SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 27th Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center will run February 8-19. The 12-day Festival is the largest Jewish cultural event in San Diego and draws over 17,000 attendees annually and 97 film screenings. […]
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Deacon Jim Vargas of Father Joe’s Villages will be guest speaker at Beth Israel Men’s Club’s dinner forum on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 6:30 p.m. He will provide an overview on the “Recent Trends in Homelessness and Housing”. Vargas assumed his current role in February 2015 leading a team providing the services and
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San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Gala Chairs Cindy and Larry Bloch along with approximately 350 guests, will gather on Saturday, February 25th for the 39th Annual Gala: Seacrest Vintage 2017—A Magical Evening in the Vineyard. Proceeds will benefit the Seacrest Village Resident Assistance Fund. Robert Haimsohn, President of Seacrest Foundation remarked, “this year’s vineyard theme
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The artwork, lives, and Jewish heritage of three San Diego artists are explored in a new fine art exhibition Art & Heritage opening January 28 at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. The works of featured artists Belle Baranceanu, Maurice Braun, and Harry Sternberg will complement a
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Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CalendarBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The ninth season of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices will open with three featured poets, Samantha Lennon, Marc Rolnick and Ilana Brosh. Tuesday evening, January 17, 7 p.m., these three talented writers will inaugurate the 2017 season of this series in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC. Samantha
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — To commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. in San Diego, a multifaith group of 10 religious congregations celebrate by making it a “Day On, Not a Day Off.” The idea was inspired by President Barack and Michelle Obama. In 2009, the day before his first inauguration, President Obama
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International, San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (SDJW) —“Tapestry: A Community Celebration of Jewish Learning Under One Roof” will be hosted by the Lawrence Family JCC, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, at 7 p.m., Saturday January 7 beginning with Havdallah and followed by two 55-minute class sessions, and a dessert reception. Organized by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture,
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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Hoping it is starting a new San Diego tradition, the NTC Foundation at Liberty Station has scheduled in conjunction with two local Chabad houses a menorah lighting preceded by ice skating to Chanukah music, beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday evening, Dec. 24. “We’re pleased to incorporate our new menorah and
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- Charlene Seidle and Sharyn Goodson representing the Leichtag Foundation will be guest speakers at the January 18, 2017 Beth Israel Men’s Club Dinner Forum. Seidle and Goodson will provide an overview of the Leichtag Foundation and the Coastal Roots Farm. The Leichtag Foundation, is a private independent foundation which works to honor the legacy of
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host outgoing State Senator Marty Block (D-San Diego) at its Nov. 16 dinner forum, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Block will provide a legislative summary of his time in office. The state senator earned his BA in political science and education at Indiana University as well as a law
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Club)–State Senator Marty Block will be guest speaker at Beth Israel Men’s Club Nov. 16 Dinner Forum. Senator Block is the California State Senator for Senate District 39. He previously represented California’s 78th State Assembly district from 2008 to 2012. He plans to give a legislative summary in preparation for his planned retirement at the end of his current
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San Diego CalendarPOWAY, California (Press Release) — As part of its Love of Israel series, Temple Adat Shalom presents 1913: Seeds of Conflict, a documentary directed by award-winning filmmaker Ben Loeterman, who will be joining us via Skype for a live discussion following the screening. Breaking new ground and laying bare old myths, the film explores the little-known history
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By Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — Mechiah: Jewish Classical Music to Soothe the Soul is the title of the concert which will be performed at Temple Solel between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, on Saturday evening, October 8, 7:00 p.m. The 70-piece Grossmont Symphony Orchestra and 40-member Master Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Randall Tweed, will be presenting
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — The Holocaust Living History Workshop has announced three upcoming presentations to be delivered at the Geisel Library on the UCSD campus. Here is a short synopsis of each: The Power of One: The Holocaust in Bulgaria – with Aaron Cohen On March 1, 1941, Bulgaria officially joined the Axis
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