By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Continuing Jfest 2019, the Lyceum’s Main Stage was nearly filled to capacity for Blueish: Jews & The Blues. Not too shabby for a Monday night. This concert featured a Jfest favorite, ethnomusicologist Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi. They were joined by three special guest artists: Blues mavens Robin Henkel,
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Celebrating its tenth anniversary as an annual part of the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, this year’s Women of Valor featured seven outstanding local Jewish women, Jaqui Silver, Pianist and Educator; Allison Price, Philanthropist and Body Builder; Theresa Dupuis, Chair of San Diego Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy;
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The Spy Behind Home Plate, a documentary on the life of Moe Berg by Aviva Kempner, opening June 28 at the Landmark Ken Theater, 4061 Adams Avenue, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In baseball, an all-around player is one who can hit, field, steal bases, and inspire his team mates. They
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK –In Burbank, California, amidst the famed New York Street sets at Warner Bros, filmmakers are shooting a new film entitled “The Latin from Manhattan,” about the wildly vivacious and roller-coaster life of Vanessa Del Rio – the world’s first Latina adult star. The film is set in the late 1970s
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eileen Wingard ALISO VIEJO, California — The manuscript of Journey to Freedom languished for decades at the bottom of a pile of Dr. Bernard “Barney” Gilmore’s scores. It was not until after UC Irvine Music Faculty Professor Gilmore’s death, that his wife, while organizing his music for the archives at the UC Irvine Library,
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Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — While there is little to laugh about when it comes to the subject of the Holocaust, Simon Wiesenthal (Tom Dugan), began the one-man show with a joke. The longer the show went on, the more the actor revealed the character, and perhaps a trace of hubris, of Simon
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Eva Trieger, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –The 2019 Fringe Festival is in full swing, eleven days and nights of “Eyeball Busting” shows. To qualify, each show can be no more than an hour and the festival organizers like to keep the venues close to each other so that audience members can easily go from one
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Playwright Ali Viterbi , judging by In Every Generation, is a fresh young voice with much to say. The play, presented Thursday evening, June 6, as part of the 26th Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, is in four parts. It zig-zags between eras, managing to deal
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By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel SOLANA BEACH, California — A Walk in The Woods at the North Coast Rep is engaging, informative and entertaining with a fine script and superb acting. The history of the play goes back the Cold War when Russia controlled Eastern Europe, half of Germany, and half of Berlin, while the
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Navras J. Aafreedi. Ph.D KOLKATA, India –The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into seventy languages, including a few South Asian ones. These include Hindi, the official link language of India and the fourth most widely spoken language with 341 million speakers; Bengali, the national language of Bangladesh and the fifth most widely
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — There’s been some buzz about a “Straight Pride Parade” being organized in Boston. It seems that some heterosexual men feel left out and want some attention. It’s kind of like how an older sibling, accustomed to the spotlight, feels jealous of a new baby. It’s right up there
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The Seventh Annual Fringe Festival held a brief opening ceremony in Balboa Park on Thursday morning, June 6. We heard from Jonathan Glus of the Commission for Arts & Culture and a man from California Assemblyman Todd Gloria’s office presented an official Certificate of Recognition from the California
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Some of us get a big kick when Yiddish makes it to a non-Jewish part of our culture, and it just recently happened again — this time in what, at least to me, was an unlikely and unexpected venue. The event was the latest Scripps National Spelling
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International, Jewish History, Joel H. Cohen, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It is scary to think what could have happened on Jewish dairy farmer Max Yagur’s field in August 1969. Yet, it’s inspirational to realize what actually did happen. I’m talking about the Woodstock Music & Art Festival, which commenced Friday, August 15th with folk music, and continued to
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA