October 2012

If you treasure your hearing, hide from this ‘Jekyll’

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Broadway/San Diego is launching a 25-city tour of the revival of Jekyll & Hyde that is expected make its way to Broadway where it will open in April at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. A pre- tour preview in San Diego garnered yet another standing ovation from opening night audiences. This

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

U.S. should cease its paramilitary aide to Palestinians

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2011, Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), failed to win U.N. acceptance of Palestine as an independent state1.  This year, he lowered the bar to upgraded status within the U.N.  In the intervening year, Palestinian finances have collapsed, Palestinians have taken to the street to denounce

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Palestinian U.N. bid a prelude to war crimes accusations against Israel, U.S., and other western powers

By Evelyn Gordon      WASHINGTON, D.C. — Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas plans to seek UN recognition as a nonmember observer state this fall. His formal request to the UN General Assembly probably won’t be submitted until after the U.S. elections. But given how many parties may need to be lobbied, Washington should

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Middle East

Is the Persian Spring simmering?

The Iranian currency, the rial, is collapsing, and it is taking the Iranian economy with it. Iranian citizens are hungry for a normal life. But the Iranian regime doesn’t care—it will sacrifice anyone on the altar of the nuclear program, writes Boaz Bismuth. Boaz Bismuth/JNS.org At the start of this month, the Iranian currency—the rial—lost

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Middle East

Why anti-Semites picketed ‘Merchant of Venice’

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –When Israel’s leading theatrical company, Habima, was invited to perform Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice in Hebrew at the Globe Theatre in London last summer a flurry of opposing voices erupted. The usual vociferous pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel suspects trotted out their tried and tested arguments denigrating Israel’s government. It seemed

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Travel and Food

JNS news briefs: October 5, 2012

Evangelicals march in Jerusalem to support Israel (JNS.org) Thousands of evangelical Christians marched through the streets of Jerusalem Oct. 4 to show support for Israel. The annual march organized by the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem drew more than 5,000 people from nearly 90 countries, as well as 25 international politicians. “This is the real

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International

Demystifying the Torah

  By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal   SAN DIEGO — One of my guilty pleasures is reading spy and espionage books. Last week I stopped short after reading a sentence in The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Mendez. Mendez was describing one-time pads which are used for secure encrypted

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Jewish Religion

Everyone’s a con artist in ‘Mauritius’ at Grossmont College

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California — Theresa Rebeck’s Mauritius at the Stagehouse Theatre at Grossmont College wins this reviewer’s stamp of approval notwithstanding some reservations over a few technical issues and the use of far more “f-bombs” than really are necessary. The play will intrigue any philatelist as it revolves around the discovery

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Donald H. Harrison