Donald H. Harrison

Perloff of A.C.T. converses with Edelstein of Old Globe

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — For some, the results are spectacular as they have been for Carey Perloff, the Artistic Director of A.C.T., the American Conservatory Theatre based in San Francisco.  Perloff has won numerous awards and distinctions for her work and collaborated with the likes of playwright Tom Stoppard, BD Wong (of Law […]

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County

Jews, Muslims to have common dining room at UCSD

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California –They may not agree on much politically, especially about Israel and the Palestinians, but members of the Muslim Student Association and the Union of Jewish Students at UCSD are planning to regularly eat together in 2016 in a common dining hall that will offer both kosher and halal

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

StandWithUS releases video on campus anti- Semitism

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Audience, dancers enjoyed Balanchine program

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — City Ballet of San Diego’s “Balanchine Spectacular” on Sunday, March 8, presented three ballets representative of the choreographer’s iconic signatures: “Rubies” – glittering and sharp, “The Four Temperaments” with its haunting shapes and “Walpurgisnacht,” driven by splendid music. The program opened with “Rubies,” which is the second of three

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Travel and Food

Narcoelepsy may be an autoimmune disorder

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Narcoleptics suffer from bouts of sleepiness and sleep attacks, which impair their ability to function in daily life. But the precise cause of narcolepsy has long eluded scientists, and the cure for the devastating neurological disorder afflicting an estimated three million people worldwide — and one in 3,000 Americans — remains

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Serge Rozen new head of Belgium’s Jewish community

BRUSSELS (WJC)–The 62-year-old engineer Serge Rozen has been elected president of the Coordination Committee of Belgian Jewish Organizations for the next three years. Rozen succeeds Maurice Sosnowski, who led the CCOJB for the past five years, which were marked by a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Belgium and the terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in

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International

Conference to probe Allies’ role in Holocaust

JERUSALEM (WJC) — An international conference addressing the question of why more was not done by the Allied Powers to save Jews during the Holocaust will be held at the in Jerusalem next week, bringing together scholars from five countries. Topics to be discussed will include ‘Could the Allies have bombed Auschwitz?’, ‘Chinese reponses to the

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International, Middle East, USA