Obituaries & memorials

Michael Jules Schwarz, Former Publisher of San Diego Jewish Times

When Michael retired from accounting, he became the owner and publisher of The San Diego Jewish Times. His passion for print journalism and Jewish life were a joy to him. Michael served on the boards and in leadership positions for the San Diego Jewish Academy (President), Optimist International of San Diego, and the La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club (President) along with several other civic and Jewish organizations. [Schwarz family]

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Some Upcoming Worthwhile Events

Many of us have met survivors and have read or heard their stories. The Jewish Federation of San Diego is holding an event from 1 to 4 p.m.,  Sunday, May 5, at the Lawrence Family JCC. In these turbulent times, the theme this year is “Coming Together in Strength and Unity” which is very much needed in our community. [Cailin Acosta]

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600 More Children Who Died in the Holocaust are Memorialized

Overseeing the event was principal Judi Stapleton and eighth-grade history and social science teacher Stacy Salz who traced her ancestors to the Holocaust and said the project was a “compelling lesson in history.” [Marsha Sutton]

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Two Whose Memories are Blessings: Joel Cohen, Ellen Fox Lorang

One of our beloved humor columnists, Joel Cohen, has died in New York City, his children have informed me. The news came just two days after I had attended the funeral in San Diego of Ellen Fox Lorang. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Pearl Takes Over as JCF’s President and CEO

Jeremy Pearl: “Since the October 7th attacks on Israel, our donors have directed $10,606,324 to 99 organizations supporting needs from crisis management to mental health support.” (SDJW staff)

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Legislature Advances Penalties for Hate Littering

The Assembly Judiciary Committee has voted 10-1 in favor of legislation by Assemblyman Chris Ward (D-San Diego) to provide penalties of up to $25,000 per instance in civil trials in which a victim proves he or she was adversely impacted by the spreading of hate flyers or other acts intending to intimidate members of religious, racial, ethnic, or LGBTQ+ groups. [SDJW staff]

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Oct. 7 Reverberates Locally

Her husband is Omri. Her oldest child was 2 and youngest just 6 months old when Omri was taken hostage. Today her youngest child is 1 year old and she doesn’t know if she will even remember her dad. [SDJW staff]

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Tech Entrepreneur and Wife Die in Snowstorm Plane Crash, Leave Behind Three Children

Published by The Western Journal A tech entrepreneur couple died in a plane crash on Saturday near the Truckee Tahoe Airport in Northern California, The Sacramento Bee reported Monday. Liron Petrushka, 57, and his wife Naomi, 58, were killed when he crashed at 6:38 p.m. while attempting to land his single-engine aircraft, according to a

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Hate Litterers May Face $25,000 Penalty

SAN DIEGO  (SDJW)– San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo said Friday that after research with the office of City Attorney Mara Elliott, he decided that a hate littering law would be more appropriate at the state level than at the municipal level.  Assemblyman Chris Ward (D-San Diego) agreed to carry the legislation (AB 3024), which

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Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman Dies at 90

“We are players in a game we don’t understand. Most of our own thinking is below awareness. “Our biases frequently cause us to want the wrong things. Our perceptions and memories are slippery, especially about our own mental states. Our free will is bounded. We have much less control over ourselves than we thought.” (Press Release)

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Joe Lieberman, first Jewish candidate to seek US vice presidency, dies

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Joe Lieberman, who made history as the first Jewish vice presidential candidate for a major US party and lately returned to the spotlight as a leader of a push for a third candidate in the 2024 election, died Wednesday, US media reports said. Lieberman died in New York City

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Israel’s War with Hamas on Our Minds

StandWithUs Southwest on Wednesday showed a 47-minute unedited video of the October 7 massacre carried out by Hamas and other terrorists, aggregated from captured Hamas body cam footage  as well as home security and CCTV footage taken in Israel that day [SDJW staff]

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R.I.P. Eric Carmen: Raspberries Frontman and ‘All by Myself’ Singer Dead at 74

Published by Q Magazine Singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, best known as the frontman for power pop band the Raspberries, as well as the singer of the 1975 hit “All by Myself,” died over the past weekend, his family revealed on March 11. He was 74 years old. Carmen’s family shared the news on the singer’s website,

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