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There are no bad experiences in life, just the ones we don’t learn from. Such is a lesson Gwen Borden, now 93 years old as of March 2025 has lived her life and has taught her daughter Amy Goober. [Cailin Acosta]
Mom’s Life Experiences Helped Daughter Navigate Her Own Life Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Cailin Acosta, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors
-Everybody’s got a story to tell, yet not everyone has the opportunity or chutzpah to share it. Trinity Theatre Company is providing this opportunity with its Third Annual New Works Festival. [Eva Trieger]
Trinity Theatre Company to Introduce 14 New Playwrights Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
The legacy media, aka mainstream media, has harbored a severe anti-Israel bias for decades. It holds Israel to a different standard than any other country, except maybe the US. In fact, it holds Israel to an impossible and deeply hypocritical standard. [Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort]
OpEd: Mainstream Media Abets Antisemitism Read More »
Antisemitism, International, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi
“It’s the final countdown!” I don’t know about you, but my broom has stayed in the kitchen and dining room for the past couple of days sweeping up the matzo crumbs from every meal. [Cailin Acosta]
Passover Nears End; So Too Does Tending to Matzo Crumbs Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Holocaust, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
The structure of Toaff’s story, essentially, is Moisè’s reading and reaction to the revelations in his father’s candid and mostly unapologetic autobiography. [Donald H. Harrison]
A Rabbi Discovers His Father’s Perfidy in This Italian Novel Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Staff and Bylined Contributors
To be really heard is not just about you speaking your truth to a quiet listener. It also depends on the quality of attention of the listener. [Shayna Kaufmann, Ph.D]
Qualities of a Really Good Listener Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Lifestyles, Shayna Kaufmann, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Wow! Wow! Wow! Every once in a while you get to see a show that is so amazing, so well done, so flowing and funny, that you know you’re witnessing the birth of something huge. [Sandi Masori]
If ‘Regency Girls’ Doesn’t Make You Laugh, Nothing Will Read More »
San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
As a pulpit rabbi, I frequently engage with congregants navigating the intricate landscape of identity in America, sometimes hearing the complex sentiment, “I am an American first, a Jew second.” [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
The Case for ‘Dual Loyalty’ Read More »
Antisemitism, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Despite Leviticus dealing with the no longer existing tabernacle and the priests who functioned in it, the book contains important lessons for us today. The following are three such lessons in the portion Shemini (9:1-11:46) as seen by the rational thinker Shadal. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Three Lessons in This Week’s Torah Portion Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors“Did you feel that?” I heard this all day yesterday and even today in the aftermath of an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale and centered near Julian. I checked in with my friends who have balance issues to ask if they were okay and if they needed anything. [Cailin Acosta]
Monday’s 5.2 Earthquake Rattled San Diego County Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Ashley became the driving force for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, legally ending slavery forever. [Jerry Klinger]
James M. Ashley Formally Ended Slavery in the U.S. Read More »
Jerry Klinger, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
While there have been no Jewish characters among the guests at the resorts over the past three seasons, Season 3 did feature a Hebrew song during one episode. What was that song? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
Jewish Trivia Quiz: The White Lotus Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Maybe Sanders, an independent from Vermont, is right. It is possible that Israel has gone too far. As for Risch, we do not want to risk weakening Israel’s military capabilities. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Congressional Debate over Israel and Hamas Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Ruben is preparing for his Bar Mitzvah and getting fitted for his powder blue tuxedo. As the family waits for the great reveal, he comes out in an elegant dress and sings a song he has been practicing. [Cailin Acosta]
‘Transmitzvah’ Tells of a Late Coming-of-Age Ceremony for a Trans-Girl Read More »
Cailin Acosta, International, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast