In my own lifetime parts of Germany have been ceded to Poland and France as a result of wartime gains, and the borders of several countries in Eastern Europe have changed in accordance with military conquest. (Dorothea Shefer-Vanson)
It’s an insult calling Judea and Samaria the ‘occupied West Bank’ Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
TODAY the shofar
Shook me awake—
From somewhere afar—
With piercing sounds’ quake …. [Jeremy Friedman]
Poetry: Blast of shofar Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
” … teshuvah was never meant to stop at the synagogue door. Some of the most important returning we do is toward the person we married.” [Jené Verchick, Ph.D.]
Teshuvah also is owed to your spouse Read More »
Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Anti-Defamation League of San Diego announces “Confronting Extremism: Oren Segal in Conversation with Father Brent Kruger” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9, in Carmel Valley. [Cailin Acosta]
Jewish, Catholic perspectives on extremism to be aired Sept. 9 Read More »
Antisemitism, Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
“BGU is strategically positioned to help Israel make a difference on the global stage through the very values on which the state was founded,” Greenberg said. “The University embodies humanitarian ideals and the belief that a Jewish state can be a light unto the nations through its contributions to humanity, and by being home to a diverse and pluralistic campus community….” (Press Release)
Melissa Greenberg is the new CEO of Americans for Ben-Gurion University Read More »
Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
While most women would feel quite self-conscious posing for photos while scantily clad, Annie’s husband said, “The flowers of Yorkshire are like the women of Yorkshire. Every stage of their growth has its own beauty, but the last phase is always the most glorious.” This sentiment enabled the women to create their calendar shielded by skeins of yarn, cinnamon buns, bunches of grapes and other crafty items. [Eva Trieger]
Chutzpah, charm and ‘Calendar Girls’ Read More »
Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
And even if we somehow managed to excel at everything, it still wouldn’t quiet that inner voice for long. Because being “enough” is a moving target when we’re looking outside ourselves for proof of it. We just keep raising the bar. [Shayna Kaufmann]
Enough with ‘enough?’! It’s a moving target Read More »
Lifestyles, Shayna Kaufmann, Staff and Bylined Contributors
American Friends of Tel Aviv University held its first San Diego gathering at Monarch Ocean Bar in Del Mar, bringing together TAU alumni for what organizers hope will become a regular local community gathering. [Shor M. Masori]
American Friends of Tel Aviv University holds first gathering in San Diego County Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA
For a Jewish writer, mythologization becomes a defense mechanism against a hostile reality. It helps him overcome the tragedy of reality. (Alex Gordon)
At Broadway San Diego/the San Diego Civic Theatre, the chandelier was irate. It swung violently over the stage, spitting sparks as though it might break loose and land among the actors. The audience roared throughout the evening, especially after the opera performances. (Shor M. Masori)
‘Phantom’ production is spooky and memorable Read More »
San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
As Rosh Hashanah approaches, a recent High Holiday “Torah and Tea” class taught by Rebbetzin Chaya Andrusier at Chabad of East County, encouraged participants to look beyond the familiar traditions of the holiday and consider deeper questions of purpose, identity and connection to Hashem. (Cailin Acosta)
Looking beyond the favorite High Holiday traditions Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Composer Ludwig, grandson of the great Bohemian-born Jewish pianist, Rudolf Serkin, and nephew of American pianist, Peter Serkin, has received commissions from the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra and soloists such as pianist Jeremy Denk and violinist, Jennifer Koh. (Eileen Wingard}
‘Three’ was the theme at Summerfest’s final concert of the season Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
He now lives with his wife Judy in Austin, Texas, but he spent a number of years in San Diego and Escondido, where I got to know him. Because he is a native Hebrew speaker, he was often drafted by Ner Tamid Synagogue in Poway to be its Torah reader, and eventually the Conservative congregation’s president. [Donald H. Harrison]
Private memoir describes an interesting Jewish life Read More »
California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
The San Diego chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America requires those seeking its endorsement to refrain from any affiliation with what it calls “Zionist lobby groups,” a prohibition that encompasses liberal organizations that criticize Israeli policy and support Palestinian statehood. When the label attaches regardless of what a group advocates, “Zionist” has stopped describing a political position and become shorthand for “Jew.” (Jason Nevarez, Heidi Gantwerk, Sara E. Brown)
Antisemitism disguised as anti-Zionism by Democratic Socialists of America Read More »
Antisemitism, California, Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, Jewish History, News Media, Opinion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA