Through the looking glass: our season in review
After a year and a half of postponing face-to-face in-person events, we brought our community back for the entirely new Shabbat by the Sea series over the fall. It was a special and unique experience with different speakers each time that brought different perspectives. Through the lens of Shabbat, these events talked about Sukkot and social justice, LGBTQ+ experiences, and Latinx Jewish traditions. We give gratitude to our speakers, Nate Looney, Trudy Morse, and Analucía Lopezrevoredo, for showing us new pathways of Jewish expression.
As the cold brought us indoors, we experimented with an opportunity to celebrate Chanukah safely. We’re happy to see that our incredible Paint & Sip experience fulfilled that desire! Look through the album below to get a broader story of our events.
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People came to in-person events
23
New people visited Leichtag Commons
What are guests saying about us?
Our Professional Development events remained virtual and engaging.
In addition to keeping programs accessible this season, we addressed steps to diversify your donor base, explored cryptocurrency fundraising, and learn how to collaborate with influencers.
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Number of attendees over 5 events
Get a Crypto Recap here:
Watch Steps to Diversify Donors Part 2 below, or click here to catch the highlights.
Thank you for participating in our programs! We’re grateful to have such a wonderful cultural and professional community.
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.
Stacie and Jeff Cook understand commitment. They live it.
