Jewish Community News

News from across San Diego's Jewish Community

Teen Travel Subsidy Now Live!

Federation’s Community Teen Initiative aims to dramatically increase engagement of Jewish high school teens in San Diego. As part of this larger initiative, Federation is excited to announce the launch of the My Israel Journey program to continue its longtime tradition of providing finan…

1000+ Trailblazers Talk Tzedakah at OPTIONS

Last weekend, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County hosted its annual OPTIONS - The Women's Event, with more than 1,050 women from our amazing Jewish community in attendance.

The event featured a fireside chat with our special guests Lisa Loeb, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Jan…

JCRC's Trip to Tijuana: Demystifying the Border

Written by Linda Feldman, Director, Latino-Jewish Coalition, Jewish Federation San Diego County

All too often we allow ourselves to "know" based on misinformation; this is especially true of Tijuana. On October 27, 2015, Federation, and the Latino Jewish Coalition in partnership with the…

20 Year Reunion of the 1995 San Diego Israel Mission

Written by Jane Fantel, Director of Israel Connections

November 4th, 1995 was a moment in history many Jews in Israel and around the world will never forget.  Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, was assassinated. 

On that day, twenty years ago, a group from San Diego on a communit…

Jewish Agency Responds to Victims of Terror

Last week Federation asked for everyone’s support for Fund for the Victims of Terror to help all of those affected by the recent escalation in terrorist attacks in Israel. This week, the Jewish Agency met with several victims of terror and their families in the past week to give them sup…