al franken snl saturday night live Al Franken’s rise to fame began on television screens when he earned a household name as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” for over a decade. Since serving in the senate, he’s become a favorite of the democrats for his tenacity in questioning witnesses and his infectious grin, […]
The Dollmaker of Krakow by R.M. Romero; Delacorte Press, 2017, ISBN 97815247-15403; 316 pages plus notes; $16.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — R.M. Romero has written a fairy tale that couldn’t possibly have a happy ending. Written for students in the middle school grades, The Dollmaker of Krakow is set in Poland during
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonEight women came forward with claims of sexual harassment against CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose, according to a report released on Monday by The Washington Post. The women—Reah Bravo, Kyle Godfrey-Ryan, Megan Creydt—and five others who only agreed to speak with The Washington Post on conditions of anonymity, recalled the 75-year-old making unwanted sexual
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAVeteran broadcaster Charlie Rose was suspended by CBS News on Monday following a Washington Post report that he sexually harassed eight women who worked on his PBS talk show . Rose, 75, acknowledges and apologizes for the behavior recounted in the Post investigation, which details unwanted sexual advances towards the women, appearing nude in their
Painter and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak on Monday opened a museum of his allegorical work inspired by Jewish history in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, more than half a century after he held his first exhibition as a nine-year-old inside its wartime ghetto. As a boy he was sent to live in the ghetto after the
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO–“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” –Anne Frank In 1942, after being denied visas to the United States, the Frank family went into hiding in the Secret Annex, a tight, dingy storage attic above the pickling factory that Otto
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — When a Methodist man and a Jewish woman, both writers, get together in longterm holy matrimony in Vermont, the result is not only a household full of books and novels, it also involves a romantically-coded message on the dedication page of climate activist Bill McKibben’s comic cli-fi novel
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Books, Poetry & Short StoriesBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Have you ever wondered what lies beyond the galaxies—most likely more galaxies. Our minds cannot encompass infinity. Have you wondered what was there before the beginning of our universe before the big bang? Maybe it always was! Our minds cannot fathom eternity. Birds migrate by some magnetic
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Natasha Josefowitz88th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon – Arrivals Sylvester Stallone was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the 1980s, according to a shocking police report obtained by the Daily Mail. Retired Las Vegas police department detective sergeant John Samolovitch confirmed to the outlet that the facts alleging that the veteran actor “intimidated” the
AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young has died aged 64 after suffering for several years with dementia, the band announced Saturday. Young founded the Australian rock group with his brother Angus, who said he will leave “an enormous legacy”. “Today it is with deep heartfelt sadness that AC/DC has to announce the passing of Malcolm Young,” a
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USALOS ANGELES — After being accused of sexual harassment by two women on the set of “Transparent,” Jeffrey Tambor may not return to the Amazon series. “Playing Maura Pfefferman on ‘Transparent’ has been one of the greatest privileges and creative experiences of my life,” Tambor said in a statement released Sunday. “What has become clear
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAMel Tillis The country music world is mourning the passing of another legend. Country music great and distinguished singer-songwriter Mel Tillis passed away on the morning of Nov. 19. According to a statement from his publicist, Mel died as a result of respiratory failure. He was 85 years old. RELATED: Mel Tillis’ family opens up
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The Jews of Key West: Smugglers, Cigar Makers, and Revolutionaries (1823-1969) by Arlo Haskell; Sand Paper Press; 2017; 170 pages plus notes, bibliography and index; $24.00. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Arlo Haskell’s book on the Jews of Key West is unlike most other local histories in that it is fueled by
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, USAMore than 2,800 bible-related artifacts will be presented to the public starting on Friday, as the Museum of the Bible swings open its doors in Washington, D.C. But the fanfare over the capital’s newest museum hasn’t overshadowed the scandal involving the project. Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts supply store owned by the Evangelical Christian
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