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30 kwi 2018 · San Diego’s Jewish community traces its history through the synagogues established—and sometimes abandoned—between 1850 and the present. Today, congregations gather at many places throughout the county and identify with Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox movements, among others.
Mira Balberg received her PhD from Stanford University in 2011. She is a scholar of ancient Mediterranean religious history, with a focus on the emergence and development of Judaism in antiquity (200 BCE–500 CE).
Ancient Jewish and Christian Meals and Their Afterlives Biblical Studies and Spiritual Care: Intersections of Pastoral Praxis and Biblical Hermeneutics Connecting John: Intertextualities, Contexts, Reception
1 dzień temu · The term “Mizrahi” refers to Jews from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and this month offers a chance to honor their contributions and explore their unique traditions. Origins and ...
3 cze 2016 · Exhibition chronicling the history of the Jewish community in San Diego. San Diego’s Jewish pioneers arrived with statehood in 1850 looking for adventure, good weather, better health, and, above all, the opportunity to make the American dream their own.
Jewish life in San Diego started in what is called Old Town, near the San Diego River and just below the hill on which the Spanish built the first California mission in 1769. The first Jew arrived at this remote frontier site in 1850, the same year the city received its charter.
In San Diego, the Hebrew Benevolent Society had essentially the same membership as the synagogue, the affairs of which were largely centered about the Jewish High Holy Days. The society, on the other hand, functioned throughout the year as a charitable body.
