The Night I Got Killed by Samuel “Sy” Brenner as told to Abraham J. Shragge, self published, ISBN 978-0-557-68964-4, Price not listed, available via www.sybrenner.com By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –With Veterans Day slightly more than a month away, Sy Brenner finally has the pleasure of seeing his remarkable memoir in print—thanks to the […]
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By Isaac Yetiv, PhD LA JOLLA, California–Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” The century-old Arab-Israeli conflict provides a vivid and tragic illustration of this observation. In the last 60 years, a dozen U.S. presidents,Democrats and Republicans, and more than a dozen of Israeli Prime
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CUYAMACA COLLEGE (Press Release) – The Jurassic period ended approximately 145 million years ago, but it still holds valuable lessons about natural resources in use today, as the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College reveals in its new Jurassic Garden exhibit. The new exhibit reminds visitors that the fossil fuels used to satisfy our modern day
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Travel and FoodBy Jeanette Friedman ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — About a week before I covered the Clinton Global Initiative in Manhattan, I read the galley proofs for Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age by Douglas Rushkoff. Rushkoff has written lots of books about how our lives are affected by computers and marketing, corporations and the
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RUTHERFORD, California (Press Release) — Swanson Vineyards has introduced a new non-kosher wine named “Mazel Tov.” “We are fascinated with re-inventing the rituals of wine, in devbeloping a modern vision of how wine fits into how we live now,” said Alexis Swanson Traina, the winery’s creative director. “These wines are a new take on the
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By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, Californa — The very first time I saw the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical Into The Woods was at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986 where it debuted and ran for fifty performances. It subsequently went on to Broadway in 1987 where it won Tony’s for Best Score (music and lyrics by
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The story in Washington is that President Obama, eager to have Israel extend the “settlement freeze” for another two months, i.e., until after the November election, sent Prime Minister Netanyahu a letter offering Israel a heavy list of inducements, including U.S. agreement to: Support the presence of the IDF
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Middle EastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) –Artists Taking Action, J*Company Youth Theatre’s teen community service organization, announced on Friday, Oct. 1, that it is teaming up with Canyon Crest Academy and La Costa Canyon’s Improv Clubs for a show to raise funds enabling students of the Monarch School to attend future J*Company musical theater shows. The ATA Comedy Improv
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Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff ‘My Three Angels’ Coming to Globe Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Page 3 “My Three Angels,” the hilarious comedy by Sam and Bella Spewack, will open at the Globe Theatre in Balboa Park on April 4th. Cast in the leading roles will be John Barlow, a newcomer
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By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Howard Teichman is a man who knows a crisis when he sees one. He is smack in the middle of two of them at this very moment. The first is a mid-life crisis. Not his, but Barney Cashman’s, the protagonist of Neil Simon’s play The Last of the Red
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Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Rabbi Cohn To Address Christian Comm. of Fund Southwestern Jewish Press, March 18, 1955, Pages 1, 7 Bishop Charles F. Buddy of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego and Dr. Leland Cook, President of the San Diego Council of Churches were announces as co-chairmen of the Christian Committee
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Adventures in SD HistoryWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congressman Brad Sherman, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, announced on Thursday, Sept. 30, the introduction of the Stop Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Act, H.R. 6296, to increase economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran and its remaining business partners. On July 1, President Obama signed into
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Travel and FoodBy Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California — The Yale Repertory Theatre production of Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground is a trip many might not want to take. For those who do, it’s at the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Stage of the La Jolla Playhouse. It is based on the 1864 novella by Dostoevsky, adapted by long time
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Steve Hofstetter NEW YORK — Everyone knows that location is the most important factor in re-selling a home or and commercial real estate. What most people don’t realize is that it’s also a huge factor in dating. Let’s start off with the percentage aspect. If you’re looking to find another Jew, it’s best to
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