January 25, 2012

The Avo built a better ‘Mousetrap’ and theatre goers are flocking there to see it

By Carol Davis VISTA, California–Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap began as a radio play in 1947. In 1952 the play opened in the West End in London and never really closed. 25,000 performances later it’s made it’s way across the ocean, across the continent to Vista where the Avo Theatre, with director Jason Heil at the […]

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Filner’s ‘Freedom Rides’ a family response to seeing Nazi concentration camps

By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO –The celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has become a national day of service in many communities.  For Congregation Dor Hadash, a very activist congregation, it’s difficult to pick one cause.  The congregation creates an annual experience in song and action.  In announcing the program, Dr.

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U.S. should remember Cold War lessons in dealing with Islamic Middle East

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Egyptian Parliament re-opened this week with the Muslim Brotherhood in charge and the Salafists in second place. Googling liberals were far behind. It is not surprising as the vast majority of Egyptians are rural, poor, and religious, but since majority rule should never be confused with democracy, the

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Shoshana Bryen

The lessons to be drawn from Middle East interventions

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Hopefully, Iraq and Afghanistan will be the Lebanon War of the United States.   Israel learned from the massive invasion and long occupation of Lebanon (1982-2000) that too much force is frustrating, does not accomplish announced goals, and may be self-defeating. Its second Lebanon war of July-August, 2006 demonstrated the lesson: only

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East