By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Local premieres are great motivators for audiences interested in seeing productions not mounted in our fair city before. Unless you do a lot of theatre travel to catch world premieres the next best things are local premieres. Ion Theatre Company, always in the front lines of risk taking and in its […]
‘Grace’ a mixed blessing for the religious Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
SAN DIEGO — Our friend Melanie Rubin spotted another Jewish-interest license plate. So to her a mazel tov.
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — He started out with the most outrageously un-rabbinic analysis of why Haiti suffered so much more than did the other part of the island, the Dominican Republic, during last year’s catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake: it was due to the widespread practice of homosexuality and the per capita AIDS
Homophobic rabbi is wrong on theology; embarasses fellow Jews Read More »
USA
By David Amos SAN DIEGO — When I read a book for the first time, I like to lightly mark with a pencil the important thoughts, concepts, and paragraphs I encounter. This is especially useful if it’s a subject of a personally intense interest, or one which will become a book review. Interestingly, when reading Musicophilia,Tales
‘Musicophilia’ fascinates with medical stories of music and the brain Read More »
Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison ABOARD SEA PRINCESS — One day while strolling aboard the ship, I asked a pianist who was playing both classical and show tunes whether he often was asked to play the theme from The Love Boat, made famous by singer Jack Jones. The young pianist, from Argentina, responded that he was
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Donald H. HarrisonBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– Stocks of companies that are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies perform statistically similarly to those corporations that do not have these programs, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers. These findings were presented at the Ninth Annual International Conference on Business Accounting, Finance, Management
Corporate responsibility good for the soul, but not necessarily for the bottom line Read More »
Science, Medicine, & Education
By Isaac Yetiv, PhD LA JOLLA, California — In the last 13 articles I attempted to tackle the most arduous problems plaguing America today, and I offered some solutions in the belief that the dire situation is not an act-of-God: the predicament is man-made, and the medicament will be man-made too. I trust the following
These are abiding principles for America Read More »
USABy Roz Rothstein and Roberta Seid LOS ANGELES — The recent coordinated terrorist attacks on Israel and the latest poll of Palestinian public opinion offer insight into why Middle East peace remains so elusive: The Palestinian public is simply unwilling to recognize the human rights of Jews. Consider Palestinians’ reactions to the grisly coordinated attacks
Until Palestinians recognize this, we will never have peace Read More »
Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — On a just-completed trek to the Yucatan Peninsula and its environs, something was reinforced for me that I had just learned during a Ramadan visit to the central mosque here in San Diego: if we all just calmed down and listened to each other, we’d
Mayans, Muslims, Jews and God’s other peoples are all very similar Read More »
Jewish ReligionBy Sasha Ben-Ari JERUSALEM–The summer of 2011 marks twenty years since the fall of the Soviet Union and the beginning of a new era for Russian Jewry. For pain-filled decades, this was a population discriminated against, both in the practice of their religion and in pursuing educational and professional opportunities. Two decades later, the situation
Summer camp reaches to Russian Jewish youth Read More »
Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison ABOARD SEA PRINCESS – There were some 3,000 passengers and crew aboard Sea Princess, and quite clearly Finnegan McNeil was the celebrity that a good percentage of them talked about. How tiny he was to be of such service! How cute! How did he like being on the high seas? His human
Cruise passengers trail in Finnegan’s wake Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
By Shoshana Bryen Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Events in Israel over the past week have a “back to the future” vibe. Terrorism from over the Egyptian border, renewed rocket attacks from Gaza, threats of violence from the Palestinian Authority and Hezbollah, continuing violence in Syria and shock waves in Jordan all are reminders that ultimate
Defensible Israeli borders the first Middle East priority Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — The latest Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight bringing 360 new immigrants from North America last week included some Southern California olim who landed in thethick of the worst terror attacks in recent years. MarvinCouture, 65, and Tom Dimercurio, 58, making aliya to Beersheba, stood out among the scores of young members
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Board of Directors of Waters of Eden /San Diego Community Mikvah & Education Center has announced the appointment of Amy Bebchick as its first Executive Director. Bebchick has more than 15years of experience working in non-profit organizations. She has previously served as Executive Director of Hillel at Miami University, Assistant Director