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Marijuana subject for July 20 CBI Men’s Club buffet

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host Dr. Arnold Gass at the July 20 Dinner Forum. Gass discuss the medical use of cannabis. Gass is Health Sciences Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and a General Internist and Geriatrician.  In 2011 he retired after 30 […]

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Guardians of San Diego golf/ tennis set for July 25

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Guardians of San Diego will host its 25th Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament “Take a Swing for Seniors” presented by The William Gumpert Foundation on Monday, July 25th at the Del Mar Country Club with Devin Chodorow serving as Chair.  25th Anniversary Benefactors, Merrill and Robert Haimsohn are supporting the tournament

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San Diego Calendar, Sports & Competitions

LFJCC to feature Hebrew Day School poets May 17

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –Seven students from the Soille Hebrew Day Middle School will be participating in the May 17, 7:15 p.m. Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices program at the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC. Also reading that evening, will be a prize-winning student poet and playwright from Mesa Verde Middle School. Rabbi

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar

American style fete to mark Israel independence

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The Men’s Club and Sisterhood of Tifereth Israel Synagogue plan to celebrate Israel’s 68th birthday with an ol’ fashioned American style barbecue at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 12. Yup, kosher hamburger and hot dogs, plus vegetarian selections. Decorations and recreation, meanwhile, will be Israeli through and through. Israeli dancing will be

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Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USA

UCSD psychiatrist analyzes four Nazis May 12

LA JOLLA, California  (Press Release) –After World War II came to an end in 1945, the mass killing and sheer devastation wrought by the Nazis off the battlefield began to emerge in shocking detail. Some 11 million civilians—both Jews and non-Jews, including about 1.5 million children—were killed during the Holocaust. When the Allies convened the

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Beth Israel to host 1st Council District forum May 18

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club and the Beth Israel Social Action Committee will host several San Diego City Council District 1 candidates at a May 18th Dinner Forum. Attendees will hear the candidate’s views, plans and platforms in preparation for the November 2016 election. District 1 includes Carmel Valley, University City, and La

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SWU choice of venue prompts controversy

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Swirling beneath the planned May 4 appearance of Pastor Dumisani Washington, a leading African-American advocate for the State of Israel is controversy over the relationship between the Jewish community and the Christians who seek to convert us.  Washington’s appearance, sponsored by the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs, is scheduled May 4

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USA

Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival set for May 27 – July 17

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP) hosts the 23rd Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival from May 27 through July 17, 2016. Following up 2015’s festival, the highest selling in JFest history, the slate of twelve performances happening at eight different San Diego and North County venues features

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Chava Rosenfarb’s Yiddish works on tap at UCSD

LA JOLLA, California (SDJW)–The Holocaust Living History Workshop of UCSD will present the life and works of Chava Rosenfarb, described as “one of the great Yiddish writers of the second half of the 20th century” in a two-part, free program Wednesday, May 4, at the UCSD Geisel Library (Seuss Room). At 3 p.m., the workshop

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, San Diego Calendar