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IAC Las Vegas Gvanim leaders with IAC Las Vegas Regional Director, Noa Peri-Jensch, delivering care packages containing Israeli products to the nurses and caretakers who assisted victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting in October 2017. Credit: Courtesy.

From community building to engagement, empowering Israeli Americans to lead

Numerous scientific studies have demonstrated that one of the keys to a happy and fulfilled life is access to a community. For hundreds of thousands of Israeli-Americans, the Israeli-American Council (IAC) is that vital...
Israeli-American Council CEO Shoham Nicolet. Credit: IAC via Twitter.

The ‘gateway between US Jewry and Israel’

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Shoham Nicolet, co-founder and CEO of the Israeli-American Council (IAC), is not particularly interested in talking about what’s dividing Israelis and American Jews. “We’re not focusing on the rift between U.S. Jewry and Israel. Honing...

Fiddler, in Yiddish! On Broadway!

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Brand new choral arrangements of songs from Fiddler on the Roof will be performed in Yiddish!  On Broadway!   Sunday, June 5, 2016, 4:30 PM Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York City   as part of the concert   To Life, To Laugh, L'chaim! A Centennial Celebration in...

COVID-19 Vaccine Information for Patients

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Last updated Jan. 22, 2021. We have begun vaccinating UC San Diego Health patients ages 65 and over. We will contact you via MyUCSDChart or telephone when we are ready to schedule your vaccination. Please see details...
The late U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Harry Reid remembered for deep identification with Jewish community and Israel

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Former Democratic leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol next week, was remembered by Jewish leaders and former staff as someone who deeply respected the Jewish community...

New coalition of Jewish organizations urges continued relief for Houston Jewish community

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A new coalition of national Jewish organizations has issued a call to other Jewish communal groups across the United States to send volunteers to support the still-urgent recovery needs in Houston following the devastation...

The Workmen’s Circle’s Yiddish classes to begin shortly

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The Workmen’s Circle’s Yiddish classes begin next week! In-person and live online classes feature an all-star lineup of teachers including Avraham Lichtenbaum, Yitskhok Niborski, Shane Baker and Sheva Zucker. Courses offered for all levels. Click here for...

Dor Hadash to relocate to Beth Shalom

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After seven years of dwelling under the same roof, Congregation Dor Hadash will be parting ways with Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Congregation and moving into Congregation Beth Shalom. Dor Hadash, a Reconstructionist congregation, has been...

Memphis Jewish Community Invites “100 New Families” to Relocate

Faced with skyrocketing costs of housing and education, an increasing number of young Jewish families are choosing to move to the vibrant, affordable, and friendly community of Memphis, Tennessee.  Specifically, over fifty Jewish families have...
Former Mossad Director Zvi Zamir speaks at a memorial service marking 21 years since the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at the Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem. Nov. 4, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir dies at 98

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Zvi Zamir, the fourth director of Israel's Mossad national intelligence agency, died in Tel Aviv on Jan. 2. He was 98 years old. Born Zvicka Zarzevsky in 1925 in Lodz, Poland, Zamir immigrated to Israel...