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San Diego, Israeli bike riders to raise funds to protect school from Gaza rockets

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The San Diego Celebrates Israel/Yom Ha’atzmaut will feature an exhilarating 63- mile Bike for Israel to increase awareness about the challenges faced by residents of our San Diego’s partnership region of Sha’ar HaNegev, and to raise funds to benefit them.  These funds will go towards the creation of a new […]

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Who was Lillian G. Buck?

Editor, San Diego Jewish World  In your July 13, 2010 edition of Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 17, 1954 Part 1, you  reprinted a letter about the Merchant of Venice from Lillian G Buck.   Lillian Buck is a historical figure in labor history. Lillian G Buck was born in Warsaw and came to the United States

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 30, 1956, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, March 30, 1956, Page 5 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant In the Spring, A Young Man’s Fancy…. Poets have a way of using words to create an expression of mood or feeling and music composers use a blending of

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 30, 1956, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Passover Greetings Southwestern Jewish Press, March 30, 1956, Page 3 Holiday Greetings: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Apelman and Family. * Passover Greetings: Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Bard and Family. * Holiday Greetings from Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Berlin and Family * Greetings: Mr. and Mrs. Elias Berwin and

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Eger and Gmach honored as ‘local heroes’ during Jewish American Heritage Month

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Holocaust survivor, Dr. Eva Eger, and community arts and education organizer Jackie Gmach have been chosen by KPBS and Union Bank as “local heroes” as part of the two organizations’ observance of May as Jewish American Heritage  month. Eger was cited for utilizing her past as a teenager in Auschwitz “as

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Jewish Federation, agencies, announce new education consortium

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–Jewish Federation of San Diego County (Federation), the Agency for Jewish Education (AJE), the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) and the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture (CJC), have announced the launch of a new, innovative, collaborative framework for the advancement of Jewish education in San Diego.    Beginning July 1, 2011,

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Anna Deavere Smith transforms on stage into a score of personalities

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Anna Deavere Smith’s latest commentary on the status of our health care system is one of the topics covered in her latest set of interviews, or as she calls them, “Assemblage of stories,” in Let Me Down Easy. It is now in a stellar showing at the San Diego Repertory

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 30, 1956, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Women to Hear Speaker at “Heart of Gold” Luncheon April Fifth Southwestern Jewish Press, March 30, 1956, Pages 1, 16 Mrs. Milton Roberts, chairman of the Women’s Division of the United Jewish Fund campaign, has announced that the “Heart of Gold” luncheon, the initial affair of the women’s

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Charlene Seidle chosen for global gathering of young Jewish leaders

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Community Foundation’s Vice President of Philanthropy, Charlene Seidle, was one of 120 candidates selected from a worldwide applicant pool to participate in a young Jewish innovators conference in Israel conducted by the ROI initiative. “Charlene is an outstanding professional and a perfect match for the highly regarded ROI Summit,”

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 16, 1956, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Carmel Wines From Israel Imported Here Southwestern Jewish Press, March 16, 1956, Page 5 The Jewry of Southern California will be able to choose for their Passover Seder table for the first time from nine distinct blends of Carmel Wines that have been imported from Israel. Throughout Southern

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Jason Alexander perfectly cast for ‘Prisoner of Second Avenue’

By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Neil Simon and Jason Alexander would appear to be a theatrical match made in heaven.  And so they are. In Simon’s The Prisoner of Second Avenue, now running at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood, Alexander romps, rages, and unravels to early Simon at his most hilarious.

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‘Cabaret’: A painful reminder of the Shoah’s origins

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Nancy and I commemorated Yom HaShoah in unorthodox fashion. We went with our cousins Bruce and Pat Feldman to see Cygnet Theatre’s production of Cabaret at the Old Town Theatre. No, I didn’t like the musical drama; I hated it, as I knew I would—even though the cast did a

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J*Company to perform ‘Children of Eden’ May 13-22

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– The award-winning J*Company Youth Theatre, a program of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, is pleased to announce its production of Children of Eden, A Joyous New Musical based on The Garden of Eden and Noah’s Ark.  Performances run

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