Peace was at hand, finally! When I noticed the long faces around

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Jewish groups react in pain to French school murders

  NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Jewish  Federations of North America is shocked and outraged at Monday’s tragic terror  attack on a Jewish school in southern France that has left at least four dead,  including three children. Early news indicates that a terrorist on a motorcycle carried out a fatal shooting outside Ozar Hatorah, a Jewish school

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A Bissel This, A Bissel That…San Diego Jewish News and Chatter

(Column 24, March 7, 2011)   Compiled by Donald H. Harrison   San Diego Jewish Organizations Nechama Eilfort, rebbetzin at Chabad at La Costa, knows a thing or two about computers. So, she’s offering four classes, beginning at 7:30 p.m. tonight and continuing the next three Monday evenings, on the baiscs of personal computing, Internet

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A bissel this, A bissel that … San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Col. 22, Feb. 28, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Simchas When Allison Ogul became a bat mitzvah over the weekend at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, the congregation led by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal welcomed many non-Jewish visitors, including relatives of her mother, Sharon Wilson-Ogul.  They also came from the staff of the San Diego Union-Tribune, where

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A bissel this, a bissel that …San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(column 20, Feb. 21, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Jewish Organizations  In a “Save the Date” message for June 3-5, Alan Friedman, executive director of Camp Mountain Chai, says a planning committee is at work for the 3rd annual Men’s Getaway Retreat.  Dreaming up activities for the weekend themed “Fitness for the Body and

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A bissel this, a bissel that – San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(column 18, February 14, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Jewish Organizations Beth Jacob Congregation is using YouTube to publicize the Feb. 21 evening appearance of commentator Michael Medved.  The commercial is professionally done, and why not?  The congregation’s president is Rand Levin, one of the most talented video journalists in San Diego.  For many

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A bissel this, a bissel that –San Diego Jewish news and chatter

Column 14, January 31, 2011 Compiled by Donald H. Harrison __________________ Jewish organizations _________________ Seventeen eighth graders, or 75 percent of the 8th grade class, at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, recently presented science fair projects that were deemed qualified for entry into the Greater San Diego County Science Fair.   Among the winners were

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A bissel this, a bissel that—San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 4, January 6, 2011)   By Donald H. Harrison San Diego and Israel Monica Bauer Federman, spokeswoman for the Anti-Defamation League, which always works closely with law enforcement agencies, says there will be a San Diego Police Department presence at the dueling Middle East rallies on Sunday afternoon in Balboa Park to make certain

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Letter to the Editor: Mikvaot in San Diego

Editor, San Diego Jewish World In your article “Community Mikvah to locate on Tifereth Israel grounds” (September 22, 2009) you write “Although there are three mikvaot operated under Orthodox auspices in San Diego, none are available for conversions by the other movements. This means that many people who convert to Judaism under Conservative auspices, for

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Chabad of La Costa seeks yard-sale items

CARLSBAD, California (Press Release)–Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort, spiritual leader of Chabad of La Costa, has issued the following appeal: “Our Annual Community Yard Sale is THIS coming Sunday (December 6) from 8am – 2pm at the shul (1980 La Costa Avenue, Carlsbad). We need your saleable items now. Please bring items in good condition to the

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