San Diego County

Blended olive oil may promote Mideast peace

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Quite a bit of it is still hush-hush, but a proposed joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration peace project to co-market a blended olive oil is evolving into a tri-national effort that also will involve mixing in some olive oil from neighboring Jordan. Oren Blonder, director of the Peres Peace Center’s agriculture, water […]

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Magazine honors Kaplan as a 'woman who means business'

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego President and Chief Executive Officer and Miriam and Jerome Katzin Presidential Chair holder Marjory Kaplan is among a group of women recently named a recipient of the San Diego Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business award. These women were recognized for their outstanding contribution to business,

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Adams, author of ‘From Ghetto to Ghetto’ relates his journey

By Yvonne Greenberg LA JOLLA, California — In  From Ghetto to Ghetto: An African American Journey to Judaism, Dr. Ernest H. Adam’s new book, he movingly describes his childhood living with his family in squalor in a basement apartment  in Harlem, his coming of age during the Black Power Era as a young adult, and

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Valley Center History Museum receives Salomon papers

VALLEY CENTER, California (Press Release)—The personal papers of former United Nations Ambassador Irving Salomon, who lived much of his life as a diplomat, rancher and philanthropist in this northern San Diego County community, have been donated by his family to the Valley Center Historical Society which has established the Salomon Archive. Hundreds of documents, letters,

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History~December 11, 1953

The following stories were culled by Gail Umeham from the December 11, 1953 edition of the Southwestern Jewish Press as part of San Diego Jewish World’s project to make the San Diego Jewish community’s news archives accessible to the general public. ** Michael Loring Thrills Audience Southwestern Jewish Press December 11, 1953 Page 11 One of the

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Music review: Israeli musicians hampered by sanctuary's divided seating

By David Amos LA JOLLA,  California — One of my important missions in music is to promote lesser known composers and emerging young musicians worthy of greater recognition and exposure. The future of classical music rests in our younger generations. First of all it is essential that we educate our youth to appreciate, enjoy, and

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Bent: Gay Holocaust dramatized at Diversionary Theatre

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–On May 27, 2008, a major monument to gay holocaust victims was unveiled in Berlin. The monument remembering gays persecuted by the Nazi regime ‘was unveiled in preparation for a ceremony in Berlin which was presided over by Germany’s federal commissioner for culture, Bernard Neumann, and openly gay Berlin Mayor Klaus

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Rick Recht to peform Dec. 6 at Temple Adat Shalom

POWAY, California (Press Release) – Rick Recht, the top-touring musician in Jewish music, will perform an all-ages family concert on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm at Temple Adat Shalom, 15905 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA  92064. Recht’s high-energy, interactive family concert will appeal to all ages and feature a lot of singing, clapping and jumping from

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Lawrence Family JCC to host Dec. 6 Hannukah Happening

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — The 26th Annual Hanukkah Happening, co-sponsored by the Nierman Preschool – Glickman-Galinson Education Complex and the JCC Youth Department, will take place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS on Sunday, December 6, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.   Hanukkah Happening is San Diego’s largest

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Jewish Public Officials: Poizner collects $27 million from insurance companies for SD fire victims

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner on Monday announced that the Department of Insurance (CDI) has recovered more than $27 million from insurance companies for consumers through its complaint process in the aftermath of the devastating Witch Creek fire in San Diego County that killed two people, destroyed 1,650 structures and burned more than 197,000

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Jewish Family Service launches employment program

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– In its continued response to the economic crisis and the increasing unemployment rate in San Diego, Jewish Family Service has launched a new program to serve the many Jewish community members affected with job loss. Building on our already established series of career planning and job search workshops, the Jewish Employment

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Jewish Family Service to host adoption conference

SAN DIEGO–National Adoption Month is the ideal time to learn and discuss the ins and outs of the Adoption process. On Sunday, November 15, Adoption Alliance is hosting Embracing Adoption: A Conference for adoptive families and professionals who work in adoption services.  Adoption Alliance of Southern California is a Hague Accredited non-profit adoption agency licensed

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