By Sandy Scheller He went to bed the day beforeHe was normal, maybe feeling tornBut something was different as he wokeHe killed, he murdered, his actions spoke. My eyes they hurt from solid tearsI’m with my mom who has no fears She reminds me to be strong and not be weakAnd places a tender kiss on […]
Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law by Chaim N. Saiman, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, © 2018, ISBN 978-0-691-15211-0, p. 248 plus appendices and index, $29.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Halakhah is derived from the Hebrew root letters meaning to walk or to go when used as a verb, and path or way as
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion
A Half Century of Occupation Israel, Palestine and the World’s Most Intractable Conflict by Gershon Shafir; University of California Press 2017, 296 pages; $20.56 By Moshe Dann JERUSALEM — Gershon Shafir, a former Israeli who is professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego, and founding director of its Human Rights Program, has written one
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron Branches cut from the Tree of Life. Fall like leaves in autumn. Roots remain but sap is bleeding. The Sabbath bride is mourning The lumberjack’s hateful harvest. * Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com.
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN CLEMENTE, California –Sometimes artists derive joy from hearing what you think their paintings are about versus what message they actually intended to impart. Paul Bond is one of those artists. I told him that while looking at online images of his art, I was struck by one titled “Sacred Contract
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Shor M. Masori
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The contemporary art exhibit, “Beyond the Age of Reason,” curated by Larry and Debby Kline, is nearing the end of its run at the San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park. If you want to be intrigued, or even possibly enraged, by various artists’ visions of religion and
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar-Third and last of a series By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California – Of the twelve student poets who participated in the Oct. 16 Jewish Voices-Jewish Poets readings in the Astor Library of the Lawrence Family JCC, only two were males. It was a coincidence, perhaps, that both young men wrote about war. REMAIN by
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori-Second in a Series– By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California – Six of the 12 featured student poets at the opening session Oct. 16 of this year’s Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices program shared their feelings about self-discovery, animals and nature. HONESTLY by Jenna Kreedman (SD Jewish Academy Middle School)I am about 5 foot 2 I was
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Where there’s a bounty there’s a bounty hunter or two…or possibly three. This fact was made evident in the West Coast Premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s sleuth fest, Holmes and Watson. North Coast Rep’s David Ellenstein directed an all Actor’s Equity cast for this exciting and inimitable twist on Sir
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
My first Jewish Baby Book … From Afikomen to Zayde by Julie Merberg, illustrated by Beck Feiner; Downtown Bookworks © 2018; ISBN 9781941-367605; 28 hard pages; $10.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Is there a word in Yiddish for smorgasbord? If there were, it might be perfect to describe the contents of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonFirst in a series By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Twelve student poets shared their original poetry for an audience of proud and beaming parents, teachers and friends at the opening program of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC, Tuesday evening, October 16. The audience included Rabbi Lenore
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“Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thine heart.” (Proverbs 3:3) By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — What is Truth? How subjective or objective is truth? When we remember the same incident very differently, do we have different “truths”? These philosophical questions have
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California -North Coast Rep Theater will produce the New Works Reading Series sponsored by Nebcal Printing, that will kick off with a dramedy written by stand-up comic Steve Bluestein. I had the good fortune to interview Bluestein by phone earlier this month. Rest, in Pieces is Bluestein’s baby, and will enjoy
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Eva Trieger, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — I knew for years that low income schools students were being bused to attend concerts at San Diego Symphony for the first time of their lives. I had no idea who was behind this unique project, and by chance a few weeks ago I had the good fortune
Where is the classical music audience? It’s elementary! Read More »
Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County