LOS ANGELES By Cynthia Citron Ernest was a boy full of sadness and woe, And, I think you’ll agree, justifiably so. His mother had died, and just as he feared, His father then, literally, just disappeared. Leaving him, at thirteen, all alone, Feeling abandoned and on his own. But he soon met a girl, the […]
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California – Up and down San Diego County, Jewish congregations and organizations are beginning to embrace the celebration of Tu b’Av, a relatively unknown holiday in the United States, but considered to be the equivalent of Valentines Day in Israel. This secular year, it arrived on the evening of August
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Journey to Open Orthodoxy by Avraham “Avi” Weiss, Ktav Publishing and Urim Publishing, New York © 2019, ISBN 978-1-60280-318-3, p. 592, plus appendix and index, $29.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Reform Judaism in eighteenth century Germany and Hasidism in the Ukraine in the same century represent the first modern ruptures in traditional Judaism;
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionOscar-winning screenwriter Frederic Raphael was born this day (August 14) in 1931.
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –When I walked into the theatre, I greeted the House Manager with a kiss and she said, “I hope you brought your dancing shoes.” I did and I’m glad. She was right. “Our music is part of America’s DNA.” The number 33 1/3 refers to the speed of long
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Two Who Survived: Keeping Hope Alive While Surviving the Holocaust; Rose & Max Schindler’s story, written by M. Lee Connolly; MRS Publishing © 2019; ISBN 9781738-19877; 179 pages including glossary; $21.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There is a romantic notion in popular Judaism that everyone has a bashert – a special person
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, USAConcert promoter Sid Bernstein, who brought the Beatles to the U.S., was born this day (August 12) in 1918.
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By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) concluded its season with an entertaining Pops Concert under the direction of its founder and conductor, David Amos, and featuring soprano Victoria Robertson. The first half of the program began and ended with two unusual selections, Sousa’s The Fairest of the Fair March,
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The Cities that Built the Bible by Robert R. Cargill, HarperOne, 2016 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — This overview of the history of the Ancient Near East as it relates to the events described in the Bible is written in a language that is accessible to any reader who is not an expert in archaeology
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastFilm director Stuart Rosenberg was born this day (August 11) in 1927.
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By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Mark R. Levin’s very informative book Unfreedom of the Press may surprise many readers when they discover that the book is filled with eye-opening fascinating information that is written in clear easy-to-read English. Levin covers many interesting subjects relating to the press, newspapers, TV, radio, attacks on
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., USAComedian David Steinberg was born this day (August 9) in 1942. This bit in a Smothers Brothers Show was previewed to television stations, and cancelled before it could be aired.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — A million years ago I worked in the Public Relations Department at Boston University. At the time there were 72 schools and colleges flourishing in the Greater Boston area, all bombarding the Boston Globe with press releases about their activities and feeling rewarded if that prestigious newspaper granted them a couple of
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By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Consider the following facts as you wend your way to the Guggenheim Museum and its uppermost gallery, where you will presently find “The Death of Michael Stewart” (1983), Basquiat’s gut-punching tribute to a slain artist, and the centerpiece for an exhibition that could hardly be more timely. Black people
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