SD Jewish Chamber organizing cavalcade to Maccabi Tel Aviv-Los Angeles Clippers game Oct. 20
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)--The San Diego Jewish Chamber of Commerce is seeking to organize a bus cavlacade of fans to attend a basketball exhibition game in Los Angeles between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Los Angeles Clippers. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 20, at the Staples Center.
Tibi Zohar, president of the Jewish chamber, noted that "all proceeds will be dedicated to the Migdal-Ohr project for deprived children in Migdal Haemek Israel. Please view the videos below for great video introductions:
Let's team up and go cheer Maccabi on their big night. This is one event you wouldn't want to miss. For tickets click here...
For more information visit the San Diego Jewish Chamber of Commerce website.
Jewish Family Service tells support group lineup for September
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)—Jewish Family Service has issued the following schedule of support group meetings in September: Spiritual Support Group Begins Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 2:00-3:30pm, 6 sessions
Have you experienced the loss of a loved one? Healing is enhanced by reaching out to others who have experienced loss. Together, we will address the social, religious, psychological, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of the bereavement process. Facilitated by Rabbi Aliza Berk, LMFT, Director of the Jewish Healing Center.
Temple Solel, 3575 Manchester Ave.Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007 Read More & Register Online>>
Domestic Abuse Spiritual Support Group Begins Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 4:00-5:30pm, 6 sessions Abuse comes in all shapes and sizes. Verbal, emotional, financial, sexual, or physical. If you've experienced any of these types of abuse, we hope you'll join us. This spiritual support group is for Jewish Women who have experienced or are experiencing any kind of domestic abuse. The group draws from religious themes and rituals to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere, letting you feel safe, comforted, and encouraged to share and heal. Co-facilitated by Rabbi Aliza Berk, LMFT, Director of the Jewish Healing Center, and Lauren Boucek, LCSW, Project SARAH Program Coordinator.
Location is Confidential - Free child care is available
Special screening process to ensure safety and confidentiality.
For more information or to register, call Project SARAH's safe and confidential line at (858) 637-3200. Read More>>
Jewish Response to Breast Cancer Support Group
Begins Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 2:00-3:30pm
We're now forming a support group for cancer patients and survivors! This group will meet on a weekly basis to explore Jewish healing through Jewish texts, poetry, and prayer. Co-facilitated by Rabbi Aliza Berk, LMFT, Director of the Jewish Healing Center, and Sara Fainstein, MPH, Ph.D. Jewish Family Service - Turk Family Center, 8804 Balboa Ave. San Diego, CA 92123 Read More & Register Online>>
Spiritual Journey Group
Thursday, September 24 and October 8, 2009, 2:00-3:30pm
Thereafter, the group will meet every other Thursday at new time from 3:00-4:30pm
Are you interested in exploring your spiritual side? Come join us as we use poetry, guided meditation, personal reflection, and Jewish text study to deepen our spiritual connections and understanding.
Jewish Family Service - Turk Family Center, 8804 Balboa Ave. San Diego, CA 92123 Read More & Register Online>>
Nature Walk & Sitting Meditation Group Walking meditations (held at Rancho Penasquitos Nature Reserve): 11/15, and 12/20 Sitting meditations (held at JFS Turk Family Center): 10/18, 11/1, and 12/6
10:00-11:30am
Learn walking and sitting meditation techniques to help you in your spiritual journey. Jewish kavanah (intention) is discussed before
each monthly sitting. Walking meditation will be held in a beautiful natural setting. Facilitated by Jeff Zlotnik, Executive Director of The Meditation Initiative. Read More & Register Online>> To see a San Diego Jewish World story on Zlotnick, click here.
What's new in San Diego Jewish World's calendar?
SAN DIEGO—Announcements come to us by email (which we prefer), fax, postal mail, flyers, and even crumpled notes which people hand to us at social functions. Whatever the means of transmission, we put them into our interactive calendar to serve both visitors and San Diego County residents who want to know, on any given day, 'what's to do Jewish' in our area.
So whether it's items like those on this page--such as a bus trip being organized to see an exhibition basketballgame in Los Angeles between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Los Angeles Clippers, or the lineup in San Diego County of Jewish Family Service workshops, you'll find each day of the calendar being filled up with religious, social and cultural events of especial interest to the Jewish community.
We urge readers to use our calendar as a planning tool. And those of you who are publicity chairs for your synagogues or other Jewish organizations, remember your free publicity is welcome here. Send your press releases about upcoming Jewish events to editor@sandiegojewishworld.com. We have just the right place for them.
Letter writers respond to concerns over Sept. 13
Walk for Israel cancellation
Editor, San Diego Jewish World:
The consensus to withdraw from the Walk for Israel resulted from a careful review of risk factors and was made in the best interests of supporting Israel. Our statement that you previously published remains accurate and current.
UJF looks forward to the Night to Honor Israel, and appreciates the support to build the Sha’ar HaNegev Educational Village, a regional high school due to break ground this fall in our sister region of Israel.
Lisa J.S. Haney Director, Planning and Allocations
United Jewish Federation of San Diego County
Editor, San Diego Jewish World
Response to Linda Sax's letter, "Volunteer hopes Walk for Israel can be reinstated"
Let me first highlight the fact that the idea of a Walk for Israel was initially enthusiastically endorsed by almost every local organization, under the assumption that everything would be organized as it should. The idea in and of itself was and remains a good one. But there were a few problems, which Linda may not have been aware of and which ultimately are the ones that led to the pullout of several key players. I think it is unfair to blame the UJF alone for the cancellation of the walk. As is often the case, it wasn't so black and white as depicted. The main reason several groups pulled out was that, despite the Brodskys' assurances that everything was under control, there were in fact some serious gaps. For one thing, when we met at the UJF, and by Dan Brodsky's own admission, not a single Christian church had signed on to participate in the march.
For a second, the issue of security was too easily dismissed, so much so that despite the ADL's suggestion to hold a rally (stationary, therefore easier to control and to secure than a march), the march organizers didn't want to hear about any other option, raising the level of anxiety in the participants in the room.
For a third, it is a good idea to launch a project that by definition is going to implicate the entire community if, and only if, there is full cooperation between the project's originators and the different representatives of the community. You can't launch a project of this magnitude on your own and dismiss the legitimate concerns that are voiced along the way by the very people you want to work with you.
As a result, the UJF and the other groups that pulled out of the project did so out of concern that they were not being heard by the organizers. And finally, the Brodskys were offered the choice of postponing the event to coincide with Yom Ha-Azmaut next spring, giving everyone enough time to feel comfortable with the degree of preparation of the event, but here again the march organizers rejected that idea, which left the UJF and many co-sponsors with no choice but to pull out.
Contrary to what has been intimated, the UJF did the right thing for the greater good of the community by calling the march off. And remember: the possibility remains wide open to organize such a march again, with no gaps this time and with the whole community united behind it. That's what I would encourage everybody to focus on.
J.J. Surbeck Executive Director
T.E.A.M.
Training and Education
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