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News from across San Diego's Jewish Community

Thousands of San Diegans Celebrate Israel

 
 
 
 

On Sunday, April 26, more than 2,000 San Diegans joined Federation and community partners at IsraelFest, the San Diego Jewish community's annual celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut — Israeli Independence Day.

Israel’s 67th day-long birthday was a fun-filled event, featuri…

Erna's Requiem

On April 28, the Union-Tribune published an article about Federation’s dedicated volunteer and community leader, Caryn Viterbi, titled “Continuing a Family Legacy.” The article talks about Caryn’s role in bringing the concert-drama “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin to fruition i…

Federation's First Cuba Mission

Two weeks before Passover, 30 loyal donors joined Federation staff, Miriam Norten, head of Legacy Society and Missions, and Michael Sonduck, Federation President and CEO, on a Mission to Cuba. The Mission was filled with several firsts, including the Jewish Federation of San Diego County’s…

Local Holocaust Survivor featured on KPBS

From KPBS
​http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/apr/16/san-diego-man-survived-gas-chamber-during-holocaus/

 

Jews around the world will mark a somber milestone Thursday from the genocidal actions of Nazis led by Adolf Hitler before and during World War II. They will remember more than 6 mill…