The Arts

‘Evening with Groucho’ brings back funnyman Marx

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — A delighted North Coast Repertory Theater audience watched in amazement Tuesday night, as Frank Ferrante became funnyman Groucho Marx.  Before our very eyes, Ferrante painted on his mustache, donned rimmed glasses and adopted the familiar Noo Yawk accent in his lightning quick banter. The ninety-minute show recalled Marx […]

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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Yidstock Festival set for July 12-15

AMHERST, Massachusetts (Press Release) —  The seventh annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music will feature a headlining performance by David Krakauer’s Acoustic Klezmer Quartet that draws from and emphasizes the beauty of traditional klezmer dance tunes, ritual songs, and reflective melodies, all given the ineffable David Krakauer touch. The four-day festival—July 12 to 15,

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Jewelry supports Holocaust education

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Press Release) — On weekends as a child, Dana Rogozinski sat with her grandmother, Ella, at the kitchen table playing with beads and baubles. Ella, a Holocaust survivor, was self-taught in the art of stringing pearls and worked as a jeweler for a high-end jewelry store in Jacksonville, Florida.  Her grandmother’s Auschwitz forearm

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Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Book rebukes Jews for passivity toward haters

(((Semitism))) Being Jewish in the Age of Trump by Jonathan Weisman, St. Martin Press, New York, © 2018, ISBN 978-1250169938, 224 pages, plus acknowledgements and notes, $25.99 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D.  WINCHESTER, California –  The introduction to author Jonathan Weisman’s newest book (((Semitism))), in which he chronicles the unchecked growth of hate in this country against

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, USA

Interfaith sacred music a hit at TICO concert

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Although I needed to park far up the street because the Tifereth Israel parking lot was full, I was happy to see an overflowing house attending the second of two concerts by TICO (Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra) in conjunction with the East County Mormon Chorale. The program, which opened

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

German Jews fared well in 20th century Britain

Their Promised Land; My Grandparents in Love and War by Ian Buruma; Penguin Random House, 2017 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I found this book so fascinating that I read it more or less in one sitting and, having read it on my Kindle, proceeded to order the paperback version from Amazon as I knew I

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History

Non- fiction book profiles 15 Israeli inventions

Thou Shalt innovate: How Israeli ingenuity Repairs the World by Avi Jorisch; © 2018; Gefen Publishing; ISBN 9789652-299345; 176 pages with 90 additional pages of acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Discover a problem; figure out how to fix it; create a company to market your solution; and in

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

Biography of Jerusalem has its agenda

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Simon Sebag-Montefiore brings impeccable credentials to the monumental task of writing Jerusalem: The Biography. A history Ph.D. from Cambridge, he has been a banker and a foreign correspondent reporting on, among other events, the fall of the Soviet Union. He is also the great-great-nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore, the international

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Soul Doctor will mend your broken heart

Raise your voice up and prepare to mend a broken heart. –Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Welcome to The House of Love and Prayer where klezmer mixes with wild, invigorating drumming. Hippies dressed in yoga pants and adorned with love beads are freestyle dancing around a pretty groovy-looking ark. Hey,

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast