By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Israel is the quintessential science fiction nation, according to Sheldon Teitelbaum and Emanuel Lottem, co-editors of of an anthology of 17 short stories in a new collection titled “Zion’s Fiction.” Published by Mandel Vilar Press, the two editors hope the book will pry open the lid on a […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East
By Mimi Pollack LA JOLLA, California — “Art is Time, Time is Life” is the name of a new exhibit by Rafael “Fallo” Mareyna that is currently on display at the La Jolla Library. Both “Art” and “Time” have played important roles in Mareyna’s life. He has had a talent for art, but didn’t really have
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International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
Official release for Fanny Krasner Lebovits’ Holocaust memoir Tuesday, Jan. 22, was the official release date for Memories, Miracles & Meaning — Insights of a Holocaust Survivor by San Diegan Fanny Krasner Lebovits. Congregation Beth El, 8660 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, will host a book sale and signing for the 96-year-old author at 6 p.m.,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA Time Out of Joint: A Journey from Nazi Germany to Post-War Britain by Roland Hill; The Radcliffe Press, 2007 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I picked this book up as its title is very similar to a novel of mine (both quoting Hamlet) and its subtitle describes a path very similar to the one
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, InternationalBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sandy Scheller and filmmaker Olena Zernychenko have been collaborating on a movie about Scheller’s mother, Ruth Goldshmiedova Sax, a Holocaust survivor who died at age 90 at the end of last year. “Ruthie” Sax had been a popular speaker throughout San Diego County, whose willingness to share her
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Lawrence Baron, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
TICO to combine for concerts with Jewish Men’s Choir and pianist Jessie Chang The Jewish Men’s Choir, directed by Ruth Weber, will share a “Piano and Voice” program with pianist Jessie Chang, who will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #3 at two concerts with the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra. The first will be held at 4
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAGood Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds: The Conductor Zubin Mehta, a documentary directed by Bettina Ehrhardt, English, German, Italian, 2016, 89 minutes, final movie of San Diego International Jewish Film Festival, to be shown at Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, on Sunday, February 17, 7:45 p.m. By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch; © 2019; ISBN 9781526-740229; 274 pages plus author’s note and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Released for publication on Jan. 19, this book is a combination memoir and biography; a memoir by son
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History
Rep. Davis criticizes Trump’s cancellation of Speaker’s flight; Surveys partial shutdown views Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Speaker-led congressional delegation, of which she was a member, to visit troops in Afghanistan. “For a president to cancel and leak the details of
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Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg, © 2018; Gefen Publishing, ISBN 9789652-298812; 187 pages including afterword and sources. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – You might call this book a Jewish hagiography, one which may be interesting for Young Adults to read but really not suitable for quotation in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The opening performance of Hello Dolly at the Civic Theatre was dedicated to the memory of belovéd Broadway icon, Carol Channing, who recently passed at the age of 97. I first saw Channing on The Muppet Show and was delighted by her sparkle and boundless energy. Betty Buckley is
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWitnesses by Konstantin Fam, 2018, Russian and English subtitles, some English. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Witnesses, a film by Russian filmmaker Konstantin Fam, is a Holocaust trilogy. Three short subjects, “Shoes,” “Brutus,” and “Violin,” are shown consecutively, each a complete story in itself, but all three are tied together in the last
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Oliver B. Pollak SAN FRANCISCO — In 2004 my law partner and I went to Washington DC for a conference. Our sightseeing included The Watergate, Jewish War Veterans Museum, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial on the Mall. The Memorial first conceived in 1960, authorized in 1974 with Lawrence Halprin’s winning design went unfunded
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USABy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The Astor Judaica Library was filled to capacity Tuesday evening, January 8, for Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices. The large audience was no doubt attracted by the two San Diego celebrities on the program, Richard Lederer, syndicated columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune and author of over 50 books, and
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County