The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture (SDCJC), a 501(c)(3) organization housed at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, is the largest local Jewish institution in San Diego

San Diego, California

San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

 (California) dedicated solely to presenting high quality, nationally recognized programs which are unique to San Diego County.

The mission of the SDCJC is to "expand and enrich cultural life in San Diego by presenting the finest in Jewish artistic expressions, encouraging the preservation of Jewish culture and heritage, and nurturing new creativity in the arts." . A core belief of the SDCJC is that by promoting respect for diverse cultures builds community tolerance

Toleration

Toleration is "the practice of deliberately allowing or permitting a thing of which one disapproves. One can meaningfully speak of tolerating, ie of allowing or permitting, only if one is in a position to disallow”. It has also been defined as "to bear or endure" or "to nourish, sustain or preserve"...

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The SDCJC offers a wide variety of multi-disciplinary artistic programs that explore cultural identities and perspectives, promote cross cultural understanding and highlight human themes of family, tolerance, compassion and hope. These programs, including the San Diego Jewish Film Festival

San Diego Jewish Film Festival

The San Diego Jewish Film Festival is an annual eleven day long film festival held in San Diego, California. Established in 1990, the festival is managed by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla...

, San Diego Jewish Book Fair, Gotthelf Art Gallery, San Diego Jewish Music Festival, Holocaust

The Holocaust

The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...

 Education Program, and the J*Company Youth Theatre, help foster ideas of cultural appreciation and respect.

Its facilities feature a 500-seat theatre, Judaica

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

library, art gallery, and community Holocaust Memorial Garden.

Approximately 40,000 tickets are sold or provided annually to residents, visitors, and students for San Diego Center for Jewish Culture events.