The Arts

Shafir book on Israel disputed by scholar

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 County

Art to inspire, raise questions, and perhaps anger

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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When young men’s thoughts turn to war

-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

Student poets explore self- discovery, nature

-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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Will the real Sherlock Holmes please stand?

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

Student poets expound on Jewish themes

First 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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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

‘Actually’ provokes difficult questions

“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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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Bluestein dramedy to be read Oct. 29 at North Coast Rep

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

New Sutro biography tells of his ‘warts and all’

BEYOND THE TUNNEL: The Second Life of Adolph Sutro, by Mark Abbott Stern.  Mark Abbott Stern [Publisher], 2018.  322 pp.  Notes, Bibliography, Index.  Paper, $19.95. By Abraham Hoffman LOS ANGELES — Any works dealing with mining activities in Nevada’s Comstock Lode will likely mention Sutro’s Tunnel, a project designed to solve the problem of excessive

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA