Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Quest for Rynecki’s art fuels ‘Chasing Portraits’

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Making the rounds of Jewish film festivals across the country is the documentary Chasing Portraits by Elizabeth Rynecki, concerning a quest to learn more about the pre-Holocaust art of her Polish Jewish great-grandfather Moshe Rynecki (Pronounced Renetsky).  Previously, Elizabeth Rynecki published a book with the same title that […]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Latino Film Festival Preview: ‘Division Ave’

Division Ave, produced by Lorena Rodriguez, Michal Birnbaum and Nadav Remez, 2019, Spanish, English, Yiddish, 14.5 minutes; to be screened during the San Diego Latino Film Festival on  Saturday, March 23,  at 3:30 p.m., at AMC Fashion Valley 18 (Screen 9), 7037 Friars Road, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This short

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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Tale of the beauty queen’s daughter

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — It’s difficult to watch Barra Grant portray her mother in the biographical play that she authored without remembering  the devastating biography that Christina Crawford wrote about her own mother, Joan.Grant’s mother was Bess Myerson, the only Jewish girl ever to be named Miss America, and the title of Barra’s play, Miss America’s Ugly Daughter, establishes the tone

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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

The mysterious Gabriel at North Coast Rep

By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel SOLANA BEACH, California — Last December  I reviewed the movie Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Society on this website.  It  took place on England’s Guernsey and Channel  islands just off  the coast of France during World War II .   I learned then that Winston Churchill considered these  islands  indefensible and removed

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jews in the News: February 24, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – The Associated Press was credited with three stories involving Jews in Sunday’s San Diego Union Tribune.  In one, Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California had an impromptu debate with students who demanded that she support the Green New Deal, which she responded would never receive enough votes

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jews in the News ~ February 22, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – Her patience sorely tested, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson warned President Trump’s former campaign aide Roger Stone that he will get no more chances if he violates a court order to remain mum about his upcoming trial in which he is accused of lying to Congress regarding

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jews in the News: February 21, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL –Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion for a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning excessive seizure of property by law enforcement agencies following an arrest.  According to a New York Times story, she said excessive seizures violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing equal protection of

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jews in the News ~ February 17, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Roger Stone, his defense attorneys, and prosecutors not to make any statements that might prejudice a jury in the case in which he is accused of lying to Congress in its probe of possible Russian connections to President Trump’s successful

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International, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jews in the News: February 16, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL — House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York, joined by five of his subcommittee chairs, including Reps Steve Cohen and David Cicilline, respectively of Tennessee and Rhode Island, informed President Trump on Friday of the commencement of an immediate investigation into his declaration of a national emergency and

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Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Jews in the News ~ February 15, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL — In order to build a border wall, President Trump decided on Friday to declare a national emergency, prompting a constitutional crisis over whether he legally can reprogram money  previously allocated by Congress for other purposes.  U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, told The New

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

San Diego stars shine at Craig Noel Awards

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — It’s the time of year for awards ceremonies: Oscars, Grammys, Tonys, Golden Globes… etc. But for me, the one not to be missed is the annual Craig Noel Awards hosted by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. This event celebrates the excellence that happens in our own vibrant theater

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast