By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Harry Belafonte, the musical legend and civil rights icon, first met Martin Luther King Jr. in 1956. King phoned the rising calypso star in New York, and according to Belafonte’s memoirs, said, simply: “You don’t know me, Mr. Belafonte, but my name is Martin Luther King Jr.” [...]
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) –The Lawrence Family JCC is offering a class from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 11 with artist Ilanit Shalev on how to create your own fused glass mezuzah. Shalev was born and raised in Israel. While residing in Portland, Oregon, she studied at the “World Center” for glass. She made a [...]
Marc Chagall, Detail of Tribe of Benjamin, lithograph, ca. 1962, courtesy of Rudy and Elizabeth Van Hunnick. OCEANSIDE, California (Press Release)–Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) announces A Season of Chagall, an exciting series of programs celebrating Jewish art and culture inspired by the art and life of Marc Chagall (1887-1985), the iconic modernist and foremost [...]
