ADL San Diego regional director shares response to Poway …
WEBJun 19, 2019 · Before the April 27 shooting at Chabad of Poway in California, the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League of San Diego, Tammy Gillies, was told by her colleagues in law enforcement that it wasn’t a question of if a shooting would happen, but when. “I heard that and I thought, ‘Yeah, OK, it’s a question of when.’ But until it happens in your town, you really don’t think it ...
Rabbi ejected from Chino Valley council meeting - jewishaz.com
WEBFeb 16, 2016 · A rabbi was removed from a Chino Valley Town Council meeting after protesting a Christian invocation read by the mayor. Two police officers escorted Rabbi Adele Plotkin out of the Feb. 9 meeting at the request of Mayor Chris Marley, who ended his prayer “in the name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus …
Harvey Dietrich, philanthropist, ‘last Jewish cowboy,’ dies of COVID …
WEBJan 6, 2021 · Photo courtesy of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society. Harvey Dietrich, a pioneering cattle rancher and a driving force for the Jewish community in Arizona, died Dec. 25. He was 85. Dietrich’s longtime friend, Jerry Lewkowitz, described him as “a cowboy rancher and a gentleman.”. “He was a very special guy in so many respects ...
CBI cantor leaves legacy of connection and musical community
WEBApr 26, 2024 · CBI cantor leaves legacy of connection and musical community. Cantor Seth Ettinger brought a high level of showmanship to Congregation Beth Israel in his tenure there. Susan Guzman was not yet a member of Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) when she first heard, and fell in love with, Cantor Seth Ettinger’s voice.
A tour of Jewish San Diego | Community | jewishaz.com
WEBJun 25, 2004 · The Jewish Community Center, once a landmark in the San Diego State College area in the eastern part of San Diego, now is located in La Jolla, closer to University of California, San Diego. The Hebrew Home for the Aged, which had been the old JCC's neighbor, also departed the State College area and now …
Two synagogues to share facility in Sun City West
WEBMay 14, 2014. Temple Gan Elohim plans to return to its roots to serve Jewish families in the Northwest Valley by moving into Beth Emeth Congregation in Sun City West. Gan Elohim was originally founded in 2000 as the Northwest Valley Jewish Alliance, with a goal to serve Jews living in the areas of West Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria, Litchfield Park ...
Sabbath mode kitchen appliances and keeping kosher surfaces
WEBMar 15, 2022 · The Shabbos Keeper allows for the opening and closing of the oven as many times as needed to keep food warm on Friday night and Shabbos day. Courtesy of GE Appliances. Miele’s Sabbath mode allows individuals up to 72 hours of pre-programmed cooking in their oven. GE Appliances has introduced the first 100% Shabbos kosher oven.
New leadership at Temple Chai seizes on reinvention opportunity
WEBOct 27, 2021 · Temple Chai Rabbi Bonnie Koppell said she is excited by the new leadership team and new staffing additions in general, including a new early childhood center director, and additions to the Deutsch Family Shalom Center. “Everyone is so talented and so positive,” she said. She, too, is excited for the possibilities of an open-ended future.
Program explores culture, history of Bukharian Jews
WEBMay 17, 2022 · In 1989, just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the majority of the world’s Bukharian Jews — around 50,000 — lived in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, Cooper said. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the majority of Bukharian Jews immigrated en masse to the United States and Israel. Today, less than 200 Bukharian Jews remain in ...
Har Zion, Or Chadash merge, form new entity - jewishaz.com
WEBMay 19, 2014 · Or Chadash, started in 2002, is located at 9096 E. Bahia, #106, Scottsdale, which will serve as the main address for the new congregation. Har Zion, founded in 1960, has been located at 6140 E. Thunderbird Road, Scottsdale, since 1997. The new congregation has also hired an executive director (the first one for …