By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Harvey Paris is a Jewish chip carver who has carved out a place where he can put his hobby to good use. It all started in 2006 when Paris decided to find a suitable hobby to keep him busy and quiet at home while his wife began studying […]
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Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsIf you are going to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with your amigas and a broken heart, as well as a good tequila and some margaritas, the new single from Victoria “La Mala” could become your new favorite song – at least until you find a new love. Roc Nation Latin artist just released her second
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsFormer Pink Floyd star and leading anti-Israel activist Roger Waters admitted that his push to get Radiohead to cancel an upcoming concert in Israel had failed. His comments came this past Wednesday at an hourlong discussion hosted by The New York Times newspaper and attended by a representative of the Washington Free Beacon website. The
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –David Amos, who is best known to the Jewish community as the conductor of the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra and as a music columnist for San Diego Jewish World, on Thursday evening received a plaque naming an orchestra pit at Patrick Henry High School in his honor, and
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) –The Samuel and Rebecca Astor Judaica Library, located at the Lawrence Family JCC, has unveiled two new collections sure to delight music lovers across the spectrum including students, historians, teachers, and, of course, musicians. The collections were a labor of love for library volunteers, Eileen Wingard and Ted Parker, who have been
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–Mesmerizing strums of the oud opened the first number, a Kurdish melody, in a program at SDSU’s Smith Recital Hall entitled: Desert Caravan: New Jazz from Israel and Beyond. This concert, arranged by SDSU Judaic Studies Scholar-In-Residence, Yale Strom, featured, in addition to his band, Hot Pstromi, the prize-winning Israeli musician, Amos
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Eileen Wingard, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyMusicophilia, Tales of Music and the Brain, by Oliver Sacks, Published by Picador, 2008 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The author, who has written several books about various aspects of psychology, among them The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and Awakenings, has extensive experience of working with individuals who have
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By Tali Feinberg Reprinted from the Cape Jewish Chronicle CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Every year on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust survivors and Jewish communities sing the song Zog Nit Keynmol (‘We are Still Here’), known as the Partisan Song. However, the Yiddish lyrics and decline of survivors means that the song is being lost to
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra’s recent concert, featuring Dvorak’s Symphony #8 in G Major, was one of their most satisfying performances in recent memory. Dvorak’s engaging melodies sang forth with warmth. The entire ensemble, under David Amos’ capable direction, seemed to feel and understand the music. With the woodwinds
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsThe creator of the “charging bull” statue in Wall Street believes New York City has infringed his rights by installing a second statue next to the model without his permission. Italian-born sculptor Arturo Di Modica said the “fearless girl” statue of a young girl facing down the bull, put in place on March 7, changed
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAMarvel artist Ardian Syaf will face “disciplinary action” after it was revealed over the weekend that he promoted an anti-Christian and anti-Semitic verse from the Koran in one of its books. Superhero fans know the X-Men as a team of “mutants” that fights against intolerance. The newest issue of “X-Men Gold,” however, included a reference
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — Over the years I have attended many performances of Handel’s Messiah, but no matter where it was performed (England, America, France, Israel) it was always sung in English. George Frederick Handel wrote the oratorio using the text devised by Charles Jennens, based on the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer.
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Erev Shabbat prayers, a vegetarian dinner, a ribbon cutting, and a klezmer jam session helped to inaugurate the Yiddish Arts and Academic Association of North America (YAAANA) on Friday night at a clubhouse in the Costa Verde Village. About 30 people ranging from young adults to seniors attended
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyLos Angeles (dpa) – Folk singer Joan Baez, the grunge band Pearl Jam and the late rapper Tupac Shakur joined music history on Friday as they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Also included in the Hall of Fame’s class of 2017 were the bands Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), Journey, prog-rock
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