ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– The Agency for Jewish Education announces a new 10-week class on the history of the Mid-East conflict beginning on October 13th. Led by J.J. Surbeck, this course will provide students with new tools for understanding and critiquing texts and events as the conflict continues to unfold. “Beyond Borders: Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict” […]
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Middle EastBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES –Becky sells expensive cars. Her husband Joe is a roofer. They have been married for 28 years. Their 26-year-old son Chris is still in school and lives in their basement. A demonstrably ordinary and relatively contented family. What could possibly go wrong? The play is Becky’s New Car, a dramedy
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Cynthia CitronWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–President Obama signed an Executive Order on Wednesday, Sept. 29, that imposes sanctions on eight Iranian officials determined to be responsible for or complicit in serious human rights abuses involving Iran. In signing the Order, the President identified eight individuals for sanctions who share responsibility for the sustained and severe violation of
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — My husband died a year ago, and I need to morph myself into a single person living in a couples’ world. My landscape has changed dramatically, and, unless one has traveled that road, it is difficult to imagine what it is like. I certainly did not know
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Natasha Josefowitz
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin of San Diego continues to keep watch for license plates that are intentionally Jewish or which evoke Jewish memories. “Yanush” could be a Choctaw name, but for people who remember their Middle East history it might refer to Israeli General Yanush Ben Gal, whose 7th Brigade held off the attacking
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Sometimes the most unlikely set of characters turn out to be ‘best friends’. Take for example Clyde (Steven Lone) and Jack (Brian Mackey and Connie (Rhianna Basore) and Lucy (Sara Beth Morgan) in Bob Glaudini’s Jack Goes Boating now in an entertaining, charming and yet thoughtful production at ion
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
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