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Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 22, 2019 (4 items)

January 22, 2019

Official release for Fanny Krasner Lebovits’ Holocaust memoir Tuesday, Jan. 22, was the official release date for Memories, Miracles & Meaning — Insights of a Holocaust Survivor by San Diegan Fanny Krasner Lebovits. Congregation Beth El, 8660 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, will host a book sale and signing for the 96-year-old author at 6 p.m., […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Book Review: ‘A Time Out of Joint’

January 21, 2019

A Time Out of Joint: A Journey from Nazi Germany to Post-War Britain by Roland Hill; The Radcliffe Press, 2007 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I picked this book up as its title is very similar to a novel of mine (both quoting Hamlet) and its subtitle describes a path very similar to the one

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International

Movie in the works about life of Ruth Sax

January 21, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sandy Scheller and filmmaker Olena Zernychenko have been collaborating on a movie about Scheller’s mother, Ruth Goldshmiedova Sax, a Holocaust survivor who died at age 90 at the end of last year. “Ruthie” Sax had been a popular speaker throughout San Diego County, whose willingness to share her

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Lawrence Baron, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 21, 2019 (3 items)

January 21, 2019

TICO to combine for concerts with Jewish Men’s Choir and pianist Jessie Chang The Jewish Men’s Choir, directed by Ruth Weber, will share a “Piano and Voice” program with pianist Jessie Chang, who will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #3 at two concerts with the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra. The first will be held at 4

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Seven political leaders call for unity in Ha’aretz ad

January 21, 2019

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A full-page ad in Monday’s Ha’aretz purports to speak on behalf of more than a million Israeli voters who demand a government of unity in place of the present seemingly dysfunctional setup. As none of the seven political leaders depicted in the ad are members of the current administration,

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Middle East

SDIJFF Preview: ‘Good Words, Good Deeds’

January 20, 2019

Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds: The Conductor Zubin Mehta, a documentary directed by Bettina Ehrhardt, English, German, Italian, 2016, 89 minutes, final movie of San Diego International Jewish Film Festival, to be shown at Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, on Sunday, February 17, 7:45 p.m. By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Plethora of parties to compete in Israeli elections

January 20, 2019

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A short while ago we heard that 111 political parties had registered as candidates for the April election. Most are a motley collection with no chance of passing the lower limit for representation. Along with some destined for alliance, are some reflecting splits in existing groups. At the center of

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Israel- bashing caucus unlikely to change

January 20, 2019

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Perhaps the new Israel-bashing caucus in Congress will evolve into a more evenhanded throng. Perhaps. It would be nice if Democrats Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would become more reasonable when they talk Israel, but it is doubtful that will happen. They behave as if they

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Middle East, USA

Bari Weiss offers JNF a lexicon for Jewish discussions

January 20, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss on Sunday, Jan. 20, previewed for 450 supporters of the Jewish National Fund a book she is currently writing, The New Seven Dirty Words, about important yet controversial terms that often are used in discussions about Jews and Israel. Featured

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Survivor’s son tracks down his father’s WWII story

January 20, 2019

Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch; © 2019; ISBN 9781526-740229; 274 pages plus author’s note and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Released for publication on Jan. 19, this book is a combination memoir and biography; a memoir by son

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 18, 2019 (5 items)

January 18, 2019

Rep. Davis criticizes Trump’s cancellation of Speaker’s flight; Surveys partial shutdown views Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Speaker-led congressional delegation, of which she was a member, to visit troops in Afghanistan. “For a president to cancel and leak the details of

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Middle East, USA

If Jews had saints, here are one author’s nominees

January 18, 2019

Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg, © 2018; Gefen Publishing, ISBN 9789652-298812; 187 pages including afterword and sources. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – You might call this book a Jewish hagiography, one which may be interesting for Young Adults to read but really not suitable for quotation in

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Netanyahu provokes crises for election purposes

January 18, 2019

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Mark Lavie has had a distinguished career in journalism. I well remember listening to his informative and unbiased reports from Israel on CBC radio. He has also written books. The latest is called, Are We Still Afraid? I gather from his piece on the “Jewish Website” of January 17

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Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 17, 2019 (3 items)

January 17, 2019

Temple Emanu-El, College Avenue Center open again for business A water main break had forced Temple Emanu-El in the Del Cerro area of San Diego to close for a few days, but as of Thursday, Jan. 17, the Reform congregation is back to normal. Similarly, the College Avenue Center, a program by Jewish Family Service

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 22, 2019 (4 items)

Book Review: ‘A Time Out of Joint’

Movie in the works about life of Ruth Sax

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 21, 2019 (3 items)

Seven political leaders call for unity in Ha’aretz ad

SDIJFF Preview: ‘Good Words, Good Deeds’

Plethora of parties to compete in Israeli elections

Israel- bashing caucus unlikely to change

Bari Weiss offers JNF a lexicon for Jewish discussions

Survivor’s son tracks down his father’s WWII story

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 18, 2019 (5 items)

If Jews had saints, here are one author’s nominees

Netanyahu provokes crises for election purposes

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 17, 2019 (3 items)

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