By Alanna Berman, San Diego Jewish Journal, February, 2012
In early 2009, the Jewish Women’s Foundation, part of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, set out to change the lives of women and girls in the community. Their efforts — including a community-wide assessment, focus groups and interviews conducted with rabbis, community leaders and the girls themselves — culminated in a total of $225,000 in grants for five brand new programs serving Jewish middle and high school girls in San Diego County.