The program provides an insider’s look and a deeper understanding of the cutting-edge strategies employed to confront antisemitism and hate. [Cailin Acosta]
ADL encourages fighters of antisemitism to apply for fellowships Read More »
Antisemitism, Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food
Two glorious sold-out concerts of the Mainly Mozart Festival featured revolutionary music, in keeping with the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution this year. [Eileen Wingard]
Secluded and protected by dense forests and foolish local superstition, the Kreskol community continued to live as though the twentieth century had never happened. The residents still speak Yiddish, observe traditional Jewish customs, and know nothing of the Holocaust, the Cold War, automobiles, electricity, TV, or the Internet. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
‘The Lost Shtetl’ is a fictional ‘what if?’ novel Read More »
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The basic plot is that Claudio (David T. Patterson) has slept with Juliet (Kayce Wilson) and gotten her pregnant, out of wedlock, which is a crime punishable by death. Angelo (Sam Lilja) the Duke’s cousin and proxy sentences him to death, perhaps because he himself was enamored with Juliet. Claudio’s sister Isabella (Amelia Pedlow), who is a nun in training, comes to Angelo to plead her brother’s case. Angelo offers her an indecent proposal instead. Distressed she runs crying to the Friar (who is actually the Duke in disguise) (Ato Blankson-Wood) who helps her concoct a plan to both save her honor and her brother. Chaos ensues. [Sandi Masori]
Old Globe presents ‘Measure for Measure’ in Balboa Park Read More »
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Together with Tamm, developed the quantum theory of the photoelectric effect in metals in 1931 and the band theory of liquid metals in 1933. With Tamm, he published six scientific articles. (Alex Gordon)
Jewish biography: Semyon Shubin, physicist Read More »
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It takes a lot of chutzpah to open a theatre at a time when funding for the arts is at a low. It takes even more chutzpah to open a second location in these uncertain economic times. But that’s exactly what brothers, Sean and Connor Boyd have, in great supply! [Eva Trieger]
Trinity Theatre expands into North County Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
The negative commandments can often be fulfilled alone. They require restraint. The positive mitzvot, however, requires a relationship. You cannot welcome a stranger without a community. [Betzy Lynch]
Judaism has a ‘to do’ list Read More »
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StandWithUs, a Jewish defense organization, has taken positions on two international controversies. [SDJW]
StandWithUs issues statements about two international controversies Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Press Release, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAJewish Federation of San Diego has welcomed back Heather Wolfson as Senior Director of Leadership and Belonging. (Cailin Acosta)
Federation appoints Heather Wolfson as senior director of leadership and belonging Read More »
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People can even learn how to improve themselves from stories about dreams, such as Jacob’s dream of a ladder reaching to heaven, found in Genesis 28:10-22. (Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin)
Wisdom comes from many sources, even from dreams Read More »
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The Independence Day extravaganza will replicate the recent UFC fight in front of the White House. In this case mothers and children slated for deportation will fight heavily armed ICE agents. Like the UFC, there will be few rules the ICE agents need to heed. Gassing and tasing will be allowed. {Laurie Baron}
Satire: Trump’s tribute to America Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
To be a person of African heritage and a Jewess is to hold a deep, ancestral understanding of what it means to be pulled from the depths, to celebrate a hard-won liberty, and to remain fiercely determined to stay free. [Barrett Holman Leak]
Juneteenth has deep meaning, especially for someone born Black and Jewish Read More »
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This parsha’s message feels especially urgent in our own time. We live in an era of heightened contention, where the drive to be “right” often overshadows the pursuit of truth or peace. [Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]
Parsha Korah: Arguments for the sake of heaven and their opposites Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Staff and Bylined Contributors
While reopening the world’s energy chokepoint will help stabilize oil prices, it’s a temporary commitment on the part of Iran, which reaps extensive financial benefits from the deal up front. The United States, meanwhile, is left hoping for a better and more extensive agreement within a two-month negotiating period, which is unlikely to be achieved now that Trump has relinquished nearly all military and economic leverage over Iran. lHalie Soifer]
Bad deal for the U.S. provides everything Iran could have wished for Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA