Center for Jewish Care Luncheon Featuring Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz - JFSSD
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Center for Jewish Care Luncheon Featuring Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz

“This is an opportunity to come together and talk about how we will continue to build our community around the central virtue of compassion, while deepening our moral commitment.”

– Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz

CJC Luncheon: The Role of Compassion In Social Change

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz in conversation with
Michael Hopkins, CEO of Jewish Family Service

Honoring Dr. Jenny Meiselman with the
2024 Linda Janon Behavioral Health Champion Award

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

San Diego Marriott Del Mar
11966 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA 92130

VIP Meet & Greet with Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
11:00am–12:00pm

Luncheon & Conversation
12:00–2:00pm

What Is the Role of Compassion In Social Change? What Is Our Responsibility?

In today’s world, where challenges often seem insurmountable, the need for strength of character rooted in empathy, integrity, and kindness is essential for creating a more just and harmonious society. How do we, as individuals, and a community, embody these attributes even when it’s hard and even when it feels impossible?

Join us for the Center for Jewish Care Luncheon on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 with Rabbi Shmuly in conversation with CEO Michael Hopkins. Together, we will explore the centrality of compassion in Jewish thought and how this core value can serve as a catalyst for social transformation. Drawing from ancient texts, contemporary case studies, and his own experiences as a social activist, Rabbi Shmuly will illustrate how acts of compassion can bridge divides, heal communities, and drive systemic change.

Rabbi Shmuly, a global social justice activist and educator is committed to improving our communities through Torah learning, social action, and leadership development. His writings have appeared in outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and the Atlantic, among many other secular and religious publications. He has also served as a rabbinic representative, facilitator, and speaker at the World Economic Forum in Geneva and Davos. Rabbi Shmuly’s religious journey was filmed for the Independent Lens/PBS documentary “The Calling.”

Join Us As An Underwriter

As a community leader, we invite you to deepen your impact by joining us as an event underwriter. The Center for Jewish Care at JFS is a vital lifeline for San Diego’s Jewish community. Every year, thousands of Jewish San Diegans receive critical services and meaningful support from the Center, including compassionate care and resource coordination for Holocaust Survivors living in San Diego and Orange Counties and their families. Through basic needs assistance, financial assistance, housing navigation, mental health coordination, and spiritual support, the Center connects Jewish San Diegans to a caring community and wraparound support that helps them stabilize, move forward, and thrive.

As a home for tikkun olam (repairing the world), the Center for Jewish Care also offers opportunities for engagement and volunteerism. Your philanthropic investment will empower Jewish San Diegans and provide support for the emerging needs of our Jewish community as well as support the greater San Diego community.

Thank You to Our Generous Underwriters

Bracha (Blessing)

CARS-Charitable Adult Rides & Services

Shalom (Peace)

Sean Joseph & Mahau Ma

Ohr (Light)

Barbara & Mathew z”l Loonin

Simcha (Joy)

Anonymous
Judi Gottschalk
Marie G. Raftery & Dr. Robert Rubenstein
Susan Shmalo

Information as of 9/27/24

Join Us for the Center for Jewish Care Luncheon with Dr. Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz on November 12 | 11am-2pm. Reserve your ticket today!