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The Sea as Healer
On the Zikim beach attacked by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, Israeli survivors are learning to surf their way back ...
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A Hot Pink Billboard. A Global Stage. A Defining Moment.
By Stephanie Wells Have you heard of JewBelong? This July 2026, when the world turns its eyes to San Diego for Comic-Con, I ...
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Next Year in Jerusalem…
Jewish Federation of San Diego Opens Registration for The Community Trip to Israel in May 2027 At the end of the Passover Seder, ...
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The Quiet Power of Joy
Nathaniel Allenby, Legacy, and the Cycle That Connects Us All When General Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem in 1917, he chose to walk. As ...
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San Diegans Bear Witness to October 7 Survivors
By Donna Pinto & Tamar Siegel At a time when historical truth is too often challenged or blurred, bearing witness to lived experience ...
- 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolationWhen the dance begins, they are all onstage together. But they are each very much alone. In the opening vignette of Anna Sokolow’s “Rooms,” there are eight chairs scattered across the stage and eight performers who inhabit them — like city apartments squished so close together yet keeping their occupants apart. No one makes eye... […]
- Gene Shalit, a mensch with a personality as big as his mustache, turns 100The television entertainment personality Gene Shalit, who celebrated his centenary on March 25, semaphored a Jewish appearance for decades to viewers of NBC’s early morning gabfest The Today Show. With his Jew-fro hairstyle that fascinated celebrity interviewees and his abundant mustache that outdid Groucho Marx’s mere greasepaint simulacrum, Shalit was one of a kind. Born... […]
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