Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) board of directors announced Wednesday that Dana Toppel will become the new CEO when Michael Hopkins retires on June 30, 2025. Toppel is currently the COO and has been an integral part of the organization for over 15 years. Hopkins has been at the helm for 13 years. [Press Release]
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Sam came up with a concept sketch showing two women soldiers in full battle uniforms. One represented 1948, and the other 2024. They stood shoulder to shoulder, their weapons aimed downward, not up in aggression but down in defense, at the ready. [Jerry Klinger]
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Courtesy of Wikipedia Jason Schwartzman (June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. Schwartzman made his film debut in Wes Anderson’s 1998 film Rushmore and has since appeared in six other Anderson films: The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023). He also has a co-writing credit on The Darjeeling Limited. Click
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Jewish Celebrities, Today's Jewish Birthday, WikipediaNer Tamid Synagogue’s Farewell Shabbat Weekend for Rabbi Sammy Seid and Cantor Heather Seid will begin at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, June 29. Additional farewell opportunities include Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Oneg at 7 p.m., Friday, June 28 and Minyan, Torah Café at 9:30 a.m., Sunday, June 30. Click here to let the caterer know you’re coming. [Cailin Acosta]
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South African music is not subtle about the beat. It hits the beats and in rapid succession. You’ve got to dance. Sharon Katz on electric guitar, her very popular Cuban bassist Ignacio Arango, and her drummer hit all the notes and bounced to the next ones. It was funky, joyous, and rhythmically bubbling through your body. [Barrett Holman Leak]
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Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have created a new type of glass that is both highly adhesive and perfectly transparent at the same time. The glass, which forms spontaneously when the new material comes in contact with water at room temperature, could bring about a revolution in an array of diverse industries such as optics and electro-optics, satellite communication, remote sensing, and biomedicine. [Press Release]
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The study emphasizes the substantial mental health impact of such mass trauma and provides a crucial tool for policymakers, clinicians, and researchers. Strategic planning and implementation of large-scale interventions represent a potential avenue to bridge the disparity between the extensive needs of the population and the mental health system’s limited resources. This model could serve as a vital tool for preparing mental health interventions and could be adapted for future mass trauma situations globally. [Press Release]
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All three of them did a fair amount of crowd work, and I’ll admit I was relieved not to be in the “splash zone” of the first few rows. I especially liked Liberman’s riffing on the Jewish holidays. How do you explain Sukkot to someone who’s not Jewish? [Sandi Masori]
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We were a group of 13 people. All incredibly diverse- African- American Jews, Persian Jew, Iraqi/ Syrian Jew, Jews from Israel, Jews that never stepped foot in Israel, Jews in the LGBTQ+ community, etc etc. [Miriam Gershenson]
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Verse 7 clearly states that Moses first revealed God’s commands, and only after hearing them did the Israelites accept them. The verse is, “Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, ‘All that God has spoken, let us do and let us hear!’” [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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The tour guides were not Jewish and referred to the inhabitants of the quarter as “Our Jews.” They would point out highlighted areas in the German towns where the synagogues had been. One town even had a memorial in what had been the Jewish quarter that consisted of a permanent cement outline, 40 x 20 feet, of a former shul. [Ben Dishman]
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Courtesy of Wikipedia Milton Shapp (June 25, 1912 – November 24, 1994) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 40th governor of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979 and the first Jewish governor of Pennsylvania. He was also the first governor of Pennsylvania to be eligible for and re-elected to, consecutive four-year terms
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Its mission, “to locate Jewish personnel at American military cemeteries all over the world who, for various reasons, were buried under markers incorrectly representing their religion and heritage” and to “correct these mistakes and provide, these many decades later, comfort to the families of the fallen…” [Dorian de Wind, The Moderate Voice]
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Here are the top developments on Israel’s two military fronts, and in the U.S. battle against antisemitism, as of Monday, June 24, according to the American Jewish Committee. [Press Release]
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