64.6 F
San Diego
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival: Opening, Closing Lineups Announced

0
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the largest film-fest in Georgia drawing nearly 40,000 movie-goers each year, has announced its 2018 line up for several key nights, including opening and closing. The festival, held at various...

Flamenco Sephardit returning for fifth year in Miami Beach

0
The concert Flamenco Sephardit which celebrates two distinct Spanish cultures fused together through music, dance and poetry returns to Miami Beach for the fifth consecutive year on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. This upcoming fifth...

Jewish Wisdom & Wellness Festival Integrates Ancient Learning with Modern Issues to Offer New...

0
LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Jewish leaders and community members will explore the connections between Jewish wisdom and wellness during a citywide "Festival of Learning" devoted to subjects including women's health, end-of-life decisions, teen...

Israeli Government Approves a Strategic Framework To Ensure the Future of the Global Jewish...

In its meeting this morning, The Israeli Government approved a first-of-its-kind comprehensive strategic framework for ensuring the continued existence and unity of the world Jewish community.  The framework was presented for government approval by MK Omer...
National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft at a meeting following the assassinations of Ambassador Francis E. Meloy Jr. and Economic Counselor Robert O. Waring in Beirut in 1976. Credit: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library via Wikimedia Commons.

Former two-time US national security advisor Brent Scowcroft dies at 95

0
Former two-time U.S. National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft died of natural causes on Aug. 6, his 95th birthday, according to a statement from the Scowcroft Group. “Brent Scowcroft was an American patriot and public servant...
Former Israeli minister and Knesset member Itzik Shmuli (left) has been tapped as the new director-general of UJA-Federation of New York’s Israel office. He is pictured with UJA’s CEO Eric S. Goldstein, Aug. 1, 2021. Credit: UJA Federation of New York.

UJA-Federation of New York appoints Itzik Shmuli to direct its Israel office

0
UJA-Federation of New York, which represents the largest Jewish community outside of Israel and is one of Israel’s largest philanthropic funders, announced that former Israeli minister Itzik Shmuli would become the new director-general of...
Nearly 200 people filled the ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., for the American Friends of the Hebrew University annual SCOPUS Award Gala on April 28, 2022. Shown on the screen is Albert Einstein, who was among the university's founders. Photo by Nathan Posner.

‘Light onto the nations’: Hebrew University and affiliates strive for knowledge, achievement and peace

0
American Friends of the Hebrew University held its annual SCOPUS Award Gala on April 28, where two politically involved couples from opposite parties were given the prestigious award in a show of bipartisanship and...
Volunteers. Credit: Masa Israel Journey.

Masa Israel intros program for Diaspora volunteers during war

0
The first group of 20 volunteers for a six-week Masa Israel Journey program to assist residents in the country's south arrived this week. "The new program allows young Jewish adults from around the world to...

2,000 athletes representing different nations compete in Maccabi Games

0
  Two thousand athletes, representing teams from America, Israel and South American nations, competed at the 36th annual Maccabi Games that took place Nov. 16-26 at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in North Miami...
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein lost his right index finger in the synagogue shooting on April 27, 2018, at Chabad of Poway in Southern California. Credit: Twitter.

San Diego-area school holds ‘Blue and White’ day to raise money for Poway victims

0
Once again, it will be “Blue and White” day this coming Friday at the Bellus Academy in San Diego County. Students will dress in blue and white, contribute $2 a piece, and tell customers at...