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Simone’s First General Assembly
By Simone Abelsohn, Program Coordinator, Shabbat San Diego
Astonishing! Amazing! Enlightening! Love! Compassion! Community!
Just a few words that pop into my head when I think about my experiences during this year’s JFNA 2015 General Assembly in Washington DC, where more than 3,000 Jew…
The Butterfly Project: Children of the Holocaust
Last week, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County hosted local Jewish organizations at the Jewish Community Building in remembrance of the 1.5 million children killed in the Holocaust through an educational organization called The Butterfly Project, which is helping bring Holocaust teac…
Federation Responds to Attacks in Israel
The Jewish Federation of San Diego County strongly condemns the continued escalation of terrorism and violence in Israel. In two separate terrorist assaults today, five people – including an American – were killed and several others wounded. The terrorism being waged across Israel agai…
CJP/JCRC Statement on the Murder of Ezra Schwartz
The below was published by CJP Boston on Thursday.
It is with great personal sadness that we join with the entire Greater Boston community to mourn the loss of Ezra Schwartz, who was viciously murdered today by a Palestinian terrorist.
Ezra Schwartz was an 18 year old from Sharon who …