Jewish Community News

News from across San Diego's Jewish Community

An Israeli Journalist Moves to the Gaza Border

Israeli journalist, Amir Tibon, details the struggle of our sister community, Sha'ar HaNegev, in this piece for the Times of Israel when he moved to Kibbutz Nahal Oz, the “closest place in Israel to Gaza.”

He finds what he calls a “war-weary but insistently resilient community, an…

NextGen Welcomes More than 70 Newcomers

On Sunday, October 18th, over 70 young professionals in their 20s, 30s and 40s gathered at the beautiful home of Bruce Abrams, long time Federation supporter, for the semiannual NextGen Newcomer's Brunch

The brunch, organized by the NextGen Newcomer's Committee, brings together new San…

Lisa Loeb to Perform at OPTIONS | Nov 1

The Jewish Federation of San Diego Country is excited to announce that Lisa Loeb, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter will be joining Janet Gurwitch, Founder and Former CEO of Laura Mercier Cosmetics, and Tracy Borkum, Principal of Urban Kitchen Group, for next month’s OPTIONS – The…

Nominate Socially-Responsible Teens for a $36,000 Award

NATIONAL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS $36,000 AWARDS:

SEEKING SOCIALLY-RESPONSIBLE TEENS WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS THAT DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A BETTER WORLD

The Helen Diller Family Foundation Will Award up to 15 U.S. Teens for Dreaming Big
and Taking on Daun…

Israeli Teens Discover Valuable Lessons in Mission to San Diego

Is there an English equivalent for the Hebrew word 'hagshama'? The dictionary gives us the word 'fulfillment' - but it appears to miss the mark in terms of meaning.

Peleg Rappaport (Kibbutz Bror Hayil) one of ten teens who traveled to San Diego this past June to serve as counselors-in-tra…