By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Most families have some cousins they would rather not think about. Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York, by Stephen Birmingham (Syracuse University Press, 1996) and Poor Cousins by Ande Manners (Putnam Publishers Group, 1972) relate the stories of the powerful Jewish families of New York and […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, USA
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California -Catching up with Bulletproof Stockings, a female Hasidic alternative rock band was not easy. A flight delay caused them to arrive periolously close to Shabbat, so we had to reschedule. It was not until the following Tuesday morning when I connected by telephone with Perl, Dalia and Elisheva, who
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Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Noah Baird recently was signed for his third six-month contract appearing on Broadway in Matilda: The Musical which isn’t bad at all for a 10-year-old boy from Carlsbad, whose kvelling grandparents–Ed and Sue Cherlin and Steve and Carol Baird–live in San Diego County. Fans of local theatre may
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — When a deep and abiding passion is combined with a clear and focused vision, the results are tantamount to explosive perfection. That synergistic energy is captured by the Civic Dance Arts Program of the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department with Andrea Feier at the barre. Several aspects make this
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Scattered Among the Nations by Bryan Schwartz, Joy Sand and Sandy Carter; Weldon Owen publisher, Visual Anthropology Press, 251 pages, cover price $60. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –I’m going to rearrange the sequence of Bryan Schwartz’s narrative and photography book so that we can always travel toward the east, almost around the world,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish ReligionBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What did Mike Zof, an Israeli DJ and bar owner, do to celebrate the opening of the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, in Israel? A. Zof’s bar, located in Petach Tikva, is across the street from the local movie theater that is showing The Force Awakens.
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireUnlikely Soldier: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army by Georg Rauch, Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2006, 2015 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — As a nineteen year old male living in Vienna during World War II, there was no way Georg Rauch could escape being conscripted into the Nazi military machine. At first he thought
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– J* Company Youth Theatre is starting 2016 off on a whimsical note with its family-friendly production of Seussical, Jr. – a fantastical, magical musical extravaganza featuring Horton the Elephant and many other favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including The Cat In the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie, the Wickersham Brothers, and
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The TV series, Call the Midwife, which is based on Jennifer Worth’s book of that name about her own experiences of working as a midwife in the impoverished East End of post-war London, has aroused widespread interest and enthusiasm, first in Britain and subsequently all over the world.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California –Works by two Jewish composers were programmed for the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus’ concerts on December 5 and 6. Ori Talmon’s Nefakh (Volume), underwritten by the Thomas Nee Commissioning Fund, received its world premiere, and Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3 concluded the program. The opening work was The
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — With the Paris climate talks concluded, and with most climate commentators agreeing that the COP21 ”agreement” still needs some fine-tuning and follow-up, things are looking good for the future of humanity. For Sarah Newman, a 50-something Jewish writer in Cincinnati, this is is also a time to start
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, The World We ShareBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Neil Folberg’s And I Shall Dwell Among Them: Historic Synagogues of the World, Aperture Book Publisher; 1st edition, September, 1995, is a very special treasure. Each of the almost two hundred large color photographs is an individual work of art about Judaism’s places of worship. Folberg brings expertise and
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Jewish Religion
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — On January 14th, 1977, a great blizzard hit the northeastern United States. In Cincinnati, my brothers and I cheered it on, certain of school closures the following day. Little did I imagine that -on that very night, in a hospital in Long Island, New York- the great love
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Eric George Tauber, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — Raise Your Spirits Theatre, a multi-generational women’s theater company in Gush Etzion, an area that has suffered many terror attacks in recent weeks, is now in production on its 9th biblical musical, SISTERS! The Daughters of Tzelofchad, based on the story in Numbers, Chapter 27. The story of the
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Toby Klein Greenwald