By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Paul Aken operates the Platen Press Museum which is located, appropriately enough, in Mt. Zion, Illinois. Although it is coincidental, the religiously themed name of Aken’s city harkens back to the primary use of movable type after it was invented in Germany in 1439 by Johannes Gutenberg: It […]
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SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Monday, June 18. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. * American Israel Public Affairs Committee pleased
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — A few years ago, I interviewed Todd Salovey about the upcoming Jewish Arts Festival. In it’s third year, he announced a production that was all in Spanish. The audience laughed at him and he said, “Don’t laugh. It’s sold out.” That sellout performance was the work of Teatro Punto
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Lucky for me, I had my 17-year-old grandson Shor with me at San Diego Pin and Patch Con, which was held in Montezuma Hall at San Diego State University on Saturday. Besides being the photographer for this story, he also was a
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – What started as a family research project has developed into an intriguing way to tell the stories of Holocaust survivors that may ignite the interest of younger generations. Sarah Kamaras, an independent film maker based in New York, has taken the usual components of survivor testimony and stock
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Eric George Tauber I know my day is coming. I hope it’s coming. I’m pretty sure it’s coming. SAN DIEGO — The movie School of Rock is what really put actor Jack Black on the A-list of actors. More importantly, it spawned actual Schools of Rock featuring lessons, workshops and camps with locations in
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — For the 9th annual Women of Valor Program, Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival Director, Todd Salovey, and his co-writers, Rebecca Myers, Leah Salovey and Ali Viterbi, once again selected six remarkable women. Six talented actresses, Linda Libby, D. Candis Paule, Elizabeth Schwartz, Eva Barnes, Catalina Maynard, and Elaine Rivkin represented the
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori CHULA VISTA, California – There were at least two good reasons why the Comedy Shmomedy show featuring five stand-up comedians was staged in the social hall of Temple Beth Shalom rather than in its sanctuary. First, it allowed for table seating and the sale of
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“The old homeland is soon abandoned, but a new one is not found so soon.” By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In the early days of moving pictures, reels of film came with sheet music. Keystone Cops raced around the screen to live accompaniment on a tinny, upright pianos. Today, we try to recapture some
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Pamela Pollack-Fremd SAN DIEGO _- Are you stuck in your own reality, or can one ever escape it? That appears to be the burning question in Nancy, a film written and directed by Christina Choe. Nancy, convincingly played by Andrea Rigaborough, is a friendless, unhappy thirty-five-year-old woman. She lives with a demanding mother. She
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cantor Sheldon F. Merel SOLANA BEACH, California — On Monday evening, June 6th, the North Coast Rep featured the brilliant artist, Angelina Reaux. She sang several of Kurt Weill ‘s Broadway hit show tunes, and charmed the audience throughout the evening . Reaux’s voice is perfectly placed; she sings magnificently. Weill’s piano accompaniments are
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eric George Tauber “The parent who teaches his child, it is as if he had taught his child, his child’s child and so on to the end of generations.” (Talmud Kiddushin 36) CARLSBAD, California — Since 1969, Sesame Street has been teaching lessons in literacy and numeracy as well as kindness and acceptance through puppetry.
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Nathan Gunn is one of America’s greatest and most versatile baritones, as he amply proves in the HersheyFelder produced and directed one-man show, Nathan Gunn, Flying Solo, A Musical Story about Family, Love, and the Wild World of Music. Now showing, until June 10 at the Lyceum Stage, this virtuoso
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — twenty high school students competed in the 5th annual Broadway San Diego Awards: Celebrating Excellence in High School Theatre On Sunday night, May 27. The two winners each receive a check for $1,000 toward a scholarship and a chance to go on to the national Jimmy Awards on Broadway.
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