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A tale of three cons

By the morning after Comic-Con, the giant studio wraps and offsites had been dismantled. The Gaslamp sign over Fifth Avenue, which had spent the weekend disguised as an Eastern European gateway for Avengers: Doomsday, was once again the familiar entrance to the Gaslamp Quarter’s main street. More than 135,000 fans had come and gone, taking their costumes, props and collective, humidity-enhanced body odor home. (Shor M. Masori)

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Business & Finance, Opinion, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Recipients of legacy franchises such as Star Trek should render honor to those who came before

Asked which Roddenberry principle should be carried into the franchise’s next 60 years, Takei chose IDIC, Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. He explained that diversity includes the histories people carry, the ways they respond, and what they learn from one another. (Shor M. Masori)

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Business & Finance, Jewish Celebrities, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Comic-Con weighs this era’s impact on fiction writers

Jewish horror writer Max Brooks told the audience at a Comic-Con panel titled “Creature Feature Reboot: Monsters of Horror” that the present is a scary time, though not necessarily a dark one. It is a time of change, and human beings hate the unknown. (Shor M. Masori)

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Business & Finance, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors

A second home for Villa Musica

In a telephone interview I was able to speak with Chatwin, who holds a doctorate in music, about her comprehensive non-profit and its recent expansion into El Cajon’s Fletcher Hills neighborhood.  The new venue at 2382 Fletcher Parkway is near the intersection with Navajo Road.  It neighbors the Barbecue Pit. [Eva Trieger]

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Business & Finance, Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Jewish Agency to build 1,000 housing units in Western Negev

The Western Negev Building Project represents the transition from recovery to renewal — not simply rebuilding what was destroyed but expanding communities and laying the foundation for long-term demographic and communal growth in the region. The project is being led by The Jewish Agency in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of the Negev, Galilee and National Resilience, the Ministry of Finance, the Tekuma Directorate, and the Ministry of Construction and Housing. [Press Release]

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Business & Finance, Israel, Press Release

Satire: Truth in advertising for presidential products

The U.S. Treasury Department is designing a $250 bill that will feature Donald Trump’s face to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States. Since I’ve grown accustomed to Trump putting his name and picture on everything, all I ask is for truth in advertising for currency and merchandise. [Laurie Baron]

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Business & Finance, Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Suicide in Miami; Boycott of Israeli products in Brooklyn

I have heard scattered reports of suicides by Israeli soldiers and grieving relatives, but until this JTA article was published on Wednesday I was not aware that 22 active-duty IDF soldiers died by suicide, which was the highest number since 2010. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Business & Finance, Israel, Obituaries & memorials, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA