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Jewish, Catholic students to experience each other's prayers
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)-- In a longstanding tradition of furthering intergroup and interfaith understanding, the Anti-Defamation League brings together Catholic and Jewish high school students to learn about each others prayers.
Eighty students from San Diego Jewish Academy and Cathedral Catholic High School will come together in Carmel Valley for an interfaith program including Vespers and Ma’ariv services. Educators from both schools will prepare the students for the learning experience; teach them what the prayer means to the faith and how this experience can bring about greater understanding among communities.
The event will occur on Wednesday, October 28 from 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm at St. Thérèse Chapel at Cathedral Catholic High School, 5555 Del Mar Heights Road, San Diego, 92130
JFS annual report focuses on response to faltering economy
SAN DIEGO--Jewish Family Service has issued its annual report, focusing on the ways it responded to the community's needs during the economic downturn.
Among the programs discussed in the report are the Hands Up Youth Food Pantry; the JFS Economic Response Program; and Serving Older Holocaust Survivors.
To read the report, and study JFS' budget, please click here.
Tarbuton tells upcoming
Hebrew language programs
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)—The Tarbuton™, a San Diego, non-profit organization that offers Hebrew language programs to a growing number of Jewish San Diegans, will be showing an award winning Israeli film called “Hebrew Lessons” or “HaUlpan” on November 9 in Carmel Valley at 6:30 pm.
This film is in Hebrew with English subtitles and profiles several “Olim Chadash” as they learn Hebrew in their Tel Aviv based Ulpan. The majority of the story takes place outside of the Ulpan as we see how each of these individuals, a German woman who wants to marry an Israeli young man, a Russian man who follows his ex-wife and daughter to Israel to be with his daughter, several Chinese women and their personal stories each married to Israeli men and more. The stories are compelling and Israelis and Americans alike have enjoyed this film locally. $1-5 donation appreciated to defer cost of the room and film. See the trailer and read more here: http://sfjff.org/festival_2008/film/579/#trailer RSVP is here: http://tarbutontheulpanisraelimovie.eventbrite.com/
In addition, the Tarbuton™ is launching several new Language Cafes this Fall. These Language Cafes bring the Jewish community together based on language skills, cultural experiences and traditions. Adding on to the already successful model of Café v Ivrit (coffee and Hebrew) and Café v’Spharadit (coffee and Spanish), the Tarbuton™ is launching Café v’Sarfatit (coffee and French). We surveyed our mailing list last year and determined that we had a high multi-lingual participant list. At the top of the list were Hebrew and Spanish which came as no surprise. However, French, Russian and Moroccan followed along with Chinese, Polish, Afrikaans, Romanian, Italian, Hindi, Telugu, Tagalog and Ilokano and Arabic. It is our hope that the Language Cafes will continue to
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grow organically based on interest and we hope they will provide yet another way for our San Diego Jewish community to engage with each other in a meaningful way.
The Tarbuton™ Book Clubs will also launch this Fall. Two book clubs will be offered. One will have an emphasis on the people and cultures of the Jews. Inspired by the richness of stories from Tarbuton™ members about their families and friends, this book club is designed to learn about and celebrate the strong, vital, rich and interesting lives of Jews in countries around the world. The book selections will pair a non-fiction and fiction selection for each country/culture that is covered and we hope we’ll have ample opportunities to have members share their personal experiences along the way. This book club is meant to inspire; so we will avoid topics that often lead to controversy such as politics, war/terror, and religion. The emphasis is intentionally on tradition, culture and history to celebrate the vibrancy and strength of Am Yisrael
An Israeli literature book club will also be available. This book club will select Israeli contemporary and classic fiction to read every two months. Meetings will be held in private homes. Book club discussions will be in Hebrew. We hope this book club will also become a great place to bring copies of Israeli books you've finished to swap with friends as well.
For more information about Tarbuton™ programs, contact Jennie Starr at 858-245-9375 or visit http://www.tarbuton.org Tarbuton programs are offered at Congregation Beth El, CBI (Congregation Beth Israel), the Ken Jewish Community and at Temple Solel as well as in various public coffee houses in San Diego and private homes.
Downtown San Diego Library hosts exhibit on Helen Suzman
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) - The San Diego Public Library will host a traveling exhibition entitled "Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights," regarding the iconic South African leader who devoted her life to the fight against apartheid. The exhibit will be displayed through the end of October on the first floor of the Central Library, located at 820 E Street in downtown San Diego. The public is invited to view the self-directed, panel exhibition at no charge during library hours: Sunday, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.; Monday and Wednesday, 12 noon – 8 p.m.; and all other weekdays and Saturday from 9:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.
Suzman was a member of the South African Parliament for 36 years, from 1953-1989. She was the sole opposition voice condemning apartheid during the 13-year period (1961-1974) when she was the governing body’s only member of the Progressive Party. Though she faced animosity, anti-Semitism and intimidation throughout her career, she developed an enduring friendship with Nelson Mandela after meeting him at the infamous Robben Island, where he was being held as a political prisoner.
Nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her contribution to the pursuit of justice in South Africa, Helen Suzman received the United Nations’ Award of the International League for Human Rights in 1978. Suzman died on January 1, 2009 at the age of 91; flags across South Africa were flown at half-mast while tributes poured in from around the world.
Organized by the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research at the University of Cape Town, this inspiring exhibition explores nearly four decades of Suzman’s life and vision through photographs, personal letters, quotations from speeches and news articles to capture her work, courage and her voice.
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