Local student helps raise over $100,000 for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
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Over the past two years as the head of a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fundraising team, Grauer School senior Jason Wexler has helped raise over $100,000 through the LLS’ Students of the Year program.
Jason Wexler leads team “Answer for Cancer” in the LLS Students of the Year competition.
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The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Students of the Year campaign is a seven-week nationwide campaign held annually by LLS, lasting from Jan. 13 to March 6. This year Jason is a candidate for Students of the Year for a third and final time and he is more motivated than ever despite the unique challenges of fundraising during a pandemic.
Going virtual for the first time, the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival isn’t missing a beat in presenting compelling dramas, suspenseful thrillers and thought-provoking documentaries. Now in its 31st year, the festival will throw in a few award winners and a bit of star power.
The documentary “Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance” opens the festival, which begins Feb. 11. The film explores those shared legacies through the lens of the friendship between the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Heschel in the mid-1960s.
“ ‘Shared Legacies’ is about the common bonds between Black and Jewish communities,” said Chris Fink, chair of the festival, a program of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. “We open with it because the film addresses contemporary issues. It’s especially important now with the heightened interest in Black Lives Matter.”