By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Harvey Paris is a Jewish chip carver who has carved out a place where he can put his hobby to good use. It all started in 2006 when Paris decided to find a suitable hobby to keep him busy and quiet at home while his wife began studying
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Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBritish Jewish-born star was asked on Irish TV what he’d say to God if he, she or it existed. Viewed on YouTube 7 million times, his bitter answer led to a police investigation By Times of Israel staff Stephen Fry pictured at a 2012 Pride Parade in London (Photograph at WorldPride / Wikipedia) English comedian,
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International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBooks of the People: Revisiting Classic Works of Jewish Thought by Dr. Stuart W. Halpern, Editor, Maggid Books, Jerusalem, © 2017, ISBN 978-1-59264-470-4, hardcover, p. 350, including list of contributors, $29.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, in the early 1950s, basing their judgment on just three simple criteria:
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionFour major television networks – ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN – have come under fire from the Trump camp for “censorship” after refusing to air a political ad over its reference to “fake news.” Jamestown Associates, which produced the 30-second spot touting President Trump’s record during his first 100 days in office, said Friday that
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIf you are going to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with your amigas and a broken heart, as well as a good tequila and some margaritas, the new single from Victoria “La Mala” could become your new favorite song – at least until you find a new love. Roc Nation Latin artist just released her second
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsThe Wedding Plan written and directed by Rama Burshtein, distributed by Roadside Attractions; Hebrew with English subtitles. To be presented May 26 at Hillcrest Cinemas. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — There is a scene in The Wedding Plan in which Michal (Noa Koler) is being driven to the wedding hall. She has on her
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAs Ivanka Trump’s new book “Women Who Work” hit bookstores Tuesday, some women have viewed it as being full of class bias, which limit the first daughter’s advice to wealthy and powerful women. The book was written ahead of the 2016 presidential election which saw her father, Donald Trump become president. In it, she talked
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USASince Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue about his son’s lifesaving heart surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, phone calls have overwhelmed Paul Viviano’s switchboard. “We’ve had a flood of calls,” said Viviano, the hospital’s CEO, told STAT in an interview Thursday. “Patients and families are calling about, ‘Will you treat this? Can we see you for that?’
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There was a thought-provoking moment during a staged reading Wednesday night of Janet Tiger’s one-act play “Caregivers Anonymous” at Ohr Shalom Synagogue. A newcomer ridden with guilt shame facedly admitted to a group of fellow caregivers that the thought had crossed her mind that her troubles would be
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASteven Levenson is reaping his rightful rewards after years of work on ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘If I forget,’ which ran concurrently this year in NY By Lisa Klug With handfuls of Tony Award nominations for a Broadway musical as well as recognition for an off-Broadway play, Steven Levenson’s work is summiting after a long
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACNN has refused to run a Donald Trump campaign ad because it contained a graphic in which mainstream media organizations were branded “fake news,” the network said Tuesday. The head of Trump’s campaign committee criticized the network for not running the ad, which focuses on the president’s first 100 days in office. “It is absolutely
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA new book, “Rising Star,” shedding light on Barack Obama’s past, suggests he was more politically ambitious at a younger age than previously believed – and that he had asked another woman to marry him before he ever met his eventual partner, Michelle. You think Michelle looked mad when Obama shamelessly flirted with Denmark’s Helle
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert has never really tried to hide his political leanings. As host of “The Colbert Report” he played a mockingly over-the-top Conservative who blasted every politician willing to run for public office. Since taking the “Late Show” reins from David Letterman, he’s come out pretty far to the left. Colbert has
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By Jeffrey Lazarow ON THE OPEN ROAD — We thought we were free until we began living on the road…then we became relatively free. Are you comfortable with the turmoil in the world? Of course not. Would you like to change it? Probably. Can you? No. Are you completely satisfied with your life…fulfilled? Can you improve
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