Seventy Days in a Pandemic…Hundreds of Lessons
If not now, when? And if not us, who? At Leichtag Foundation, these questions from our Jewish texts have long driven and compelled us. We aim to act with urgency […]
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Entries by Jessica Kort
How to help during the pandemic
/in Featured, HIVE Featured, Leichtag Commons News, Leichtag News, UncategorizedDear Friends, How do we demonstrate our concern and care for others while we are responsibly staying physically apart? It’s a question we’re grappling with at the Leichtag Foundation, and […]
On the Road – Moishe House Mexico City
/in Featured, Grant Stories, North County Jewish LifeMichelle and Floretta greet us with warm smiles and hugs for Shabbat at their Mexico City Moishe House. Located in Condesa, a stylish neighborhood with chic bistros and galleries, the […]
Jewish Family Service’s Proposal for a Safe Parking Program in Encinitas
/in Featured, Leichtag Commons News, Leichtag NewsEvery night, Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) operates a Safe Parking Program in three locations in San Diego for unsheltered San Diegans living out of their vehicles, many […]
Announcing a New Tenant at Leichtag Commons: the Israeli Agtech Innovation Center
/in Featured, Leichtag NewsHappy birthday Israel! To celebrate, we announced an exciting new tenant at the Commons: the Israeli Agtech Innovation Center, a consortium of five innovative Israeli agricultural start-ups specializing in horticulture […]
We Mourn the Tragedy at Chabad of Poway
/in FeaturedWe are devastated by the loss of life and suffering inflicted by the shooting at Chabad of Poway in our community. We mourn with the victims and their loved ones, […]
Stacie and Jeff Cook understand commitment. They live it.
Black, Jewish and Queer. These three identities weave the fabric of who I am, but it took a long time to believe that they could exist together.
Lee and Toni Leichtag established the Leichtag Foundation in 1991 following the sale of their business. Lee and Toni were lifelong entrepreneurs with a passion for innovation and for supporting talent. They believed that only with big risk comes big reward. Both born to families in poverty, Toni to a single mother, they strongly believed in helping those most in need and most vulnerable in our community. While they supported many causes, their strongest support was for young children and the elderly, two demographics who particularly lack voice in our society.
Lifelong Baltimoreans, Rabbi George and Alison Wielechowski and their sons, 11-year-old Lennon and 9-year-old Gideon, are more than pursuing the good life in Southern California. Having moved to San Diego more than three years ago, they are fulfilling a lifelong dream.
You would think that as the executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, Fernando Zweifach López Jr., who uses the pronoun they, has done all the coming out they possibly can. A queer, non-binary individual who has worked for many years on civil rights issues, López also speaks openly and often about their father’s family, Mexican-American migrant workers who tilled the fields of rural California.