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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From Diagnosis to Empowerment: One San Diego Woman’s Mission to Transform Women’s Health
When Donna Pinto was diagnosed with DCIS at 44 — healthy, with no symptoms — she began a 16-year journey that changed everything. ...
- How the Yiddish project took root in the U.S. after the HolocaustHow did the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research find a new home in the United States after the Holocaust? Kalman Weiser (York University, Toronto) narrates this dramatic story in a new book, Yiddish Scholarship Comes to America. Initially, YIVO’s success wasn’t a sure thing. It was “hardly clear to YIVO’s staff and supporters in the... […]
- A great Jewish sculptor gave a gift to America. The Trump administration is taking it away.By the time Joel Shapiro’s Blue showed up in my morning feed Wednesday, it had already lost its legs. Shapiro’s 24-foot aluminum figure had spent seven years kicking at the sky outside the Kennedy Center in Washington. Now workers were taking it apart. In the photograph, the legs lay on the grass; the rest hung in straps,... […]
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