Middle East

Music, dance in ‘Salome’ both disappoint

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson TEL AVIV, Israel — “I don’t know how you can go to an opera,” my grown-up nephew said. “A play, OK; a movie, fine. But opera?” “It’s a show. It’s fun,” I replied. “There’s music, movement, action, drama, costumes. It’s like a kids’ show for grown-ups.” But after spending a night with Richard […]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 24, 2019 (6 items)

Federal court in Arkansas upholds anti-BDS legislation A federal court in Arkansas upheld the constitutionality of statewide anti-BDS legislation, striking a blow to BDS activists and constitutional challenges that such laws violate the First Amendment right of free expression on January 23, 2019. The American Civil Liberties Union in behalf of the Arkansas Times, LP,

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International, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 23, 2019 (3 items)

Jewish Federation joins in International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration  The Jewish Federation of San Diego County joins communities around the world on January 27th in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “On this somber day, we remember the six million precious men, women, and children who were murdered simply because they were Jewish,” said Michael

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Less costly Israeli weaponry improves U.S. defense

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen   WASHINGTON, DC. — If necessity is the mother of invention, Israel has come up with missile defense systems that meet its necessities and which others are now keen to deploy. On Israel’s southeast, the Hamas arsenal includes mortars and rockets including the upgraded Qassam, Katyusha, GRAD and the new

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USA

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

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

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

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

Bari Weiss offers JNF a lexicon for Jewish discussions

  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

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

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

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