August 2026
Building Families, Building Community
By Sharona Shtienberg Some people separate their family life, professional career and public service. For Talia Kastiel-Katz, these three worlds ...
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August 2026
StandWithUs Southwest
Empowering San Diego to Stand Up for Israel and the Jewish People Whether in classrooms, city halls, houses of worship, or neighborhood gatherings, ...
August 2026
Forces of Nature: La Jolla Symphony & Chorus announces 2026-2027 season
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus is going global with their 2026-27 season programming, showcasing international guest artists, a wide variety of music from ...
August 2026
Jerusalem Rooftop Cafe Provides Opportunities to Young Adults with Autism
By Steve Linde, JNS.org A five-course vegetarian dinner prepared and served on the rooftop of Jerusalem’s Clal Center on Monday celebrated the first ...
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Eye Surgery, Reimagined: Apple Vision Pro Comes to the Operating Room
"What if your surgeon never had to look away?" Dr. Tommy Korn of Sharp HealthCare performed one of the world's first cataract surgeries ...
- Herzl’s grandparents reburied on Mount Herzl, fulfilling Zionist leader’s final wish(JTA) — JERUSALEM — When World Zionist Organization officials working with the Israeli Foreign Ministry opened the grave of Theodor Herzl’s grandfather on July 29 in Zemun, Serbia, they found it empty. Shimon Leib Herzl was not buried beneath his tombstone. So they kept digging to the side of his wife Rivka’s grave and found... […]
- Orthodox Jews are scootering to synagogue. Will Shabbat ever be the same?LOS ANGELES – For thousands of years, the Jews have walked. Dispatched by God to the promised land of Canaan, Abraham walked. When the Israelites became a nation in the desert, they camped, kvetched, warred, and worshiped, but mostly walked. And on Shabbat — when the Torah forbids riding horses, carriages, trains or cars — observant... […]
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