Middle East

CORONADO, California (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education continues its Coronado lecture series this month with Professor Chanan Naveh, Sapir College & Hebrew University. Naveh’s lecture will take place in the Winn Room of the Coronado Library (640 Orange Avenue, Coronado) on Feb. 17 at 10:30 am. His lecture is titled, “The Palestinian-Israeli Web War.” Not […]

By Yvonne Greenberg LA JOLLA, California — The first film ever made by Ethiopian Israelis,  Zrubavel, a drama, provides great insight into their way of life, about which many Israelis have had  heretofore little interest in exploring.  Kudos to Shmuel  Beru, also an Ethiopian Israeli and its filmmaker, writer, and director, who at the age of eight courageously walked

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– I should perhaps be out on the barricades protesting against the growing haredi domination of Israel. Apart from some disaffected children who grew up in liberal Jewish households, particularly in America, and are “born again,” the high birthrate and culture of early marriage steadily increases the ultra-Orthodox population. The demographic imbalance

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Yoav Talmi peppered his talk with humorous anecdotes as he described the development of orchestras in Israel, several coming into being because of the large influx of Russian-born musicians. The January 11 lecture in the JCC’s Garfield Theare drew a large and appreciative audience.      When Talmi spoke