United Jewish Federation of San Diego County, joins with United Jewish Communities, North American Jewry and friends of Israel everywhere in mourning the fallen soldiers of the Goldwasser and Regev families and all Israelis.

Click here to read the statements issued by UJC's Joe Kanfer, UJC Chair; Zeev Bielski, Chairman for the Jewish Agency for Israel and Nachman Shai, Senior Vice President, UJC & Director-General , External Relations, UJC Israel. Click here to send a condolence.

Taglit-Birthright Israel San Diego Community Bus Summer 2008

This summer over forty young Jewish professionals and graduate students left on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip on the first ever San Diego community bus. Participants visited the San Diego supported Ibim Village in Sha’ar Hanegev as well as many other sites all over Israel. Click here to catch a glimpse of everything they experienced over their free 10 day trip.

Taglit-Birthright Israel provides the gift of first time, peer group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18-26. The community buses offer San Diego community members the opportunity to experience Israel while meeting other Jewish individuals living in the San Diego area. If you are interested in participating, please contact carlyf@ujfsd.org, spaces for the winter are filling up fast!
 

Scott Stone Teen Trip 2008 Is Well On Its Way!

On June 29, 31 San Diegan teens left for a month long tour to Israel, which includes 3 days in Prague. This full month trip provides a special opportunity for teens to see, touch; smell, taste and most importantly feel Israel. If you can experience you can understand, if you understand you can connect! Click here to read more details about this amazing lifetime experience.
 

San Diego Family Sumer Mission 2008

The San Diego Family Summer Mission 2008, departed July 6, and is off to a wonderful start. With 75 participants on board two busses, we have a great group of people ages 5 to 87. Click here to read more about this exciting adventure.
 

2007 Wildfire Relief — Survivors Still Need Our Help!

The Escondido Firefighters Association donated $32,000 to representatives of five- San Diego social service agencies to help with their efforts to assist fire clients. Click here to read more and help rebuild our community.
 

How do you spell tikkun olam? G-R-E-E-N – by Don Harrison

Repairing the Earth …Federation is becoming increasingly “green,” through the on-going efforts of its staff to preserve the earth's resources.Click here to learn more.
 

Bon Appetit from Ethiopian Chefs-in-Training

The Jewish Agency's Chefs' Training Course puts new Ethiopian immigrants, ages 17-25, on a fast track to a marketplace-aligned career option. These young adults, who are too old to integrate into the formal secondary school system when they come to Israel, and have not yet acquired a vocational skill or profession, train to become professional chefs. Click here to learn more.
 

UJC Launches EMERGENCY FUND to Help Weather-battered Communities in the Central U.S.

The UJC Central U.S. Disaster Relief Fund -- which will include a mailbox for accepting checks and an online donation form -- will help victims in the Jewish and general populations, with funds going to local communities that have been affected by natural disasters. No administrative costs will be deducted from funds raised. Click here to learn more.
 

UJF awarded a special grant to the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center to help capture the excitement and energy of the Maccabi Games…

This award helps create a permanent outreach, through the thousands of San Diego Jewish families who have registered to assist with the games. Please click here for details and the opportunity to get involved with this extraordinary experience – where some 1,500 youngsters between the ages of 12 and 16 will compete in Olympic-style games, which runs Aug. 3-7.