Donald H. Harrison

Silver Screen gala planned Feb. 27 for Seacrest Village

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – The Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities will host its 38th Annual Gala, “Silver Screen” on Saturday, February 27th at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla with Esther Fischer and Linda Platt serving as Gala Co-Chairs. The annual gala raises funds to benefit Seacrest Village’s Fund-A-Need project and the Resident

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San Diego Calendar

Theater unites Israeli women in the face of terror

By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — Raise Your Spirits Theatre, a multi-generational women’s theater company in Gush Etzion, an area that has suffered many terror attacks in recent weeks, is now in production on its 9th biblical musical, SISTERS! The Daughters of Tzelofchad, based on the story in Numbers, Chapter 27. The story of the

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Toby Klein Greenwald

Esther Weissbuch, 1915-2015

SAN DIEGO–As the world celebrates the going and coming of another year, from 2015 to 2016, the occasion will be a bittersweet one for Tifereth Israel Synagogue’s former rebbetzin, Jeanne Gold, and her brother Shelly Weissbuch. It was another secular new year, in 1938, when Esther and her husband-to-be, Jule, were planning their own wedding for

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Obituaries & memorials

Jewish trivia quiz: Chanukah beer

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Shmaltz Brewing Company offers a beer for Chanukkah. What is it called? A. Shmuel Adams.B. Chai-neken.C. Lone Six Pointed Star.D. Judah Maccabeer.E. Hanukkah, Chanukah: Pass the Beer. Link to answer: http://rrrjewishtrivia.com/answers/chanukkah-beer-answer.html * Mark D. Zimmerman is the author of Rashi, Rambam and Ramalamadingdong series of Jewish trivia e-books. Learn more at rrrjewishtrivia.com.  

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Israel’s policy toward P.A.: Don’t make things worse

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Among the accusations directed at Israeli policymakers is the assertion that they have no policy of national defense. It comes most prominently from Knesset Members affiliated with opposition parties, along with individuals retired from senior positions in the IDF or one of the other security services (Mossad, Shin Bet), with

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Yeol Eum Son wows Jerusalem audience

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — Set apart from the usual concerts in the framework of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra’s subscription series was one entitled ‘First Prize,’ and dedicated to young musicians ‘from east and west’ who had succeeded in various international competitions. So we bought tickets for a concert with Yeol Eum Son, a young pianist

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Middle East Roundup: December 7, 2015

  German president: no one can negate Israel’s right to defend itself (JNS.org) Visiting Israel to mark the ongoing 50th anniversary of the establishment of German-Israeli diplomatic relations, German President Joachim Gauck met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday in Jerusalem. During the meeting, Netanyahu emphasized “the uniqueness of the

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