By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — The strains of violin, clarinet and accordion set a reminiscent and inviting tone for this play. The set of the Mandel Weiss Forum was fairly simplistic with English and Yiddish subtitles projected over stage, creating an esoteric sensibility in the viewer. Spirited dancing accompanied the music as characters […]
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eric George Tauber CHULA VISTA, California — One doesn’t normally expect to hear Hanukah music in a church. But when that church is Iglesia Restauración in Chula Vista, the meeting place of Latinos por Israel, the rules change. It’s taken 500 years, but many B’nei Anousim (Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism during the Inquisition)
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Is there another city in the world that draws as much controversy as Jerusalem? I-max film director Daniel Ferguson spent five years making Jerusalem and “nothing came easily.” The first challenge was to get their mixed crew of Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians to work through their distrust of one another
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Eric George Tauber, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES –Hi everybody! I’m back!You might have noticed that my column of theater reviews hasn’t appeared for a few months. It’s because I’ve had a couple of serious falls: one that broke my leg and another that demolished my shoulder. But, happily, I’ve recovered enough to wobble off to the theater again, and so
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO — At the request of my brother, who had worked with filmmaker Tamás Wormser, I received via airmail a DVD of The Wandering Muse. All I knew is that it was a) about Jewish music, b) that I love Jewish music and c) beyond that, I knew little else. After
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California – Sonni Cooper, an author and script consultant for the original Star Trek television series, said Saturday, Oct. 24, that although William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and such other members of the cast as Mark Lenard were Jewish, the cast was far from a happy Yiddishe family. Shatner played
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – It is altogether fitting that the Lambs Players Theatre here in Coronado should be the one to debut a new musical, Oz, based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz.” Baum used to vacation at the nearby Hotel del Coronado, and some of his later stories in
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — What is one of the best kept secrets of all time? Nope, it’s not the recipe for Famous Amos cookies, nor the formula for Coke Classic. It’s far more prevalent and much less sexy: Domestic Violence. Temple Beth Israel’s Men’s Club and Women’s Group collaborated to sponsor a
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — The 16th San Diego Asian Film Festival gets underway on Thursday, November 5, and features great movies during its 10-day run. Presented by Pacific Arts Movement, the SDAFF is the largest showcase of Asian cinema on the West Coast with more than 130 films and programs from
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California – Some dances are celebrations of joy, others are moods given life by gestures and arabesques, still others offer a history of untold pain and unwelcome suffering. Healing Wars kicked off the La Jolla Playhouse WoW Festival with its West Coast Premiere last week. Jewish author, choreographer and performer, Liz
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO – In Your Arms, the world premiere musical currently playing at the Old Globe, is simply sensational. Romance is the theme and dance is the medium for the ambitious production: ten mostly wordless vignettes, created by a lineup of theatre heavyweights, including Tony, Pulitzer Prize, Emmy and Academy Award winners. The
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — As autumn approaches, who doesn’t look forward to a bowl of soup? And what about your grandma’s special recipe for borscht? Not so much? Well, maybe you’re more excited about the Borscht Belt and the Jewish comedians who gave that Upstate New York region her beloved cache. Jewish
‘Jewish Joke’ Oct. 19 examines humor in tough times Read More »
Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — J* Company Youth Theatre kicks off the 23rd season with the joyful Mary Poppins. “One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical!” says director Joey Landwehr. Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
“I spent a long time trying to look like a girl. I spent a long time feeling awkward.” By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Virtually every son wants to be “just like dad” and every dad wants his son to be “a chip off the old block.” But what if your “mini-me” is your
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast