Jacques Offenbach was born on June 20, 1819, in Cologne. He was the second son and seventh of ten children of Isaac Yehuda Eberst, later Offenbach, a bookbinder, an itinerant cantor who sang in synagogues, a violinist who played in cafes. [Alex Gordon]
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I will be hosting the Treasures from the Music Collection: Pesach Music, and share the playlist’s introductions with my special guest, Cantor Lori Wilinsky Frank, Cantor Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom of Poway. [Eileen Wingard]
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Perry Farrell (March 29, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician referred to as the “Godfather of Alternative Music”. Farrell began his career with Psi Com in the early 1980s, before becoming the frontman of the band Jane’s Addiction. [Wikipedia]
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The foremost representative of early German Romantic painting, Friedrich is thankfully receiving renewed attention at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the public can acquaint itself not only with such well known works as Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog and Two Men Contemplating the Moon, but lesser-known works that are no less extraordinary. [Sam Ben-Meir]
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Although never an A-Lister, Ganon’s singing was exceptional enough to earn the respect of such an A-Lister as Penny Marshall. Similarly, her public relations skills won her the admiration of former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier. Marshall and Frazier, now both deceased, are among the people Ganon writes about extensively in this stream-of-consciousness, tell-not-quite-all memoir. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAWaiting until the hall was pin-drop silent, German guest conductor for the March 6 concert, Matthias Pintscher, quietly signaled the San Diego Symphony Orchestra to begin sounding the impressionist magic of Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite. [Eileen Wingard]
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A new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego honors the late San Diego collector Matthew C. Strauss, who assembled one of the world’s leading private collections of modern art. [Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego]
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The Israeli documentary Egypt, A Love Song tells the story of Souad Zaki, a Jewish chanteuse who was the star of concert halls and movies in Egypt before and after the establishment of the State of Israel. Her husband, Mohamed el Akkad, was a Muslim musician, hyped as the King of the Qanun, and their son, Moshe, who grew up to be a psychologist. [Donald H. Harrison]
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ACTION ALERT #1: Recently, a passenger on an Air Canada flight reported that the interactive map display replaced Israel with “Palestinian Territories.” [Press Release]
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Ron Jeremy (March 12, 1953) is an American former pornographic actor, and actor. [Wikipedia]
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It has been said that war is a drug – and indeed the same may be said for music, and certain forms of musical experience. Music, it is well known, has an intoxicating power. [Sam Ben-Meir]
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Lisa Loeb (March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress. She started her career with “Stay (I Missed You)” from the film Reality Bites, the first Billboard number one single for an artist without a recording contract. [Wikipedia]
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Inside was an ethical will written by Staff Sgt. Shachar Fridmann, who was killed in Gaza in action defending the state of Israel. He was only 21 years old. In his own words, “Be Good People. Smile. Strive to make every person you meet smile too. ..”
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Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors
In 3 Summers of Lincoln, The La Jolla Playhouse is exploring a side of Lincoln (Ivan Hernandez) not usually talked about: his initial hesitancy to end slavery because of the political opposition to the idea, and his progression from a rule-abiding lawyer to a passionate proponent of freedom, consequences be damned. Much of this change comes through his friendship with Frederick Douglass (Quentin Earl Darrington) though they only met in person a handful of times. [Sandi Masori]