By Maayan Hoffman, JNS.org Planting trees is a national pastime in Israel. The country prides itself as being one of the only nations ...

By Deborah Vietor Judith Gottesman’s father, Rabbi Aaron Gottesman served as her inspiration. He performed many weddings she attended, providing much pre-marital and ...

By Mimi Pollack Donald Harrison is a true mensch, and I am sure many would agree with me. He has been a voice ...

By Barbara Birenbaum For forty years, Congregation Beth Am’s Conservative community has called North County home and continues to grow stronger, inspiring connection ...

By Mendel Super, Chabad.org/News via JNS.org In the 13th arrondissement of the City of Light, where classic Baroque and Belle Époque architecture meets ...

By Jacob Kamaras, JNS.org In a sense, the Jewish communal reactions to the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh and the coronavirus pandemic were diametric ...

“I was always a friend of Southern rights but an enemy of Southern wrongs.” Ben Butler North Coast Rep does a terrific job ...

The San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), a pluralistic community K-12 school with a thriving early childhood center, highlighted the successful start of the ...

By Barbara Birenbaum The largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s San Diego, a local nonprofit organization, will be held this month. Walk4ALZ 2021 is Saturday, ...

By Lotti Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Day of Remembrance, is always a very emotional time for the survivors. I am a survivor in ...