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Jewish Federation of San Diego Reports on Israel-Gaza War: October 9

By Heidi Gantwerk and David Bark SAN DIEGO — Our thoughts continue to be with the people affected by this crisis, and we remain committed to providing you with accurate and timely information as it becomes available. Here’s what we have learned so far: More than 700 Israelis killed, over 2,300 wounded, and roughly 150 […]

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Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Dianne Feinstein, Z”L

By Mark D. Zimmerman Senator ‍Dianne ‍Feinstein ‍died ‍at ‍the ‍age ‍of ‍90, ‍just ‍hours ‍after ‍casting ‍a ‍vote ‍on ‍the ‍floor ‍of ‍the ‍United ‍States ‍Senate, ‍where ‍she ‍served ‍since ‍1992 ‍as ‍California’s ‍first ‍female ‍senator. ‍Among ‍the ‍issues ‍that ‍Senator ‍Feinstein ‍promoted ‍were ‍HIV/AIDS ‍funding, ‍women’s ‍reproductive ‍health ‍needs, ‍gun ‍control, ‍and ‍support

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California, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

The Day After

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Let me say ahead of my remarks that Michal and I are fine at this time. We’ve spent time in our bomb shelter when sirens clamored, but Kfar Saba was spared any direct hits. I went shopping this morning. The only stores open in the small mall near

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Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer

Former Solana Beach School Board Member Advanced to Chair of the University of California Board of Regents

Rich Leib knows a thing or two about chairing meetings. He was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis in 1998 to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, serving as its president from 2001 to 2003. In 2008, he was elected to the Solana Beach School Board, where he served for nearly 12 years, part of that time as that body’s president. In 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown named him to the UC Board of Regents. When the chair of that board, Cecilia V. Estolano, was not reappointed, Leib moved up from vice chair to chair.  In July 2022, he was formally appointed to a one-year term as the Regents’ chairman. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Technology

New Village Arts’ ‘Doubt’ Channels What May Be an Old Jewish Parable

The play is set in 1964 in a small Catholic boys’ school. The opening is a sermon on Doubt by Father Flynn (Dr. AJ Knox). New teacher Sister James (Juliana Scheding) is called to the principal’s office so that she can report on the progress of the new student, Donald, who also happens to be the first Black student in the school. [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Traveling the World: One Meal, One Experience at a Time

Karen Gershowitz takes a more relaxed, serendipitous approach.  She wants to taste the local culture, enjoy new experiences, and see where the adventures take her.  Obviously, her approach will attract more readership among the general population. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Lifestyles, Travel and Food

Les Mis’ Stunning Sets Bring You Into Revolutionary France

The acting was superb and I’ll come back to that, but I really have to talk about the sets.  I have never in my life seen such elaborate and I know I said it above, but cinematic sets.  The way that the stage and sets were built, the lighting effects, and the scenes staged to keep most of the action towards the back of the stage, the effect was almost more like watching a movie than a play.  [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Ceramicist Herman’s Works are ‘Intentionally Not Conceptual’

Ceramicist Josh Herman’s tile work is on display throughout the upscale Paridisea Restaurant in the remodeled interior of the Piano Building in La Jolla’s Bird Rock neighborhood. His “modern, sensual, organic” ceramic sculptures made the cover of the French edition of Architectural Digest in July 2016 when the authoritative magazine profiled the La Jolla Farms Road home known as the Razor House, now owned by singer Alicia Keys. [Donald H. Harrison and Emily Scalmanini}

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Novel Brings Us into the Psyche of a Woman with Two Lovers

It takes author Alison Rose Greenberg quite a while to come through with some of the answers, but when she does, she delivers a punch that helps us understand the psyches of singer/ songwriter Maggie Vine (who happens to be Jewish) and the two men to whom she has given her heart: actor Asher Reyes and singer/ hedge fund manager Garrett Scholl. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison