|
It's
carnival time on Tu B'Av
this Sunday at Beth Jacob
SAN DIEGO –Tu B’Av, coming after the period of lamentations associated with Tisha B’Av, is a time that the Talmud teaches is appropriate for joyfulness and merry-making, and that’s exactly what Beth Jacob Synagogue in the San Diego State University area has in mind for this Sunday afternoon.
The Orthodox congregation at 4855 College Avenue plans a cross-generational carnival and barbecue on its parking lot beginning at 2 p.m. this Sunday, August 2, according to Rabbi Adam Simon, the assistant spiritual leader.
For the older generation there will be the Lukshun Kup (Noodle Head) klezmer band throughout the day, and youngsters will enjoy arts and crafts activities such as making book marks, a bounce house, pony rides and walkabout performers. There will also be a kosher barbecue.
What will be the highlight? “For me, definitely, it will be the dunk tank,” said Rabbi Simon, explaining that past presidents of the congregation, and perhaps the congregation’s spiritual leader, Rabbi Avram Bogopulsky, all may take a seat above the water.
Simon said that the congregation wanted to celebrate its Summer Educational Enrichment Program, run by Rabbi Yisroel Weiser, but that the nine days of mourning associated with Tisha B’Av prevented the celebration from coinciding with the program’s start up. Tu B’Av, on the other hand, proved a perfect occasion. It’s a time traditionally when people get engaged o have their weddings, “a happy day,” the rabbi said.
Rabbi Bohm to teach AJE
course on Jewish feminism
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) -- Rabbi Lenore Bohm leads a class in "The Revolutionary Texts of Jewish Feminism on four successive ednesdays beginning Ausust 5th, with students having the choice of a 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. morning session at Congregation Beth Israel in San Diego or a 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. evening session at Temple Solel in Cardiff by the Sea.
"In this class we will discuss women's presence and absence in the sacred texts of Judaism including the Tanach, traditional and contemporary Torah commentaries, and the writings of prominent Jewish feminist thinkers including Judith Plaskow, Rachel Adler and Marcia Falk," Rabbi Bohm said. "All materials, including provocative and gender-bending articles from Lilith magazine, will be provided. Come join the conversation!"
Tuition is $60, with Melton Alumni members receiving a 10 percent discount. There are also partial scholarships available for this class!
To register, phone Ilene Powell at the Agency for Jewish Education, at 858-268-9200 x100.
Commissioner Poizner sees increase in auto insurance fraud
SAN DIEGO—California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner on Tuesday announced that recently compiled Department of Insurance statistics show that scam artists may be committing more automobile insurance fraud to cash in on insurance money. The Department of Insurance has seen an increase in suspected auto arson and auto theft fraud referrals last year.
“Many Californians are facing a host of financial challenges in today’s economy, but I want to remind everybody that you will only compound your problems if you break the law and commit fraud in search of a quick fix,” Poizner said at a news conference in his department's San Diego office on Pacific Coast Highway.
“Department of Insurance investigators have seen an increase in suspected automobile arson and theft fraud cases recently, and our enforcement experts are working hard to crack down on anyone attempting to skirt the law for financial gain.”
The Department of Insurance receives referrals of suspected fraud cases from insurance companies, local law enforcement agencies and directly from consumers. CDI enforcement officers carefully examine every case that is brought to the Department’s attention.
Go to top of right column
| |
CDI saw an alarming 25 percent increase in suspected vehicle arson fraud cases in 2008 as compared with referred cases in
2007. (In 2007, CDI received 344 referrals for suspected automobile arson; in 2008, CDI received 451 referrals for suspected automobile arson.) Overall, the Department received almost 300 additional suspected vehicle theft and vehicle arson cases statewide in 2008 than in 2007. CDI received approximately 200 more suspected vehicle theft fraud case referrals in 2007 than in 2008.
While the total number of suspected fraud case referrals eceived by CDI for all automobile fraud categories (including inflated damages, vandalism and hit and run,) has remained relatively constant since 2007, suspected vehicle arson and theft referrals have noticeably increased.
In May, Commissioner Poizner announced that a San Diego husband and wife and two additional individuals were charged with felony insurance fraud for conspiring abandon a 2004 Honda Accord to collect insurance money.
In March, an El Cajon man was arrested and charged with insurance fraud after he allegedly falsely reported that his vehicle was stolen.
Commissioner Poizner oversees sixteen CDI Enforcement Branch regional offices throughout the state. Close to 1900 insurance fraud-related arrests have been made by the Department of Insurance’s enforcement division since Commissioner Poizner took office in 2007 – more arrests than have been made during any other two year period, under any previous insurance commissioner.
Pops concert on Sunday will
conclude TICO's season
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)--Year after year, the most popular concert of the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra is the season finale, the annual Pops Concert. This program will take place in the Synagogue’s Cohen Social Hall.
As always, there will be a variety of musical works for people of all ages. The program includes Sousa marches, Broadway, novelty pieces, a hoedown, and a George Gershwin medley, specially arranged for TICO by “Mr. L.A. Pops” conductor Shelly Cohen and performed by the orchestra’s own pianist Sylvia Lorraine Hartman. The multi-talented Sylvia will also sing two selections, including the world premiere of Joseph Leniado-Chira’s You are My Love.
Other popular favorites will include Richard Rodgers’ Carousel Waltz, arguably the best American waltz ever composed, and the exciting Parade of the Charioteers by Míklos Rózsa from the award-winning film Ben Hur. And, at last, TICO will play one of the all-time concert favorites, the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky.
Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for students.
Jewish Community Economic Recovery Fund helps SD's needy
SAN DIEGO--The San Diego Jewish Community Economic Recovery Fund was established in the spring of 2009 by the Jewish Community Foundation and United Jewish Federation in response to extensive and profound needs related to the severe economic recession, acknowledged by Jewish community leaders from a broad spectrum of Jewish institutions in San Diego County.
Fund Goals:
To reduce the effect of the economic crisis on individuals and families in the San Diego Jewish Community through critical assistance that will help stabilize personal and family situations.
To strengthen San Diego Jewish organizations, synagogues and schools and enhance their ability to respond to the economic crisis.
To promote a caring, inclusive, and embracing Jewish community.
For more information about how you can help support this much needed San Diego Jewish Community Economic Recovery Fund, please call the United Jewish Federation call 858.571.3444.
| |
