Remembering Peggy Guggenheim
Art collector Peggy Guggenheim was born this day (August 26) in 1898.
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Remembering Leonard Bernstein
Conductor/ composer/ muisican Leonard Bernstein was born this day (August 25) in 1918.
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Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsLinguist learns of biological father’s secret past
What Language do I Dream in? by Elena Lappin; HarperCollins, 2017, ISBN 9781554-684632. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — As a bilingual speaker of Hebrew and English as well as having some knowledge of French and German, I was intrigued by the title of this book. But the beginning is something of a surprise, as
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, InternationalHappy birthday Steve Guttenberg
Actor Steve Gutttenberg was born this day (August 24) in 1958.
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe Ramban vs. Maimonides in theological debate
Nachmanides: An Unusual Thinker by Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin, Geffen Publishing House (c) 2018, ISBN 9789652-298874. By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — One of the most interesting books I have read in years is Rabbi Israel Drazin’s excellent primer on the Ramban, entitled, Nachmanides An Unusual Thinker about a brilliant rabbinic scholar
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiRemembering Jacques Lipchitz
Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz was born this day (August 22) in 1891.
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USARabbi/ Cantor Arlene Bernstein’s spiritual journey
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As Arlene Bernstein became less and less “observant”of halacha in her religious practice, she became more and more deeply involved in Jewish life. Today she is a cantor as well as a rabbi. And for the next year, she is serving as the Acting Senior Rabbi of the
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USAHappy 100th birthday Walter Bernstein
Screenwriter Walter Bernstein was born this day (August 20) in 1919.
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & BroadcastFrom swastikas to butterflies
How do we make the Holocaust accessible to students? What’s at stake, for them, for us, for the world? But equally important, what can we learn from working with one another? – Sondra Perl -Second in a series- By Maren Oom Galarpe SAN DIEGO — As an arts educator and perpetual student of life, I
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USAChildren’s book tells of Miep Gies’s heroism
Miep and the Most Famous Diary by Meeg Pincus, illustrated by Jordi Solano, Sleeping Bear Press (c) 2019, ISBN 9791534-11-0250, 40 pages, for children 6-10; $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The story of the woman who hid Anne Frank and her family focuses on the time immediately after the Franks were dragged
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish HistoryRemembering Bernard Levin
British journalist Bernard Levin, who was known for his humor and for being highly opionatedm was born this day (August 19) in 1928.
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireFor the love of Lily
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 & BroadcastSan Diego County celebrates Israel’s day of love
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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