Two books, with familiar stories for children, have been issued in time for Chanukah.[Donald H. Harrison]
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Dollinger challenges the standard narrative that Jews were simply “kicked out” of the Civil Rights movement by radical Black activists. Instead, he argues that Jews actively made choices to prioritize their own newfound status and ethnic identity over the continued struggle for racial justice. [Barrett Holman Leak]
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In 1960, Walt Disney hired them to create scores at the Walt Disney Studios. They created the song “It’s a Small World (After All)” for the New York World’s Fair and has become one of the most performed songs of all time. {Cailin Acosta]
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Because of the nostalgia factor, it will probably do well. The acting was as incredible as you would expect from a performance at the La Jolla Playhouse with all equity actors. [Sandi Masori]
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The local pensioners’ club, Magash, which runs a wide range of activities for seniors living in Mevasseret Zion, introduced something new, namely, a bus laid on to take members to and from Friday afternoon performances of operas. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and children’s author. Known for her performances in the horror and slasher genres, alongside multiple comedies, she is regarded as a “scream queen”. [Wikipedia]
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He took his walks by the river at dawn, when the fishermen were still flicking their lines to taste the mood of the current, and the first fruit sellers were bargaining with sleep. He liked the way mist lifted from the water as if the world were exhaling a secret it had no stake in keeping. [Sam Ben-Meir]
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During the Roaring Twenties, when alcohol sales were banned across the United States, Jewish fisherman Goldy Goldfarb owned a fleet of boats along the secluded shores of Rockaway, New York—an ideal location for smuggling liquor from Canada. [Cailin Acosta]
Memoir Recalls Smugglers and Gangsters During Prohibition Read More »
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Ruth Laredo (November 20, 1937 – May 25, 2005) was an American classical pianist. [Wikipedia]
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Two Classics professors, Ralph (Kevin O’Connor, Jr.) and Daphne (Katelyn Slater), discover a long-lost copy of Euripides’ play, Andromeda. This discovery could well launch them into academic fame from their present relative obscurity. Well, it would have if it hadn’t gone missing! [Eva Trieger]
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Mendelssohn’s overture, The Hebrides, otherwise known as Fingal’s Cave, opened the Nov. 15 concert of the San Diego Symphony in its beautifully renovated hall at the Jacobs Music Center. The overture was inspired by the 20-year old Felix Mendelssohn’s visit to Scotland’s Hebrides Islands. [Eileen Wingard]
SDSO Showcases Mendelssohn’s Career as Composer and Conductor Read More »
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shaped not only religious life for centuries but also the very contours of English literature and everyday language, poetry, prose, and literature of all kinds. Yet, it contains flaws—many of them. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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A special display in the Fireside Room honored van Gogh’s enduring connection to sunflowers. At the artist’s funeral, his coffin was draped with a simple white cloth and adorned with sunflowers and other yellow blossoms—a poignant tribute to the joy and vitality he saw in these flowers. [Cailin Acosta]
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Hebrew Free Loans of San Diego’s Executive Director, Mindi Frankel, attended the International Association of Jewish Free Loans conference. She connected with 29 other free loan agencies. [Cailin Acosta]
Survey: American Jews Feel Financially Vulnerable Read More »
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