By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Who would have suspected the sophisticated, debonair, and wittily dismissive Noel Coward to be a mooshy patriot? Anyone who’s ever seen his play Peace In Our Time, that’s who. This intense drama, first performed in 1947, is being given a brand new outing by the excellent Antaeus Company. Seldom performed because of its large cast, it has not [...]
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The Coen Brothers made a movie in 2009 called A Serious Man. The film would have no premise whatsoever without its extended opening, supernatural sequence featuring a “dybbuk” (an evil spirit in the form of a recently deceased person) visiting an unfortunate and hapless couple. Bad luck and [...]
Compiled by Garry Fabian Guard breaks bail conditions MELBOURNE, 27 October – A Security guard charged with sex offences against children at Jewish school in Melbourne is facing jail over an alleged breach of his bail conditions. The man is charged with 29 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency relating to events during [...]
By Donald H. Harrison Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – My grandson Shor and I watched the documentary Captains together, which was quite pleasing because we also had attended together a press conference at ComicCon earlier this year at which actors William Shatner, Avery Brooks and Scott Bakula appeared to promote it. Star Trek fans [...]
By Ira SharkanskyJERUSALEM — My cynic’s view of events sees a connection between Arab Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter and the protests in Tel Aviv and on Wall Street, also said to be happening in 900 cities of 80 countries. (Ha’aretz, October 16, p. 7) Crowds of decent people, along with politically correct leaders, who seek improvements with little [...]
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Reading about a conference on genocide held in Frankfurt, Germany, in March 2011 which appeared in Second Generation Voices, a journal for and by the descendants of Holocaust survivors which is published in England, I found myself shaking my head in disbelief. Admittedly, the title of the conference [...]
By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD – If you are a Frankie freak—and who among us is not?—you will find no greater pleasure than flying away to the Pantages Theatre before November 6th. There Sinatra reigns supreme, singing 27 of his all-time hits—songs that make you want to hug whoever’s sitting next to you. Come Fly Away is [...]
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Here are the symptoms: • You wake up exhausted after a good night’s sleep. • You take no pleasure in your activities. • You have difficulty concentrating. • Tasks take longer than they used to. • You are sometimes irritable for no obvious reason. • You feel [...]
By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — In two important news articles about climate change (“How much more proof is needed for people to act” and “Ignoring the future — the psychology of denial”), the importance of facing major issues that will confront the future of the Jiewsh people were emphasized. Not only is the [...]
Editor’s Note: Danny Bloom, our Taiwan bureau chief, constantly monitors the internet looking for Jewish-angled stories. It takes him around the virtual world. Coco Lee-Bruce Rockowitz tie the knot HONG KONG — The beautiful and talented 30-something Coco Lee (李玟) tied the knot the other day in Hong Kong with Canadian billionaire boyfriend Bruce Rockowitz [...]
