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LJFCC’s extensive music collection available for loan

July 20, 2019

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Books, sheet music, phonograph records and CDs are all part of the Jewish music collection of the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC. After long years of sorting and cataloguing, Ted Parker and I have completed the task of organizing this wonderful collection, now available to

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Comic book series promotes Pakistani peace

July 19, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Walking through the exhibit hall at Comic-Con, I heard someone ask, “Would you like some free comic books for peace?” and when I turned, there was a smiling young woman wearing a hijab. Of course, I was interested right away. Could they mean peace between Arabs and

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, USA

A poet among the comic book writers

July 19, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Not all the books on sale at Comic-Con are graphic novels or comic books. Adam Greenfield, under auspices of the Puna Press, is selling a book of poetry, Regarding the Monkey. Greenfield is a San Diegan who makes his day-to-day living helping people record podcasts – he brings

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Play’s twist of dice comes up a winner

July 18, 2019

By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel SOLANA BEACH, California — On our approaching the theatre, a volunteer remarked, “Roll the snake eyes and you get a free drink,” an appropriate welcome indeed. Being re-introduced to Frank Loesser ‘s music and Damon Runyon’s short story characters was a lot of fun, laughs , fast moving scenes, actors

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Despereaux delights the child in all of us

July 18, 2019

Lean close, my friends. I’m telling you a story. By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — From the get go, we are charmed into the magical storybook world of Pigpen Theatre’s The Tale of Despereaux playing at the Old Globe through Aug 11. With a tight ensemble, poetry, puppetry and song, it is a tale

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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Play blames Nancy Reagan for indifference to AIDS

July 16, 2019

By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — It’s been nearly 35 years since the beloved film star Rock Hudson died of a heretofore unknown disease called AIDS.At the time, Ronald Reagan, who had been a movie star himself (although not a beloved one) was president. Hereacted to news of the malady that was soon to

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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘Another Roll of the Dice’ recalls Damon Runyon

July 12, 2019

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, Californi — Picking up where Guys and Dolls left off, writer Mark Saltzman and director Larry Sousa collaborated to bring us more of Damon Runyon’s loveable gangsters, their Judys, and a few unlikely types who were swayed to the shady side for love or money in the world premiere of Another

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Book Review: ‘Jews in Medicine’

July 12, 2019

Jews in Medicine, Contributions to Health and Healing through the Age by Ronald L. Eisenberg Jerusalem and New York: Urim Publications, 2019, 464 pages, $34.95 By Oliver B. Pollak JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — This 464-page encyclopedic reference book starts with the Talmud and comes into the present including still living practitioners. The author identifies Jewish

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Science, Medicine, & Education

Rock the Cygnet

July 12, 2019

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “If you want something, you just gotta take it.” Rock of Ages -a rom-com musical with Classic 80s Rock and a greedy corporate villain- is playing at the Cygnet Theatre in Old Town through Aug 25, 2019. Welcome to The Bourbon Room, a seedy little dive on the Sunset

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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food

Love, Madness and Somewhere in Between

July 10, 2019

By Cynthia CitronLOS ANGELES — The play takes place on a nearly empty stage, unencumbered by scenery or props, except for a row of shiny black folding chairs and a toilet seat that the actor holds in front of his face as he enters, after emitting the sound of vomiting from backstage. And to illuminate

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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

AICF to give awards to Israel’s most talented artists

July 10, 2019

NEW YORK (Press Release) – In celebration of its 80th anniversary, the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) on Wednesday announced the inaugural Israeli Culture & Arts Awards (ICA Awards) to honor the most exceptional Israeli artists in design, theater, music, art, dance, and television/film. The luminous awards ceremony will be held in concert with the foundation’s

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Childhood sexual abuse sent two ‘sisters’ to mental hell

July 7, 2019

Sheol Country Blues by Adrienne O’Hare, Asna Publishing © 2019, ISBN 9780578-507248; 165 pages, $18. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I met the Jewish lady whose name sounds very Irish (thanks to her marriage to the affable Larry O’Hare) in February 2018 at shipboard Shabbat services aboard the MS Maasdam, which then

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education

Big Boss Bubeleh entertained on Fair’s final day

July 6, 2019

By Eileen Wingard DEL MAR — July 4th was the third time that Yael and Vlady were invited to perform at this year’s San Diego County Fair. I heard their 3:00 p.m. performance that final day of the fair, on the O’Brien Stage, near Gate 5. Yael’s sultry singing voice is beautifully supported by her

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel’s shares his songs

July 6, 2019

SAN DIEGO — Here is a collection of songs recorded by Cantor Sheldon Merel during his tenure as cantor at Congregation Beth Israel. Click on any title to hear Cantor Merel’s recorded rendition. In some cases, the songs are accompanied by an explanatory article indicated by a date alongside. Adon Olam Adon Olam, Jazz Version

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

LJFCC’s extensive music collection available for loan

Comic book series promotes Pakistani peace

A poet among the comic book writers

Play’s twist of dice comes up a winner

Despereaux delights the child in all of us

Play blames Nancy Reagan for indifference to AIDS

‘Another Roll of the Dice’ recalls Damon Runyon

Book Review: ‘Jews in Medicine’

Rock the Cygnet

Love, Madness and Somewhere in Between

AICF to give awards to Israel’s most talented artists

Childhood sexual abuse sent two ‘sisters’ to mental hell

Big Boss Bubeleh entertained on Fair’s final day

Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel’s shares his songs

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