That drawing inspired Gmach to develop “We Are The Tree of Life,” a project focusing on Holocaust education utilizing the arts to promote a message of hope and survival. Literature, music, dance, poetry and drawings created by prisoners in the concentration camps and ghettos during World War II show that beauty can survive, even when experiencing unspeakable horrors. [Eileen Wingard]
County of San Diego Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer said Thursday the Human Relations Commission should suspend its meetings and activities until the systemic issues that have plagued the volunteer commission since its reinstatement in 2020 are thoroughly addressed. {Press Release]
We follow the story of two murderesses; Roxie Hart (Katie Frieden) and Velma Kelly (Kaitlin Brown) and their sensational murder trials. Being that it’s set in the roaring 20s which didn’t have modern day social media, the flashy and charismatic and lawyer Billy Flynn (Connor Sullivan) is able to manipulate the press and jury with wild and conflicting stories about his clients, or as he calls it razzle-dazzle, in his attempts to acquit his client. [Sandi Masori]
‘Chicago’ Features Minimal Set and Costumes, Maximal Choreography Read More »
Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
In 2022, a team of researchers from Professor Slutsky’s laboratory uncovered a pathological brain phenomenon in an animal model that precedes the first appearance of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms by many years. This is an increased activity in the hippocampus during the states of anesthesia and sleep, which results from damage to the mechanism that stabilizes the neural network. [Press Release]
Tel Aviv University Researchers Identify Alzheimer’s Precursor Activity in the Brain Read More »
Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education
At the performance in Tel Aviv last week the audience sat in rapt silence as the orchestra played and the choir and soloists sang, bringing the majesty and drama of Verdi’s music to life. In Israel of today, with war being waged in the Gaza Strip and skirmishes raging in the north of the country, the performance of the Requiem has special significance. In the plaza of the nearby Tel Aviv Museum families of the hostages held in Gaza were demonstrating in order to convince the government to do more to get them released. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ Revisited in Tel Aviv Performance Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Sketch comedy on The Carol Burnett Show, where he appeared for ten years as a regular with Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner, and with frequent guest Tim Conway, brought Korman four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. [SDJW staff]
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Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Today's Jewish Birthday, USA
In honor of its jubilee year, the 50th year since the orchestra was founded, TICO is performing at each of its concerts the fifth symphony of a great master. This concert opened with the most famous of all, Beethoven’s Fifth. [Eileen Wingard]
Praise for ‘Fifths’ Series Celebrating TICO’s 50th Anniversary Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
I was reminded of Israel’s military tour de force in Entebbe when I read of the recent rescue of hostages Fernando Marman, 60, and Luis Har, 70, from a Rafah apartment. The reuniting of the hostages with their families and community members brought elation and joy to them. [Amy Neustein, Ph.D]
Rescue of 2 Hostages from Gaza was an Entebbe-Type Moment Read More »
Amy Neustein, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
President Joe Biden, a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” insists that Hamas must be rewarded for its genocidal war against Israelis with a state of its own, a State of Palestine. [Steve Kramer]
OpEd: The Call for Two-States after Hamas Massacred 1,200 Israelis is an Insult Read More »
Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer, USA
Bernstein and Woodard became journalistic heroes, recounting their experiences in the book All the President’s Men, which later became a movie starring Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein and Robert Redford as Woodward. A follow up book, The Final Days, chronicled Nixon’s last days in office. [SDJW staff]
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Staff and Bylined Contributors, Today's Jewish Birthday, USA
Faulconer called the incumbent’s vote “not only disrespectful to the people she claims to represent, but it is also dangerous because of the message it sends to our Jewish community…” [SDJW staff]
Observing portions of the proceedings affirmed for me why the filibuster is a waste of time. I watched the senators take three cloture votes. A version of the bill combining border security with foreign aid failed the first cloture vote. Cloture votes for two subsequent versions passed after border security was dropped from the bill. [Bruce Ticker]
Senate Filibusters Imperil Overseas Lives Read More »
Bruce Ticker, International, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAA Super Bowl advertisement that the Jewish state purchased to call attention to hostages being held captive in the Gaza Strip by Hamas “undermines the integrity of broadcasting standards” and “misleads the public by not providing necessary context about the ad’s origins.” That’s according to Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. [JNS.org]
Arab-American Organization Complains About ‘To All the Dads’ Super Bowl Commercial Read More »
Israel, JNS, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA, Videos
She suggested a dish from the Brazilian state of Bahia, Moqueca. It’s a curry-style fish dish (I asked them to hold the shrimp) that is served with rice. While there’s no actual curry in it — because the sauce is made with coconut milk and has bell peppers — the flavor reminded me of Thai food. It was a little sweet, but also savory from the bell peppers. Pretty good actually. [Sandi Masori]
Brazucas! A Taste of Home Cooking at Brazil By the Bay Read More »
International, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food