San Diego County

Immigrant stories told at New Americans Museum

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Immigrants Tammuz Dubnov and Gad Shaanan from Israel and Michel Cohen of Mexico are among 76 New Americans who are featured in an innovative exhibition that was created by the staff of the San Diego Union-Tribune in cooperation with the New Americans Museum at Liberty Station. Each life-size […]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Shimmering Lights bright at SDSU concert

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — A highlight of the Hanukkah week in San Diego was the Broken Consort concert December 4, at Smith Hall, on the campus of San Diego State University. The program was entitled, “Shimmering Lights,” and was based on the newly released album by klezmer violinist Yale Strom, his wife, vocalist

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Book review: ‘Memories, Miracles & Meaning’

Memories, Miracles & Meaning: Insights of a Holocaust Survivor by Fanny Krasner Lebovits (with Selwyn Isakow and Sid Shapira); Mascot Books (c) 2019; ISBN 9781643-071909; 199 pages plus family tree, photos and glossary; $22.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At 96, Fanny Krasner Lebovits is still going strong.  I saw her as recently

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Stand With Us extols Muslim reformer, Christian director

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – – The spotlight of the pro-Israel organization, StandWithUs, shone brightly Tuesday night, Dec. 11, on a Muslim reformer and a Christian evangelist.  Both Shireen Qudosi, a national correspondent for the Clarion Project, and Sara Miller, the outgoing San Diego regional director of the StandWithUs organization, personify the

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Tim Shaw exhibit contrasts with peaceful Balboa Park

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree… By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson SAN DIEGO — The words of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem could well apply to San Diego’s stately Balboa Park, with its landscaped grounds, and 17 museums dedicated to different subjects, as well as centers for music, theater, recreational activities, and of course

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USA

March of Light concludes with chanukiah lighting

Story by Donald H. Harrison, Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Undeterred by last month’s massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, or by more recent anti-Semitic vandalism in Poway, more than 100 Jews and Christians joined in a March of Light late Sunday afternoon, Dec. 9,  from Ashley Falls Park

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA

March for Light set for Dec. 9 in Carmel Valley area

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Rabbi Mendel Polichenco, director of The Chabad Carmel Valley and Del Mar Jewish Center, will join The National March for Light Organization during the last night of Chanukah to spread a message of hope and a firm commitment to transforming the world from darkness to light. Thousands will march across

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Editor’s E-Mail Box: December 5, 2018 (4 items)

U.S. leaders call for a strong Israel The Fifth Annual IAC (Israeli-American Council) National Conference concluded Sunday with remarks from a high-profile lineup of speakers headlined by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-C.A.), wrapping up a four-day display of bipartisan support for the State of Israel over the

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

‘Pride and Prejudice’ sequel enchants in Carlsbad

By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel CARLSBAD, California — On my first visit to the New Village Arts Theatre for me last Sunday, I enjoyed a spritely  performance of Miss Bennet, Christmas at Pemberley. Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon wrote this  charming sequel to Pride and Prejudice  by Jane Austin.   It is  a delightful twist on Austin’s  original

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast