San Diego County

Jewish refugees in Oswego topic of Mandelbaum lecture

CORONADO, California (Press Release)– The Agency for Jewish Education has announced the lineup of its Mandelbaum Family Lecture Series. Lawrence Baron, SDSU, will kickoff the monthly series. Baron’s lecture will take place in the Winn Room of the Coronado Library on Oct. 20 at 10:30 am. His lecture is titled, “Haven from the Holocaust: Oswego, […]

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Songs keeps comin’ at ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO –One thing about the musical revue Smokey Joe’s Café there isn’t much not to like about it. For those of you who might never heard the names Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, for sure you’ve heard their music. Think “Hound Dog”, “Stand by Me”, “There Goes My Baby”, “Jailhouse Rock”, “Fools

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 1, 1955, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Lasker Lodge News Southwestern Jewish Press, April 1, 1955, Page 3 By Lou Levitz Lasker Lodge’s annual Father and Child’s Night is being planned this year for the first Monday in May.  It will be manned by Sam Bennett and Herb Reder. Local TV talent will entertain. As

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University of San Diego hosts workshop on teaching about the Holocaust

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)-The University of San Diego has partnered with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to host a professional development opportunity for secondary school teachers. USD’s School of Leadership and Education Sciences will host the free professional development opportunity this Friday, October 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Warren Auditorium, Mother

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 1, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff U.J.F. Drive Starts April 2nd; ‘C’ Week To Open for Fund Drive Campaign Southwestern Jewish Press, April 1, 1955, Pages 1, 15 Campaign leaders announced that “C” Week will begin Monday, April 4, immediately following the Kick-off Dinner. Purpose of “C” Week as announced by the Chairman will

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 18, 1955, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Ben Snyder Leads Jewish War Veterans Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 7 In their annual election of officers held March 2 and the War Memorial Bldg., San Diego Post 185 elected the following officers: Commander, Ben Snyder; Vice Commanders, Sidney Steckel, John Kluchen; Finance Officer, J.

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 18, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Harbor Development (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 5 Port commerce means dollars and jobs. A thriving Port of San Diego is one logical way to bring new dollars into this community  It means, simply, capitalizing on a long standing asset of the region—San Diego Bay.

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 18, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Rabbi Cohn To Address Christian Comm. of Fund Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Pages 1, 7 Bishop Charles F. Buddy of the Catholic Diocese of San  Diego and Dr. Leland Cook, President of the San Diego Council of Churches were announces as co-chairmen of the Christian Committee

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‘Notes from Underground’ is grueling to sit through

By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California — The Yale Repertory Theatre production of Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground is a trip many might not want to take.   For those who do, it’s at the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Stage of the La Jolla Playhouse. It is based on the 1864 novella by Dostoevsky, adapted by long time

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La Jolla Playhouse basks in Chaplin’s ‘Limelight’

    By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California —  Right out of the gate…don’t miss Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin by Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan (book) and Christopher Curtis (music and lyrics). It is now in its world-premiere production at the Playhouse, where it  is directed by Warren Carlyle and Michael Unger. I

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