Jewish Community News

News from across San Diego's Jewish Community

Finding My Connection to Israel

Your donation to Federation helps send young adults and teens like Eric to Israel for the first time.  These formative experiences empowers our next generation to discover their Jewish identity in meaningful, life-changing ways.

By Eric Gelbart

My Israel trip absolutely blew me away. It…

PJ Library's 2015 Year in Review

When you support Federation and our Shalom San Diego initiative you are supporting projects such as PJ Library which provides Jewish children’s books and music to Jewish families including unaffiliated and interfaith households.

Thank you for all you do!

Investing $3 Million in Our Jewish Future

In September, 2015, the Jewish Federation announced it was the recipient of a $3 million matching grant from the national Jim Joseph Foundation, a California-based private foundation which works to support Jewish education across the country.

The grant will be distributed across five yea…

Rebuilding Lives in Nepal

Last year when disaster struck Nepal, your generosity to Federation’s disaster relief fund provided resources to the American Joint Jewish Distribution Committee (JDC) – saving lives, mending bones, and restoring hope to thousands. Below is an update from the field.

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Though eight m…