Today’s Jewish Birthday: Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist. [Wikipedia]
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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Louis Kentner
Louis Kentner (July 19, 1905 – September 23, 1987) was a Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as the Hungarian repertoire. [Wikipedia]
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia‘The Woman With 50 Faces’ Documents a Stunning Art World Con
– Art historian Jonathan Lackman and graphic artist Zachary J. Pinson have subtitled their collaboration “Maria Lani & the Greatest Art Heist That Never Was” and that formulation requires a bit of explanation. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined ContributorsYou May Tear Up at Lamplighters’ Poignant Production of ‘Steel Magnolias’
The tale of a mother-daughter relationship in a little southern town speaks to everyone who has ever had or been a friend, loved a mother or been worried about a daughter, or experienced joy, love, fear and loss. [Eva Trieger]
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSuperman Movie: Rooting for the Immigrant
It is hard to overstate how TIMELY this movie is on anti-immigration … James Gunn had a crystal ball. Masked arrests, too. Third party prisons. [Kathy Gill, The Moderate Voice]
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Opinion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAJuly News of Jewish Interest in East County Magazine
In the first half of July, East County Magazine ran two stories of specific Jewish interest: A member of the community detained and released by ICE, and the Jamul Casino pulling out of SD Pride Festival and donating to JPride’s counter-festival. Both articles were written by East County Magazine’s editor Miriam Raftery. [SDJW report]
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Antisemitism, Business & Finance, Israel, News Media, San Diego CountyComic-Con Visitors to Crowd Downtown San Diego Next Week
LA MESA, California – In one week, the nerds and geeks will invade San Diego for the 2025 Comic-Con. This will be the last year my “super cool teens” get to attend with child passes, since next year, we will have to purchase them. This will be my first year attending. I am a proud
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Cailin Acosta, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALegal Gains for Anti-Israel Protesters
Mahmoud Khalid – a former student leader at Columbia threatened with deportation – was not only released from detention for his protest activity but is now poised to sue President Trump for $20 million for violating his civil rights. (Bruce S. Ticker)
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Antisemitism, Bruce Ticker, Israel, News Media, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAMurder Mystery Novel Set at UC San Diego
This mystery novel portrays the tranquil marriage of a gay couple in San Diego while detailing the back-rubbing and back-biting at an academic institution, fictitiously set at UC San Diego. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined ContributorsOpEd: Religions Should Reject Superstition, Embrace Spiritual Renewal and Compassion
Humans are prone to seeing patterns or causes—divine wrath, conspiracies, or supernatural interference—where none exist. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined ContributorsToday’s Jewish Birthday: Dorothy Fields
Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. [Wikipedia]
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia‘Noises Off’: A Very Funny Farce at the Old Globe
We join the cast as they doing their tech rehearsal for the play within the play with the director Lloyd (James Waterston) coming up and down the aisles as he calls out directions to the cast. [Sandi Masori]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & BroadcastJewish Biography: Georg Brandes, Literary Critic
In Brandes’s opinion, understanding is not enough for a critic; they need a special intuition, an “intuitive” penetration into the depths of the life they are studying. Brandes was opposed to aestheticism in literature and the theory of “art for art’s sake.” [Alex Gordon]
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Alex Gordon, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined ContributorsWars Alter Children’s Learning Abilities
Children exposed to higher levels of war-related disruption scored lower on cognitive assessments, including reading and language tasks. But even more striking were the changes in their brain scans. [Press Release]
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