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An Outpouring of Love: La Jolla Art & Wine Festival 2024
By Barrett Holmak Leak Although the seasons change in America’s Finest City, life is almost always a summer breeze of ...
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An Outpouring of Love: La Jolla Art & Wine Festival 2024
By Barrett Holmak Leak Although the seasons change in America’s Finest City, life is almost always a summer breeze of pleasure and this ...
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Amsterdam Exhibit Focuses on Neglected Aspect of The Holocaust: Looted Judaica
By Menachem Wecker, JNS.org Stories about art looted during the Holocaust abound, but they tend to focus on major works by noted artists ...
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Abe Abraham’s Apple Cake
The delightful apple cake recipe is perfect for Rosh Hashanah and all year round. It’s totally foolproof and easy to make. We inherited ...
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The Inspiring Resilience of Our Friends in Sha’ar HaNegev
By Heidi Gantwerk These days, “resilience” is often used to describe the psychological strength needed to cope with grief, hardship, and recover from ...
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Congregation Adat Yeshurun: A Community Steadfast in Faith and Action
Congregation Adat Yeshurun is a warm and welcoming Modern Orthodox synagogue in La Jolla, Calif., deeply committed to Torah, Jewish identity, and the ...
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Blending Tradition and Inclusivity: Temple Adat Shalom Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Temple Adat Shalom of Poway is celebrating 50 years of community, love, and Jewish vibrance. As 2024 marks the temple’s 50th Anniversary, year-long ...
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Veteran Israeli Diplomat to Headline All in for Israel Event at Del Mar Fairgrounds & Racetrack
Several hundred San Diegans dedicated to supporting the land and people of Israel during these challenging times will unite at Jewish National Fund-USA’s ...
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Shooska Scented Car Jewelry
Stephanie Wells, an internationally recognized jewelry designer, certified hypnotherapist, and neuroscience enthusiast, is the creator of Shooska Scented Car Jewelry—a beautiful, unique scented ...
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Jersey Boys at California Center for the Arts, Escondido
They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and ...
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COVID-19 and the Jewish elderly
Nursing-home administrators keep up the battle against the coronavirus, as they work to improve their in-house responses and close care ...
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September 2024
Prayers & Passages: The Month of Elul, Time for an Accounting of the Soul
By Cantor Cheri Weiss We have entered the Hebrew month of Elul, the time in which we traditionally commit to making our personal ...
September 2024
Mazel & Mishagoss: That Time I Went to 6 Different Stores for Watermelon!
By Stephanie Gittleman At my best friend’s bris, my potluck assignment was to hollow out and carve a large watermelon into a clever ...
August 2024
Outstanding: Dan & Jaime Feder for StandWithUs
By Barrett Holman Leak There are those who spend money to buy power, influence and position. There are those who make moves to ...
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The Miraculous Story of the Zionist Sephardic Jews of Bulgaria
By Joshua Marks, JNS.org less than a two-hour drive from and southeast of the capital, Sofia, lies Plovdiv, a remarkable ancient Bulgarian city. ...
August 2024
Why Jewish Parents Invest Big Bucks in Their Kids’ Education
When it comes to education, Jewish parents don’t mess around. They’re known for going the extra mile (and spending the extra dollar) to ...
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Deliciously Simple Vegetarian Taco Soup
By Tamar Rothenberg, MS, RDN Do you have children who are picky eaters? Get children involved in the preparation of meals, and they ...
August 2024
Kavod: Ahead of the Game
In today’s rapidly changing educational landscape, it’s ideal for schools to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to curriculum, technology, policies, ...
August 2024
Inon Barnatan Brings Inside Stories to La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest
Internationally acclaimed pianist Inon Barnatan returns as Music Director of La Jolla Music Society’s prestigious SummerFest chamber music festival for the sixth year. ...
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Artist Loren Stein
Loren Stein is a multi-media full time Judaic Jewelry artist, paper-cut designer, and want-to-be comedian. She is passionate about Israel and its continued ...
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Prayers and Passages: Women’s Voices
By Rabbi-Cantor Chreri Weiss A recent double Torah portion—Matot-Masei—is bookended by exposing the rights women had (or did not have) in the Torah ...