Jewish license plate: Mitsvos
SAN DIEGO — License plate spotter Melanie Rubin found one from California that reminds us that God has given us commandments to follow.
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Melanie RubinMay 2011
‘A Chorus Line’ zestfully returns to San Diego
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—San Diego Musical Theatre has just launched its third and final show of its second season with a fine production of the dance tribute to end all dance tributes to all dancers, A Chorus Line. In 1975 the Marvin Hamlisch (music), Edward Kleban (lyrics), James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante (book) and
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAdventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 28, 1956, Part 2
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Arlene Solof Weds Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2 Mr. and Mrs. William Solof announced the marriage of their daughter, Arlene Joyce, to Mr. Fred Hamilton on Friday, April 20, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arlene is a graduate of Hoover High and attended U.C.L.A. in Los
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistorySkirball exhibits trace Jewish involvement in magic
By Joel Moskowitz, M D, FAPA, FAAP LOS ANGELES –Many know that Houdini was Jewish and his real name Erich Weiss, son of an itinerant Rabbi. But who is Jewish of the following? David Copperfield, Max Maven, David Blaine and Teller of the team, Penn and Teller? All of them! David Copperfield was born David
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodJWV leader navigates patriotic and religious cross-currents
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—As the California commander of the Jewish War Veterans, Allen Miliefsky kept a busy patriotic and inter-religious schedule on Memorial Day. At Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, he and JWV Post 185 commander Rick Nathanson laid a wreath at the Casket of the Unknown, and later dedicated a small monument
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyThree Israeli musicians provide a memorable AICF concert
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California –The enthusiastic audience, which filled the JCC’s Dorothea and David Garfield Theatre recently, was thrilled by the artistry of three young Israelis, violinist Asi Matathias, a Pinchas Zukerman disciple, pianist Victor Stanislavsky, competitor in the recent Van Cliburn Competition, and mandolinist Avi Avital, a grammy-award nominee. Matathias and
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Eileen WingardArguments about Israeli and Palestinian historic and religious rights may be simply irrelevant
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Notions of justice will not go away. In response to my recent comment about having an equivalent lack of patience with the Palestinians’ claims about a right of return and the Jews’ claims about a God-given title to the Land of Israel, one of my friends responded, “without the ‘claims that God
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 28, 1956, Part 2
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Arlene Solof Weds Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Page 2 Mr. and Mrs. William Solof announced the marriage of their daughter, Arlene Joyce, to Mr. Fred Hamilton on Friday, April 20, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arlene is a graduate of Hoover High and attended U.C.L.A. in Los
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Travel and FoodAdventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 27, 1956, Part 1
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Campaign at 70% of Goal; Drive to Close May 20 Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Pages 1, 5 Spurred on by the opening of campaigns in the areas, the $104 minimum Women’s Division luncheon, gifts from an employee group, a treasury gift from the Junior Charity League,
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryCongress approves Jewish chaplains memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Relase)—The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the construction of a long-overdue memorial in Arlington National Cemetery for Jewish Chaplains who have died on the battlefield. The Senate’s authorization comes on the heels of approval by the U.S. House of Representatives and brings the memorial one step closer to construction. Members of Congress heralded
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USA‘Sylvia’ is a fetching show
By Cynthia Citron SANTA MONICA, California — In A.R. Gurney’s shaggy dog story, Sylvia, Tanna Frederick plays a pampered pooch dressed in tutus and tiaras. You might call her a woof in chic clothing. Frederick, who has starred in four of playwright and filmmaker Henry Jaglom’s romantic comedies, Hollywood Dreams, Irene in Time, Queen of the
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Cynthia CitronMemorial Day Weekend has its imperative
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — It’s hard not to choke back tears while watching the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. I catch my breath short at even the smallest military or naval funeral I perform—particularly when a twenty-something boy or girl in a
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USAProudly pro-Israel AND pro-Palestine
By Sarah Bernstein, PhD JERUSALEM — Patriotism has become a dirty word in many circles. It has become equated with fanaticism and extremism. To be an Israeli patriot is even worse. And because of my left-wing views, many people would be surprised to hear me describe myself as an Israeli patriot. In Israel, patriotism and Zionism
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Middle EastIn the Middle East, as elsewhere, time marches on
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The basic flaw in the Palestinian logic, joined by Barack Obama and lots of others, is the problem in turning back history. Why 1967? Why not something else, earlier or later, equally irrelevant? By this thinking, what we call the eastern part of United States could still be
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East