San Diego Calendar

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– The Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities has announced its 33rd Annual Gala, “Champagne on Ice,” which will take place on Saturday, February 5, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Event chair Jane Ottenstein, along with Women’s Auxiliary President Mary Epsten, will lead this year’s event committee as they present an […]

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Great minds and inspiring speakers from Europe, Israel and all over the United States with all gather for one powerful day of communal Jewish learning on Sunday January 30,  from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center at 4126 Executive Dr., La Jolla, 92037 at the Agency for Jewish

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — David Forman-Barzilai, visiting professor of political science at UCSD, will be the guest speaker at Congregation Dor Hadash at the 2nd Friday Community Roundtable on January 14, at 7:30pm.  His topic will be “Is Obama good for Israel?”  Dr. Forman-Barzilai holds a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and teaches

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The living legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be recognized and celebrated at the 23rd Annual All People’s Breakfast at 7 a.m., Monday, Jan. 17 at the San Diego Convention Center. Hosted by Equality Allliance of San Diego County, the theme of the Breakfast is “The Media and

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–A Shabbat weekend retreat led by Congregation Beth Am’s  Rabbi David Kornberg and his family, themed  “Lighting the Spark, Fanning the Flame…A Lifetime of Jewish Connection.”  will take place on Shabbat Vayakhel – February 25 – 27, 2011 at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California. The weekend will feature Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Shawn

 SDJW staff report WASHINGTON. D.C. – The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled against San Diegans Michael and Linda Bennett in their quest to collect a judgment  against the government of Iran for the wrongful death of their daughter, Marla Ann Bennett, in the 2002 bombing of the cafeteria at Hebrew

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jill Borg Spitzer, chief executive officer of Jewish Family Service, has sent the following message to be conveyed to readers to seek their help in fighting hunger: December 1 marked the first night of Hanukkah. It also marked the first day of voting in a new month of the Pepsi Refresh

LA JOLLA, CA  (Press Release)– Goodbye Memories, an original play by San Diego playwright Anita Yellin Simons, will be presented Jan 21-23 by the J*Company youth theatre at the Lawrence Family JCC. The production is a collaboration with the San Diego Jewish Academy and will be directed by Emily Calabrese.  Goodbye Memories sheds new light

VISTA, California (Press Release)–Congregation B’nai Tikvah is holding its first annual “Iron Bubbes” Latke Challenge at its Hanukkah Celebration on Fri, Dec. 3 at 6:30pm. Contestants will be competing for the title of “Best Latke” and a Gift Certificate to “Sur La Table.”   Judging this traditional Jewish fare will be by local restaurant celebrity, Big John Haedrich founder

By Tammy Rubin SAN DIEGO — Homeless beggars make me uncomfortable. It’s not the ragged clothes they wear or the folded signs they hold, but rather the fact that they subconsciously force me to look within myself and consider my wealth and the materialistic life I live.  Just as I begin to contemplate the value

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff ‘With the Guardians’ Southwestern Jewish Press, May 13, 1955, Page 3 By Moishe For sheer concentration rivaling a tournament match involving international chess players, we recommend the monthly gin game between Doc Solomon and Ben Harris.  What could easily be misinterpreted as a lack of faith (but is