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UPDATE | Fire at Camp Mountain Chai

Below is update from Camp Mountain Chai Board Members Brian and Dawn Berson

6.26.15

Dear CMC Parents and Supporters,


As you know, we were hoping to be able to bring a group of volunteers up to our camp site in Barton Flats this weekend.  Although the camp is not in any danger, the fir…

Beneath the Helmet a Smashing Sucess

On Monday, Federation hosted Beneath the Helmet in partnership with FIDF and Thank Israeli Soldiers. More than 300 attendees – some making it a “date night” and some bringing their teens and pre-teen children – came to the auditorium at The Scripps Research Institute to see the fi…

$3,435,284 - and Not a Shekel Less


Israel. Ukraine. France. Nepal.

In times of crisis, our Jewish community responds. 

In the past twelve months, our caring and responsive Jewish community has donated more than $3.4 million in emergency aid through Federation. 100% of these 1,076 donations went directly to relief effort…

Women's Philanthropy Stands for Jewish Education

On Wednesday, June 10, Silvana Christy from Federation’s Womens Philanthropy Board joined with Judy Nemzer of PJ Library to share how Federation's Shalom San Diego Initiative is rallying our community to meet the demand for subscriptions to our local PJ Library. And they're not alone …