San Diego Calendar

  ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– The Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities is excited to announce its 32nd Annual Gala, “Cirque du Seacrest Masquerade Ball,” which will take place on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at the beautiful Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines. Honorary Co-Chairs Esther and Bud Fischer are pleased to lead this year’s […]

 SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The United Jewish Federation of San Diego County has announced two major fundraising events to be held in 2010, the Men’s Event and the Women’s Division “Options.” The Men’s Event, to be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, January 27, at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla will feature Brigitte Gabriel,

CORONADO, California (Press Release)–What makes a person Jewish? Why do some people feel that have physically inherited the memories of their ancestors? Is there any way to think about race without reducing it to racism or to physical differences? Writing on the eve of the Holocaust, Freud proposed that Jewishness is constituted by the inheritance

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–As described in a previous article, Alan Cohen, a New York father of two, suddenly diagnosed with leukemia with only weeks to live, needs a matching bone marrow donor to save his life.  For a transplant to be successful, both donor and recipient must match genetically.  Because patients are most likely to

SAN DIEGO–Dora Klinova, a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, will read some of her humorous works at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, December 26, at the Petrushka Russian Restaurant, which is celebrating its move to its new location at 2312 El Cajon Boulevard. A donation of $5 is asked for the program, titled “Life is Supposed To Be Fun.” 

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The first Festival of Mathematics, a new math competition organized by San Diego Jewish Academy, will be offered on Sunday, March 21, 2010 and provides an alternative for students unable to participate on Saturdays, when academic competitions normally happen. The SDJA Festival of Mathematics will take place at San Diego Jewish Academy