We Remember Max "Lee" Leichtag
Today, we remember the life of our founder Max “Lee” Leichtag. He died eight years ago today. Lee devoted himself to improving the lives of the most vulnerable in our […]
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Jerusalem Conversations with Beliba Choma
/in Events, Jerusalem, Leichtag News, SD-Israel, ThoughtLeadershipChoma, a grantee of ours working in Jerusalem, visited our offices today in Encinitas for “Jerusalem Conversations,” our series this month on social activism and building civil society. In Jerusalem, […]
Introducing Coastal Roots Farm!
/in Coastal Roots Farm, Farm, JewishCommunityFarming, Leichtag News, Self-SufficiencyDear friends, The new year has begun, and today a new chapter in our work begins. We’re proud to introduce you to Coastal Roots Farm. Coastal Roots Farm is a […]
Shanah Tovah | Happy New Year!
/in Leichtag NewsWe Were Strangers, Too September 2015 | Rosh Hashana 5776 Dear Reader, Next week we will celebrate the beginning of the Jewish new year and the end of our year-long […]
"Are These The Voices We Want to Silence?" by Charlene Seidle
/in Jerusalem, SD-Israel, ThoughtLeadershipYoung leaders report quietly that any conversation or public statement they make that is not emphasizing how Israel is the best in the world is considered by many influentials in […]
Apply now for a Farm Apprenticeship Position!
/in Farm, Leichtag NewsDeadline to Apply: August 7, 2015 Download as a PDF Program Overview The Farm’s pilot apprenticeship program will provide each apprentice with an opportunity to further his or her farming and […]
Largest donation of the season!
/in Farm, Self-SufficiencyOh kale yeah! Today marks the farm’s largest donation of the season! 1,000 pounds and 400 bunches of fresh produce was donated to Community Resource Center and St. Andrew’s Episcopal […]
Encinitas schools are partnering with a Leichtag nonprofit arm to manage its Farm Lab. | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com
/in Leichtag News, Recent PressEncinitas schools are partnering with a Leichtag nonprofit arm to manage its Farm Lab. Source: Encinitas schools are partnering with a Leichtag nonprofit arm to manage its Farm Lab. | […]
Leichtag-incubated nonprofit aims to help Farm Lab grow | Encinitas Advocate
/in Recent PressA nonprofit incubated at the Leichtag Foundation property aims to lend a hand at the Encinitas Union School District’s Farm Lab. Source: Leichtag-incubated nonprofit aims to help Farm Lab grow […]
Entrepreneurs see Encinitas as model of ‘for-benefit’ business | Encinitas Advocate
/in Recent PressEntrepreneurs and city leaders met July 2 at the Leichtag Foundation property in Encinitas to talk about how the city can become a national model for this movement. The goal […]
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.