Jewish Trivia Quiz: Myanmar
Where did a portion of Burma/Myanmar’s Jewish population come from? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & SatireByliners
Jewish Biography: Jacques Offenbach, Musical Satirist
Jacques Offenbach was born on June 20, 1819, in Cologne. He was the second son and seventh of ten children of Isaac Yehuda Eberst, later Offenbach, a bookbinder, an itinerant cantor who sang in synagogues, a violinist who played in cafes. [Alex Gordon]
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Alex Gordon, Antisemitism, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined ContributorsJCC to Present Program of Passover Music April 3
I will be hosting the Treasures from the Music Collection: Pesach Music, and share the playlist’s introductions with my special guest, Cantor Lori Wilinsky Frank, Cantor Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom of Poway. [Eileen Wingard]
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Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Episode Provides Alibi in Murder Case
Long Shot is a 2017 short documentary film shown on Netflix that is about how Juan Catalan was arrested for a murder he did not commit. The HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm contained raw footage that was instrumental in proving Catalan’s innocence. [Cailin Acosta]
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Cailin Acosta, California, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBook by Former Ambassador Lays Out the Argument for One Jewish State
David Friedman served as US ambassador to Israel from 2017 to 2021. He was intimately involved in Israel-Arab affairs, met and held talks with leaders of both sides, and was one of the architects of the Abraham Accords. He demonstrates in his brilliant 2024 book One Jewish State why a two-state solution is based on flawed premises and will ultimately fail to solve anything. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USADream for Israel is Turning into a Nightmare
I looked forward to living a life of freedom and interest in a country I could call my own, and where I would no longer be part of a minority. I moved to Israel, which I perceived as a country where my life would be free of the constraints of having to conform to a set of values which I did not share. And where the sun shone most of the time. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined ContributorsContemporary Torah Lesson: Parshat Pekudei
While they share Jewish roots with American Jews, there can be cultural differences, different social customs and ways of practicing Judaism. Most Israeli Americans are Conservative or Orthodox, not Reform or Reconstructionist. [Barrett Holman Leak]
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Antisemitism, Barrett Holman Leak, Israel, Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAA Vegan Cookbook Includes Passover Meals
Being vegan myself, I was excited for this book to land on my doorstep! For my adult life I have had to veganize many recipes. My matzo ball soup I have had to perfect many times. [Cailin Acosta]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Cailin Acosta, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and FoodNature and Geist: Caspar David Friedrich at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The foremost representative of early German Romantic painting, Friedrich is thankfully receiving renewed attention at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the public can acquaint itself not only with such well known works as Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog and Two Men Contemplating the Moon, but lesser-known works that are no less extraordinary. [Sam Ben-Meir]
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAParasha Pekudei: Be a Part of a Community for Your Health
Hillel teaches us “Do not separate yourself from the community.” Do we need the Blue Zones or the American College of Lifestyle Medicine to tell us about the importance of unity and connection? Hillel tells us further in Avos 2:5, “Do not trust in yourself until the day of your death.” He is suggesting that since we cannot trust ourselves, our synagogue, our community, is necessary for us to help sustain our spiritual stability. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Staff and Bylined ContributorsProtesters at Cal State San Marcos Force Evacuation of IDF Talk
The event was cut short as we had to be evacuated from the building. This involved having us in groups of four leave from the back door and to be driven to the parking lot where our cars were parked due. [Miriam Gershenson]
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Israel, Miriam Gershenson, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAStandWithUS Establishes Antisemitism Task Force for San Diego County
The task force’s initial effort will be to persuade local governments in San Diego County, including the City of San Diego, to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s working definition of antisemitism. [Cailin Acosta]
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Antisemitism, Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We SharePro-Palestinian Forces Blame Everyone But Themselves
Muslims and Arabs in Maine, Michigan and Los Angeles over the weekend seemed to blame Israel, America and others for everything, but they don’t accept responsibility in the never-ending Israel-Hamas war. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined ContributorsIsraeli Native Provides Insights into U.S. Record Industry and Boxing World
Although never an A-Lister, Ganon’s singing was exceptional enough to earn the respect of such an A-Lister as Penny Marshall. Similarly, her public relations skills won her the admiration of former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier. Marshall and Frazier, now both deceased, are among the people Ganon writes about extensively in this stream-of-consciousness, tell-not-quite-all memoir. [Donald H. Harrison]
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