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BY LINDA BENNETT & BETSY BARANOV l BETSY1945@COX.NET PHOTOS BY EDIZ BENAROYA
20th Annual Jewish Book Fair
The 20th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair was held in November at Temple Solel in Cardiff and at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. Many interesting authors spoke to robust audiences. Some we heard were Carol Leifer, Bernd Wollschlaeger, Stephen Smith and Ari Shavit. Among the crowds seen throughout the Fair were Steve Gaffen, Lesley Davis, Hannah Schlachet, Yossi Yedid, Hugh and Shelley Samuels, Barbara and Larry Sherman, Earl and Sarah Feldman, Paul and Ruth Jacobowitz, Sonia and Andy Israel, Joan Schultz, Joe and Ann Stein, Steve and Toby Krause, Leslye and Scott Lyons, Linda and Dennis Glazer, Ron Zollman, Bob and Laurie Steinberg, Eric Whinston, Irene Borovitz, Glenda Sacks Jaffe, Ellen Rofman, Nancy Calderon, Carol and Stephen Baird, Judy Feldman, Lillian Scharlin, Gloria and Rod Stone, Renee Feinswog, Susan and David Kabakoff, Carolyn Melman, Jody Roseman, Rabbi Hillel and Roberta Silverman, Gayle and Don Slate, Marcia and Don Wolochow, Adina Wollner, Morris and Barbara Winicki, Betty Fain, Myra Greenberg Glassman, and Brenda Mann. Kudos to chair persons Phyllis Epstein and Susan Levin and their committees, and all the hard working volunteers and staff!
Birthdays...
Happy 98th birthday to Blanche Weiss! Happy 94th birthday to Lillian Mallen!
Mazel Tov...
Julie Glazer, daughter of Jeff and Lisa Braun Glazer, married Mark Scher, son of Jane and Colin Scher, on Sept. 13 in Hollywood, Calif. Native San Diegan Jordan Stolper and Laura Leffler of Cincinnati were married in New York City on Oct. 11. Happy grandparents are Natalie Stolper and Michael Stolper. It’s grandchild number six for happy grandparents Dick and Byrne Eger! Christopher George Kaloudis was born to Jasmine (Patty) and Michael Kaloudis on Nov. 2 in Philadelphia.
Top: Ellis and Bonnie Diamond. Clockwise from middle right: Amnon Ben Yahuda, Jacqueline Gmach, Si Coleman • Phyllis Epstein, Sonja Saltman, Karen Kessler, and Warren Kessler • Hillary Liber, Jeff Liber, Anita Lawson, Rabbi Marty Lawson, and Rabbi David Kornberg • Mathew Loonin, Barbara Loonin and Susan Levin.
12 SDJewishJournal.com l December 2014