LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 17th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair kicks off with Gilad Sharon, son and confidant of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, on Sat., Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. His presentation on his book Sharon: The Life of a Leader, will be followed by a book signing. The fair, […]
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Jewish History
By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — The largest gathering of the organized Jewish community takes place in Denver on Sunday-Tuesday. The last time the GA was held in Denver in 1994, I was there–one item was glaringly absent from the agenda, as it is today in 2011. (This article appeared originally in the Jerusalem Post:
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USA
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–The New York Yankees, those imperial contenders in pin-stripes, bowed out in the division series, taking with them a significant slice of the crowd that was only consoled by Boston’s ample free-fall and collapse. Never mind: we had been hoisted by the most dazzling, 24-hour wild-card frenzy in the game’s
Cardinals-Rangers Series will warm him through cold of hockey and football Read More »
Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — “If you want a friend in this town, buy a dog.” That was Harry Truman’s way of saying that politics is a matter of pursuing interests, not friends. Another expression meaning about the same thing: If “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” prevails in heaven,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 17th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, with continuing support from Founding Benefactors The Viterbi Family Foundation and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run November 3-13. A complete schedule of Book Fair speakers can
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Travel and FoodCARLSBAD, California (Press Release) — The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Scholar Lectures Jewish Studies continues at the Carlsbad Dove Library with Professor Gershon Shafir of UCSD discussing the history of Israeli-Palestinian relations, at 7 p.m., Nov. 14. series. Shafir’s lecture will take place in the Schulman Auditorium of the Carlsbad Dove Library on November
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Travel and Food
By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California — When you put Jonathan McMurtry, Ray Reinhardt and Ken Ruta in the same room you’ve got history knocking at your door. I’ll venture to say none will see 65 again and that’s being generous. But ‘Old Actors Never Die’ they continue to do what they do best. As
Oldies but goodies star in ‘Heroes’ at North Coast Rep Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Who would have suspected the sophisticated, debonair, and wittily dismissive Noel Coward to be a mooshy patriot? Anyone who’s ever seen his play Peace In Our Time, that’s who. This intense drama, first performed in 1947, is being given a brand new outing by the excellent Antaeus Company. Seldom performed because of its large cast, it has not
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Cynthia CitronBy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The Coen Brothers made a movie in 2009 called A Serious Man. The film would have no premise whatsoever without its extended opening, supernatural sequence featuring a “dybbuk” (an evil spirit in the form of a recently deceased person) visiting an unfortunate and hapless couple. Bad luck and
Halloween monsters? What could be more Jewish than that?! Read More »
Jewish ReligionBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – My grandson Shor and I watched the documentary Captains together, which was quite pleasing because we also had attended together a press conference at ComicCon earlier this year at which actors William Shatner, Avery Brooks and Scott Bakula appeared to promote it. Star Trek fans recognize the three
Captain, my captain, privileged is the actor who portrays you Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Ira SharkanskyJERUSALEM — My cynic’s view of events sees a connection between Arab Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter and the protests in Tel Aviv and on Wall Street, also said to be happening in 900 cities of 80 countries. (Ha’aretz, October 16, p. 7) Crowds of decent people, along with politically correct leaders, who seek improvements with little
Arab protests, Occupy movement give little reason for optimism Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Travel and Food
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Reading about a conference on genocide held in Frankfurt, Germany, in March 2011 which appeared in Second Generation Voices, a journal for and by the descendants of Holocaust survivors which is published in England, I found myself shaking my head in disbelief. Admittedly, the title of the conference
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD — If you are a Frankie freak—and who among us is not?—you will find no greater pleasure than flying away to the Pantages Theatre before November 6th. There Sinatra reigns supreme, singing 27 of his all-time hits—songs that make you want to hug whoever’s sitting next to you. Come Fly Away is
Dance me to the moon Read More »
Cynthia Citron
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Here are the symptoms: • You wake up exhausted after a good night’s sleep. • You take no pleasure in your activities. • You have difficulty concentrating. • Tasks take longer than they used to. • You are sometimes irritable for no obvious reason. • You feel
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Natasha Josefowitz