LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–Here are the featured events of the upcoming San Diego Jewish Book Fair: Sat Nov 3- 8:00pm-Temple Solel Daniel Silva- The Fallen Angel- a novel After narrowly surviving his last operation, Gabriel Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, has taken refuge behind the walls of the Vatican, where he is […]
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San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 18th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture launches the largest Jewish Book Fair in the U.S.on November 3, 2012. Spanning nine days, Nov. 3 – 11, the fair is open to the public with tickets available online at http://www.sdcjc.org/sdjbf/index.aspx
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San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– In a preview for the 2012 San Diego Jewish Book Fair, national Presidential campaign analyst, and UCSD Professor, Sam Popkin presents his in-depth and timely insights from his new book: The Candidate- What it takes to Win- and Hold the White House. Lecture and discussion begins 7:00pm in the Samuel
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego Mesa College will host The Courage to Remember, a traveling exhibit produced by the Museum of Tolerance from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, November 5 through 16, 2012. Admission to the exhibit is free and the public is invited to attend. After more than 20 years of international acclaim and a
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By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California –In a typically politically liberal Reform synagogue in America, this one in a suburb of San Diego, the typically politically liberal rabbi’s Rosh Hashanah sermonshould be a wake-up call to other Jews who are typically liberal. The Jewish Federations of North America sent out an email calling on all rabbis
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By Sara Appel-Lennon DEL MAR, California — Former San Diego Padres catcher Brad Ausmus, 43, said he can walk in his Del Mar neighborhood without being recognized since he only played for the San Diego Padres for three years, from 1993-1996. “I’m just like anyone else. Works for me” said Ausmus. But Ausmus played in
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San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–The University of California, San Diego on Thursday, Aug. 23, announced that Jerome and Miriam Katzin have endowed a $4 million fellowship fund to support graduate students. UC San Diego’s over 5,000 graduate students raise the caliber of the university’s work by advancing groundbreaking discoveries, driving innovation, and generating new
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By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — I have come to realize that one can never be prepared totally for someone to die. I thought that I was. My father lived for over 30 years with congestive heart failure. In May 1981, he suffered a major heart attack. The heart attack was so severe; the
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By Gary Rotto ENCINITAS, California — My father, Daniel Rotto, a founding member of Congregation Dor Hadash who later served as a president of the Reconstructionist congregation, has died at age 89 at Seacrest Village Retirement Community here. Many of the early meetings of Congregation Dor Hadash were held in the Rotto home, and
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By Mimi Pollack SPOKANE, Washington — Rabbi Tamar Malino is full of hope and optimism. She has started a new life in Spokane after leaving San Diego in 2008. She still has fond memories of her former congregation in Poway where she was both assistant rabbi and rabbi at Temple Adat-Shalom. In 2008, Rabbi Tamar
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego CalendarENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– Seacrest Village Retirement Communities hosted its annual 211 Club Patron Recognition Party this past Sunday, July 22. Over 125 members of the 211 Club gathered at the home of Esther & Bud Fischer to visit with friends and make new friends while celebrating their commitment to the charitable mission of
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO — The meeting on Thursday evening, July 26, to organize a San Diego chapter of J Street, the lobbying group that describes itself as pro-Israel and pro-peace, will draw pickets from the conservative Zionist Organization of America, local ZOA President Howard Dyckman has announced. “J Street is not only far left; although
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–We have one sad and one happy follow-up to stories that we previously ran on San Diego Jewish World. We’re sorry to have to report the death of Dennis Avery, the heir to the Avery Label fortune, who made acres and acres of his land available for public art, in
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Community Foundation Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Jeff Silberman as its new Board Chair, succeeding Emily Einhorn, who served for two years with distinction Silberman’s leadership experience includes seven years as a Foundation Board member, including serving as Vice Chair and Human Resources Committee Chair.
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