By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD — All that exuberant energy! All those gorgeous voices! All those wonderful songs! It’s Hair, The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, which has just opened in L.A. with much of its Broadway cast. And you can readily understand why this production won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, as […]
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Cynthia CitronSAN DIEGO—We add to our collection of reactions to the shooting rampage in Tucson alphabetized statements from organizations and individuals, without regard to their rank. From the standpoint of this newspaper, we think one lead ought to be pursued vigorously by investigators. The suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, reportedly had posted that one of his favorite
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USA
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — With the new year nearly upon us, most of us have resolved to improve, change, or just do something differently. It might be to exercise more, eat less, kick the caffeine habit, stop smoking, take a class, learn a new language, play a musical instrument, practice more,
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Natasha JosefowitzCompiled by San Diego Jewish World Staff Bay City Women Present Calendars Southwestern Jewish Press, September 16, 1955, Page 4 The San Diego Bay City Women are presenting to Dr. Malcolm Love of State College 100 school calendars. Mrs. Jack Meyers, Chairman of the ADL program, through whom these calendars are sponsored, advises that the
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County
(Column 6, January 8, 2011) By Donald H. Harrison The Education Beat * Send your kid to preschool and he or she is less likely to become a criminal. So said District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and Republican State Sen. Mark Wyland on a tour of the David & Jillian Gilmour Early Education Campus. According
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO–Organizations and individuals are reacting with sadness to the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and other people at a campaign event outside a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords is a member of the Jewish community. Here are some of the comments: President Barack Obama spoke at the White House: “As many of you are aware,
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USA
By Joel A Moskowitz M D LA JOLLA — This film is not about the Jewish question alone. A Czech-German-Austrian production it chronicles the events surrounding the Nazis’ initial forays towards world domination in 1938. It may well be that those younger than 50 will have little knowledge of the Sudetenland. An area in the
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — There has been a great deal of discussion in the United States about the Constitution–despite the fact that it was promulgated over two centuries ago–and whether it is relevant to contemporary America. Indeed, the U.S. Congress took the step–which amazingly turned out to be controversial and supposedly partisan–of actually
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Sorting out claim and reality is often at the center of the puzzle that an observer of politics must ponder. The puzzle may be especially severe when contending parties or governments are dealing with sensitive issues touched by religion and nationalism. Welcome to this tiny portion of the Middle East. In case
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The same day as the Knesset decided to investigate left-leaning NGOs, an important conference took place in Jerusalem on democracy in Israel. Its formal purpose was to honour Yaron Ezrahi, like many of his colleagues and students who participated, a distinguished Israeli political scientist with an international reputation and
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Middle East
By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D LA JOLLA, Calif. — In my last article, I offered a “simple and fair” solution to the problem of “immigration.” I will attempt to do the same for other difficult issues (the economy, education, entitlements, health care, tax code, national security, foreign policy, US-UN relations.) But before that, it is absolutely
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USABy Dave Block SAN DIEGO — I am proud of my Jewish heritage. Being Jewish is a gift. I treasure that identity. It has been a source of the important values of all: family, charity, wisdom, compassion, social justice, and culture. To be Jewish today is to recognize that every person is created in the image of God and
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Travel and Food
Grace Paley: Collected Shorts, directed by Lilly Rivlin, USA, 2010, video, documentary, 74 minutes By Gail Feinstein Forman SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Jewish Film Festival is offering a moving tribute to Grace Paley, activist and writer, in the film, Grace Paley: Collected Shorts. The filmmakers have succeeded in showcasing this remarkable women’s liberal activism
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Travel and Food(Column 5, January 7, 2011) Mount Soledad Controversy By Donald H. Harrison Two local Republican members of Congress- Brian Bilbray and Duncan Hunter—have written a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder urging them to defend the Mount Soledad cross as a “secular” monument and work to overturn a ruling by
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County