The Arts

Armstrong makes good on Kennedy’s promise

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — It’s a magical movie.  In a foreign language.  With no subtitles. And it’s one of the most intense experiences you’ll have in a movie—even if you don’t know what they’re talking about. You may want to walk out, but stay with it.  It’s worth it. It’s history.It’s First Man, the story of what it took to get

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Cynthia Citron, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 14, 2018 (3 items)

Jewish TV commentator’s speech ‘postponed’ by Rutgers Lisa Daftari, a Jewish American of Iranian descent, had been invited by Rutgers University to give a speech on Tuesday, but now the appearance is “postponed”–and according to Daftari “cancelled”–by the university after Muslim students charged Daftari with Islamophobia. Daftari, who frequently appears as a commentator on Fox

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Friendship between Basques and Jews fuels novel

At Vitoria: a City’s Medieval Promise between Christians and Sephardic Jews by Marcia Riman Selz;© 2016, Archway Publishing; ISBN 9781480-852976; 217 pages plus appendices, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – While the Basque people of Vitoria, Spain, were Christians, like the Jews, they were outsiders, not quite like the other Christians of Castile

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Enjoying the folk dances of the Philippines

Editor’s Note: This is the 32nd in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:   1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 By Donald H. Harrison AT

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and Food

Surviving the Shoah by hook or by crook

I Survived: My Name is Yitzkhak by Harry A. Butowsky, © 2015 Word Association Publishers, ISBN 9781633-851009; 201 pages including appendices, $18. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – This book came to me “over the transom,” that is, without any previous warning.  Even though it is three years old, I’m glad that I

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Student poets to read their works Oct. 16

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The opening program of the eleventh season of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices will showcase student poets from the San Diego Jewish community.  On Tuesday evening, October 16, 7:00 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library, fourteen young people will read their original poems. English teacher, Elaine Lepow, will be accompanying

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar

His cup runneth over: 17th Annual Celebrity Sonnets

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Once again, the San Diego Shakespeare Society filled our ears with verse at the 17th Annual Celebrity Sonnets held at the Old Globe. Local personality Richard Lederer, clad in a velvet doublet and melon breeches, read an original sonnet in memory of the society’s founder, Alex Sandie, The

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Belshazzar’s Feast by Rembrandt on display in Scotland

  By Sam Ben-Meir EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh is currently exhibiting a substantial selection of Rembrandt’s paintings, drawings, and prints – focusing on those works that reveal the story of “Britain’s Discovery of the Master.” Exploring the significance of Rembrandt to British collectors, artists, and writers provides us with the

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International, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, Travel and Food

Film on Antonio Lopez interesting yet sad

By Pamela Pollack-Fremd SPOKANE, Washington — Creative people have magnetism, a force, an affect all their own.  Antonio Lopez, a fashion illustrator and trend setter, was that kind of person. Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion & Disco, a documentary directed and written by James Crump and produced by James Crump and Ronnie Sasson, introduces us to

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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

S.D. Jewish Men’s Choir had ’em dancing in the aisles

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Two dozen gentlemen, sporting silver vests, matching ties, black shirts, trousers and derbies, filed into the event space of the University City branch of the San Diego City Library  to deliver a spirited program that prompted the audience to clap, sing, and even dance. The San Diego Jewish Men’s

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