The Arts

When You Think of Art at the Mingei, Don’t Forget the Food

We decided to follow her suggestions and got the hibiscus masala and matcha matcha mocktail drinks.  The hibiscus was ok, a little bitter but made me feel like I was being healthy.  The matcha, which I’m not usually a fan of, was to die for.  It tasted like a creamy green tea whipped ice cream float.  Really yummy.  For food we ordered the pea and potato samosa, the beet and Asian pear salad, and the roasted barramundi. [Sandi Masori]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Adolph Zukor

He invested in a chain of theaters, leading in 1912 to Zukor establishing the Famous Players Film Company, later through mergers to become Paramount Pictures, with studios on both coasts.  Zukor purchased chains of movie theaters, guaranteeing audiences for the films he produced with such well-known stars as  Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. (SDJW staff report]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Bonnie Franklin

Bonnie Franklin (January 6, 1944-March 1, 2013) was remembered for her role as the single mother Ann Romano in the 1975-1984 television series One Day at a Time. Created by Norman Lear, the series addressed a variety of social issues including premarital sex, sexual harassment, and suicide. [SDJW staff report]

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Book excerpt reveals details of Zelensky’s bunker routine during first weeks of invasion

Published by Kyiv Independent President Volodymyr Zelensky was said to have “resembled a walking corpse” in the first weeks of the full-scale invasion, which he did not believe would happen “until the final hours,” the Telegraph reported on Jan. 4 in an excerpt of a book on Zelensky by Time journalist Simon Shuster. Zelensky and

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: ‘Shabbat Markets’ Scheduled at Lawrence Family JCC

On three upcoming Thursdays — Jan. 25, March 21, May 23 – the “Shabbat market” will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. outside the Lawrence Family JCC in the areas known as the Jerri-Ann & Gary Jacobs Family Harmony Village, Hannah & Mark Glieberman Playground, and the Sharon & David Wax Family Pavilion. [SDJW staff report]

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BBC sparks outrage after omitting the word ‘Jewish’ in WW2 Holocaust film

Published by GB News The BBC has sparked outrage after omitting the word “Jewish” from its promotional material for a film about World War Two hero Sir Nicholas Winton. Winton, who died in 2015 at the age of 106, rescued hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis with the kindertransport scheme. A new film,

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Bear Detective Searches in a Novel Way for the Afikomen

This story book was published in plenty of time to purchase and read before the Passover holiday to the children ages 2 to 7 in your families. It focuses on the ceremonial foods of Pesach, most particularly that piece of matzah that is utilized as an afikomen. [Donald H. Harrison]

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2 Academics, Son of a Journalist to Read Poetry on Jan. 16

The poetry of two academics and one prize-winning journalist will be featured at the next “Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices” in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 16.  This free program is co-sponsored by the JCC and the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture.  [Eileen Wingard]

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: TICO Celebrates Its Golden Anniversary

The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) celebrates its 50th anniversary this season.  The orchestra started at the old Jewish Community Center on 54th Street and changed its name when it moved its home to the social hall of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd., San Diego. [SDJW staff]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Victor Borge

One routine involved adding a number to any word containing the sound of a number, so, for example, “wonderful” became “twoderful” and “anyone for tennis?” became “any two for elevennis?”  Another shtick was reading books aloud, making special sound effects to indicate punctuation. [SDJW staff report]

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Children’s Book Relates the Odyssey of the Sarajevo Haggadah

Approximately 673 years ago, the Sarajevo Haggadah was given as a wedding present, not in Bosnia but in Spain, where it remained until 1492, when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled those Jews who would not convert to Catholicism.  The ancient and beautifully illustrated narration of the Passover seder was a treasure that the Jewish family carried with it over the generations, first to Italy and later to Sarajevo, Bosnia. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Isaac Asimov

The family immigrated to the United States in 1923 and owned candy stores, where, as youngsters, Isaac, his sister Manya, and brother, Stanley, all worked. The stores stocked science fiction magazines and newspapers, perhaps accounting for Isaac becoming a science fiction writer and Stanley a vice president of Long Island Newsday. [SD Jewish World staff]

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Jewish Trivia Quiz: Tommy Smothers, R.I.P.

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Tommy ‍Smothers, ‍half ‍of ‍the ‍Smothers ‍Brothers ‍comedy ‍team, ‍passed ‍away ‍last ‍week. ‍The ‍Smothers ‍Brothers ‍combined ‍music, ‍humor, ‍and ‍their ‍playful ‍sibling ‍rivalry ‍(Tommy’s ‍trademark ‍retort ‍to ‍Dick ‍was ‍“Mom ‍always ‍liked ‍you ‍best”) ‍to ‍entertain, ‍while ‍also ‍emphasizing ‍political ‍satire ‍and ‍liberal ‍politics ‍as ‍part

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