The Arts

Science meets art at the Natural History Museum

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jonas Salk, the discoverer of the polio vaccine, was fond of paraphrasing the mathematician Jacob Bronowski on the possible beneficial results from an interrelationship between the sciences and the arts.  Bronowski, who became known to millions of Americans through the PBS television series The Ascent of Man, suggested

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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education

Book of Mann offers wisdom of God

Eternally Yours, God’s Greatest Gift to Mankind: Exodus by Rabbi Reuven Mann, Observant Artists Community Circle, Inc. Hewlett, New York, © 2017, ISBN 978-0692991329, p. 197, plus glossary, $12.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  From the perspective of Rabbi Reuven Mann, long-time teacher and pulpit rabbi, and presently a teacher at the Masoret

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Storyteller pianist Silver to launch music history series

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)—Jacquelyne Silver, who lectures and plays piano, returns to the Athenaeum with a new series. “We have been making music since the beginning of mankind,” Silver says. “It brings us together, quickens our pulses, and is the universal language.” With her pianistic expertise and  storytelling talent, Silver will elucidate upon the

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar

Lieberman writes book about U.S., Jewish basic laws

With Liberty and Justice: The Fifty-Day Journey from Egypt to Sinai by Senator Joe Lieberman with Rabbi Ari D. Kahn, Maggid Books and OU Press, New Milford, CT, © 2018, ISBN 978-1-59264-501-5, p. 165, $24.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  An ancient midrash explains that just after the Israelites left Egypt, Moses told

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, USA

How to protect yourself from almost everything

Rossen to the Rescue; Secrets to Avoiding Scams, Everyday Dangers, and Major Catastrophes by Jeff Rossen; Flatiron Books (c) 2017; ISBN 9781250-119438; 234 pages plus acknowledgments and index. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson  MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — How can you make sure that neither you nor your near and dear ones are subjected to any of the

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

San Diego Symphony plans Leonard Bernstein festival

As one of the most celebrated musicians of his time, Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990) dedicated his life and career to the joy of music and the development of humanity. In his centennial year, the San Diego Symphony is proud to host a special Bernstein Festival in association with “Leonard Bernstein at 100”, a world-wide

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar

‘Fresh Air’ Art in Borrego Springs

  By Mimi Pollack BORREGO SPRINGS, California — “Plein Air” means fresh air –think outdoors- in French and many painters feel inspired when working outdoors in natural light surrounded by the splendors of nature. The Borrego Art Institute currently has an exhibit called, “Borrego Art Institute 12th Annual Plein Air Invitational.” This exhibit, which runs

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Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and Food

Regev recital elucidates Beethoven

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson EIN KEREM, Israel — When Ron Regev strides onto the stage to talk about the Beethoven piano sonatas he is about to play, the audience is immediately captivated by his youthful bearing, informal way of talking and encyclopaedic knowledge of his subject. Setting the topic in its musical, historical and philosophical context, he

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Cantor Merel’s life story now on video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KKSf-1YCrQ&feature=youtu.be By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO —  I suppose it’s not unusual for a cantor to be able to sing show tunes and operatic arias in addition to Hebrew prayer melodies.  But when the cantor still can hit the high notes at age 93, that’s truly remarkable. Cantor Sheldon Merel, the cantor emeritus of

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County