By Ira Sharkansky JERUSAELM–We are never far from a reminder that the Israel-Palestinian conflict has a strong element of religious animosity. Those who aspire to solve this with a simple agreement about lines on a map will be better off refereeing a football match (American or European). The Middle East is not for them. […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– The Prime Minister of Israel is suffering at the moment with migro-aine, which in this part of the world might be called the mother of all headaches. Whereas a conventional migraine can often be treated with medication, this one can only be controlled by an artful combination of political savvy and,
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The 1930s are one of the most famous periods of early 20th century American history. Most of us of the Baby boom era grew up watching The Untouchables television series. Chicago, 1930, is best remembered for Al Capone, America’s most successful gangster, who made organized crime into
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The opening evening of the 2012 poetry reading series in the Astor Judaica Library featured three women, Frieda Levinsky, Elizabeth Schwartz and Sue Marder. Levinsky, a native of Poland and a Holocaust survivor with famous Talmudic scholars among her ancestry, is an award-winning published poet. One of
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Eileen Wingard
By David Amos SAN DIEGO –It is not too frequently that we get to hear all five of the Beethoven Piano Concertos, in concert, in a mini-festival format, as performed by a single pianist. This rare opportunity will present itself on January 29, 30, and 31, 2012. When done in this manner, this has been
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Negative campaigning isn’t new in the world. Just look at what the Republican presidential candidates are currently saying about each other in the United States But you can’t diminish an American by accusing him/her of being Jewish. On the contrary. It’s different in, say,Poland where being called a Jew is
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Middle EastBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Two remarkable young men will be the next featured soloists on the January 29, Musicians in the Making program at 2 p.m. at the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. Pianist and bass-baritone Elliott Wulff, 17, is a senior at Rancho Bernardo High School
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Eileen WingardBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — My readers have weighed in on a recent column. According to one, I was not sensitive enough in recognizing how dastardly was Ahmed Tibi in referring to Anastassia Michaeli as “cos amok.” According to another, Tibi really is a traitor, in speaking out so forecefully in favor of Palestinian interests while
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Cynthia Citron SANTA MONICA, California — There must be at least half a dozen people in L.A. who have never seen Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town. If you are one of them, you couldn’t do better than the production that opened this week at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Helmed by Helen Hunt
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Cynthia Citron
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Ion theatre company is reprising Franz Xavier Kroetz’ one-woman show, Request Programme. In 2008 Ion mounted this piece in their little theatre adjacent to the Trolley stop in Allied Gardens. Now in their new space on 6th Avenue with the stage much closer to the audience, Linda Libby reenacts a
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
From Within the Tent: The Haftarot by Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman and Stuart W. Halpern, Editors; Yeshiva University Press, New York; ISBN 978-161-329-0316 ©2011, $29.95, p. 719 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California– Ezra and Nehemiah, prophet and governor respectively, introduced the first public reading of the Torah, the Five Books of Moses, in the late
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–The greatest violinist of the 20th century is brought to life in an excellent documentary, G-d’s Fiddler: Jascha Heifetz by Peter Rosen. Heifetz’s biography is outlined through photos, video clips, testimonials by famous violinists Itzhak Perlman, Ivry Gitlis and Ida Haendel, former students Andre Granat, Sherry Kloss and Ayke Agus and two
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Eileen WingardBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–When terrorists were killing Israelis on buses, in restaurants and other places where people gathered, the country soon developed a system that put guards almost everywhere. The attacks abated but didn’t stop – there’re still guards around – so a wall was built that isolated the occupied territories, because the attackers
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The entire San Diego legislative delegation, led by Senator Mark Wyland, have joined together to honor Jenny and Julian Josephson with a legislative resolution. The Josephsons will be receiving this honor at the annual Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gala on January 21. The award recognizes their long time community support
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