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News from across San Diego's Jewish Community

Bulgaria: Small Jewish Community, Big Impact

I can’t say I’ve ever spent much time thinking about Jewish Bulgaria, past or present. But if I had, I probably would have made the following assumptions based on what I thought I knew about Eastern Europe: (1) Bulgarian Jews were Ashkenazi; (2) they were shomer Shabbos (Shabbat-observ…

Shalom San Diego Community Connectors

Federation recently launched a new community connector program to help families with young children connect to the San Diego Jewish community. Our new connectors are ready, willing, and excited to help connect families to all sorts of new people, places, and things to do in Jewish San Diego.…

Celebrating the Collective Power of Women at OPTIONS

On Sunday, January 22, nearly 900 women from across San Diego’s Jewish community joined Federation’s celebration of the collective power of Women in San Diego. This year’s event was chaired by Raquel Benguiat, Andrea May Feinswog, and Lisa Kornfeld. The lunch highlighted three except…

A Supermarket in Israel is Creating Community

By supporting Federation you enable us to fund life saving missions run by our partner The Jewish Agency for Israel, you help make programs like this possible.

My husband and I both grew up in Arad, and decided to move here when our two sons were born, so we could raise them here. Arad is…

Register Now for JPAC Advocacy Day 2017!

Early registration is now open for JPAC Advocacy Day 2017!
 
Register by January 31, 2017 to lock in the reduced rate of $95 for May 8-9 and $80 for May 9 only.
 
After January 31, registration fees go up to $125 for May 8-9 and $110 for May 9.
 
Monday, May 8, 2017 - Tuesday, May 9, 20…