our TOWN BY LINDA BENNETT AND BETSY BARANOV, PHOTOS COURTESY SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE
Tapestry Triumphs On Jan. 7 at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, we participated in Tapestry – A Community Celebration of Jewish Learning Under One Roof. Dr. Ilana De Laney was the brainchild behind this informative event, which this year took the place of Yom Limmud. Jose Aroeste and Silvana Christy chaired. Following Havdalah, guests had their choice of two learning sessions. The evening ended with a dessert and wine reception. About 500 people attended the sold-out affair, including Orli Moses, Susan Freed, Sharon and Raulf Polichar, Tomer Eilam, Nadine Finkle, Susan and Ed Cherlin, Ira and Renee Zeichner, Jay Bartell, Elsa Kalal, Laura Preisman, Lois and Dennis Shive, Ricky and Allen Jay, Ed and Susan Thomas, Judi Gottschalk, Karen Rund, Chelsea Natan, and RafaeTl Natan, Susan Chortek Weisman and Eric Weisman, Jackie Gmach, Sonya Fox Ohlbaum, Jan Landau, Paula Park and Lauren Kemp.
Birthdays...
Happy 96th birthday to Genevieve Simons! Happy 91st birthday to Gussie Zaks! Happy 90th birthday to Gene Siegel! Happy 91st birthday to Doug Selik! Mazel tov to Jared and Samantha Luchans on the birth of their daughter Keira! Elyse Danielle was born to parents Neil and Stephanie Hamovitch!
Mazel tov...
Congrats to Harvey and Arden Winokur on their 65 years of marriage! Mazel tov to Nancy and Alan Spector who are celebrating 50 years of marriage!
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Ruthi Warburg, Sonia Israel, Andrew Israel, Claire Ellman • Raulf and Sharon Polichar • Bob Rubenstein and Marie Raftery.
18 SDJewishJournal.com l February 2017