Items in today’s column include:
*Google service places inappropriate ads on our website
*Lineup for “Tapestry” on Nov. 17 announced
*Nikki Haley featured in L’Chaim Magazine
*Political bytes
*Twelfth Night at the Old Globe
*Coming Our Way
Google service places inappropriate ads on our website
SAN DIEGO – Recently, we authorized Google to place advertising on our website, with the hope that it would bring to us needed revenue. We were in for a shock, however, when one of the most prominent ads the automated service placed on our site was one for the Church of Latter Day Saints telling our readers that “Jesus Loves You.”
Notwithstanding our respect for all religions, including the Mormons, we do not believe that this belongs on a Jewish website, and are taking steps to restrict our site from this and similar advertising. If we cannot find a way to prevent such ads, we will simply cancel the Google ad service notwithstanding any loss in revenue.
To those of our readers who were offended, as we were, we offer our sincere apologies.
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Lineup for “Tapestry” on Nov. 17 announced
The 4th annual “Tapestry: A Community Celebration of Jewish Learning” has been scheduled Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Lawrence Family JCC by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture in partnership with Shabbat San Diego. Twenty panels have been scheduled over two sessions between 9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m., followed by an 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. keynote presentation by Jerusalemites Chaya Gilboa and Marik Shturn in a presentation to be moderated by Charlene Seidel of the Leichtag Foundation.
In session one, beginning at 9:15 a.m., there are ten classes to choose from. They include discussions by Rick Barton of the Anti-Defamation League on anti-Semitism; Rabbi Daniel Bortz on basic Kabbalah; Rabbi Ralph Dalin on Shabbat in Hebrew poetry; Dr. Oded Shezifi on Jewish mindfulness; Rabbi Baruch Ezagui on Jewish numerology; Sarah Hanuka on helping the forgotten in society; Jane Lazerow on the use of graphic novels and comic books in teaching Judaism; Rhonda Mason on Jewish meditation; Chef Jeff Rossman on pumpkin recipes; and Gedalyahu Wittow on his journey from ultra-Orthodoxy to the IDF and academia.
In session two, another ten classes are available for choosing. They include a joint presentation by Betzy Lynch, Fran Forman, and Kathy Shuman on “seven Jewish lenses” that influence our lives; Todd Salovey on the art of prayer; Anastasia “Nastia” Pletoukhina on building Jewish community in Western Europe; another panel by Dr. Oded Shezifi on Jewish mindfulness; Rabbi Samuel Seid on how Torah teaches about nearly everything; Galit Shezifi on how drumming can enhance appreciation of gratitude and well-being; Rabbi Ron Shulman on the spiritual concepts of the Jewish calendar; Eliza Slavet on Freud and Jewish identity; Guri Stark on art that Nazis considered “degenerate; and Guy Sela on the history of Maccabi Israel.
Registration costs $18 and may be accomplished via the Tapestry website. Sdcjc.org/tapestry
Hannah Cohen chairs the Tapestry Committee. Other members are Renee Barnow, Elaine Chortek, Silvana Christy, Bill Friedel, Judith Gottschalk, Eli Meltzer, Deborah Pantoni, Sharon Peterson, David Rafsky, and Randy Savarese.
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Nikki Haley featured in L’Chaim Magazine
There’s an interesting interview with America’s former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley in the current L’Chaim Magazine. Asked if she would run for President in 2024, Haley was a bit coy: “I can say with great clarity that I know I’m too young to stop fighting. But I’m also very much enjoying private life. I will continue to be loud and proud about all the things that are important. 2024 is a long way away, and a year in politics is a lifetime. But I can say with clarity I will never stop fighting.” That appears to be a roundabout way of saying, “Darned if I know, but I’m leaving my options open.”
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Political bytes
Mayoral candidate Barbara Bry charges that there is a “culture of deception, lies, and backroom deal-making” at City Hall. “I serve on the City Council, and even the Council is kept in the dark about many of these dirty secrets,” she says. “City administration is either incompetent, corrupt or both.” She cited the purchase of the former SDG&E building at 101 Ash Street, which since has been found to have a costly asbestos problem; a contract awarded by Mayor Kevin Faulconer to a company that is supposed to regulate short-term rentals “without bothering to inform the Council,” and provision of city trash services at “16,000 properties being used for illegal short-term rental businesses.” … Former State Senator Christine Kehoe is canvassing in San Diego’s 3rd City Council District for candidate Toni Duran … In Chula Vista meanwhile, the Run Women Run organization is going door to door for District 4 City Council candidate Andrea Cardenas,
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Twelfth Night at Old Globe
Barry Edelstein, artistic director of the Old Globe, is touting the upcoming Nov. 2-10 performances of Twelfth Night by the University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: “Twelfth Night is as close as it’s possible to get a perfect play,” he commented recently. “It’s got everything: a fun and surprising story, great and rich characters, gorgeous language, a bunch of songs, lots of love and romance, and even a dollop of heartbreak. In the capable hands of the brilliant Jesse Perez, the new head of the Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. training program, it’s sure to surprise and delight. And the wonderful cast of actors-in-training under his direction and tutelage will inspire audiences with a memorable evening of Shakespeare. I’m so looking forward to it.”
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Coming Our Way
Filmmaker Janice Engel will participate in a Q&A following the 7:40 p.m. screening of her film, Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins, on Friday, Oct. 11, at the Landmark Theatre, 3965 5th Ave, San Diego.
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Donald H. Harrison is editor of San Diego Jewish World. He may be contacted via donald.harrison@sdjewishworld.com
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