Community Review

I Am the Daughter of a Holocaust Survivor

By Bryna Sherr

I am the daughter of a Holocaust Survivor.

There are few people my age who can say that, as my mother was a little girl when she and my grandparents escaped the Nazis. She was born in Uzbekistan before she and my grandparents came to the United States via a displaced persons…

Rabbi Ron Muroff Receives Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree

Chisuk Emuna Congregation is proud to announce that Rabbi Ron Muroff received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree at a virtual convocation on Sunday, January 31st at 1 p.m. through the Jewish Theological Seminary! The ceremony celebrated his achievements as one of the distinguished members…

CEO Letter 1.29.21

By Jenn Ross

I have continued to see a rise in Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism nationally and internationally since I began my tenure here in July 2016.  The darkest moments include the shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018 and at Chabad of Poway in 2019, numerous violent atta…

Michael Brenner’s Drive For Success Marked with Quiet Generosity

When Michael Brenner was a young man, he learned the ins and outs of running his family automotive business.

Years later, he and his younger brother, Eddie, became the third generation of the family to do so.  They ran Brenner Family of Dealerships together for years until Eddie’s untime…

One Child, One Family, One Story of Freedom

By Kim Kupfer

When you walk into Cristina Stanton’s bedroom, you cannot help but be drawn to the fabulous mural on her wall. It is a hand painted mural of Antigua, Guatemala, her birth city, created by her

Grandfather. That is the way the Stanton’s are: they embrace their adopted daug…