By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Three family members of different ages and interests decided to tour four art museums in counterclockwise direction in Balboa Park—the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Timken Art Gallery, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Mingei International Museum. One family member, my grandson, Shor, 10, loves to [...]
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 [...]
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The San Diego Museum of Man (SDMoM), a cultural and physical anthropology museum in Balboa Park, announced on Monday that it joins 164 cultural institutions as an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. On Friday, January 14, Harold Closter, director of Smithsonian Affiliations, will formally present SDMoM with its Certificate of Affiliation. [...]
By Joel A. Moskowitz, M.D. LA JOLLA, California — Houdini is a name to conjure with. For many the word “Houdini” is equivalent to ‘magician’. More than eight decades after his premature demise, he is returning to California. Not Houdini per se, but his artifacts, his story and the multiple works which he inspired – [...]
