September 2011

Son of Ariel Sharon headlines S.D. Jewish Book Fair

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 17th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, with continuing support from Founding Benefactors The Viterbi Family Foundation and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run November 3-13, 2011. A complete schedule of Book Fair speakers […]

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San Diego Calendar

He ain’t no country bumpkin; he’s my brother

Itamar Makes Friends: A Children’s Story of Jewish Brotherhood by Josh Hasten, illustrated by S. Kim Glassman, Geffen Kidz, Jerusalem, 2011, ISBN 978-965-229-567-5. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a simple morality tale, but as is true with this genre, it raises some important questions, possibly even controversy. In brief, the story

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion

Media underestimates Erdogan’s many problems in bid for Mideast leadership

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– The New York Times deserves its place as one of the best newspapers of the world. Like the actions of some of American presidents, however, its commentary on the Middle East seems to reflect more ideology than cogent analysis. Thomas Friedman and Roger Cohen have been blathering on for years about

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Love and Death in Russia

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Aleksei Fedorchenko’s latest film, Silent Souls, is both silent and soulful. And incredibly Russian. The story revolves around the ritual burial of Tanya (Yuliya Aug), the much-loved wife of the manager of a paper factory, Miron (Yuri Tsurilo). Unwilling to involve “outsiders” in the funeral preparations for Tanya, Miron

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Cynthia Citron

SDSU organizes Oct. 26 ‘Music and Resistance’ concert

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–“Music and Resistance” at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26, will be an evening of music sung and played during some of the darkest days of the Holocaust, according to San Diego State University’s Jewish Studies Program which is sponsoring the on-campus event at Rhapsody Hall. Sung by Jews and Roma, these are

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Jewish Religion

Mame thrives at the North Park Birch Theatre

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Jerry Herman’s Mame is one of those oldies but goodies that hasn’t been around the San Diego musical theatre scene for over thirty years. With book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, and based on the novel by Patrick Dennis and the play Auntie Mame Herman’s familiar music (Hello Dolly

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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Arab Spring could turn into an Islamic winter

By Yaakov Lappin WASHINGTON, D.C. _ A fierce debate is gripping Israel’s defense and intelligence community over fateful questions that have arisen from the recent period of Middle Eastern turmoil. The first, most basic question concerning defense officials is: Can stable states eventually emerge around Israel from the chaos and uncertainty that has replaced the

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Middle East