San Diego County

Expert on hearing loss to address CBI Men’s Club

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club has scheduled David Ward Ph. D to be its guest speaker at a Sunday Luncheon, Nov. 11, at Congregation Beth Israel, 9001 Towne Centre Drive. Millions of U.S. adults could benefit from using hearing aids.  Ward will discuss hearing loss and hearing devices during an “informational presentation […]

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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education

Photographer Irving Penn in retrospect at MOPA

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If you were a reader of Harper’s Bazaar or Vogue, especially during the 20th century, you might have become very familiar with the fashion photography of Irving Penn, who was born to a Jewish father and Christian mother in 1917.  He took up a camera in the 1930’s and

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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar

‘Hay Fever’ has audience squirming

By Eva Trieger OCEANSIDE, California — What do you get when you combine an aging melodramatic actress, a volatile writer, their two self-absorbed adult children and four unwitting guests? A riotous collection of awkward moments, flaring tempers, emotive displays and loads of fun. Mira Costa College Theater School Director, Eric Bishop, brings us Noel Coward’s delightfully

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Peter Yarrow inspires at nostalgic concert

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Peter Yarrow, the iconic 80-year old folk singer of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, sat on the Garfield Stage at the Lawrence Family JCC, singing and accompanying himself on an acoustic guitar, while his tall son, Christopher, strummed along on a washbasin bass, with a single clothesline string. 

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

Spinning yarns for Seacrest Village’s sukkah

    By Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — Three years ago,  Claire Weiner, a resident at Seacrest Village, decided to start  a creative activity for women to use their hands, eyes, and brains.  By chance, she met  Arlene Schapnick , the Director of the North County Knitting Guild, and  learned  about its program to

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Editor’s E-Mail Box: September 25, 2018 (4 items)

German court dismisses appeal against Kuwaiti Airways discriminatory policy A German court in Frankfurt on Tuesday rejected an appeal by an Israeli passenger barred from boarding a Kuwait Airways flight because of the airline’s strict policy of banning all Israelis. The case had been brought by the Israeli, represented by The Lawfare Project, after he

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International, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food

Beth Israel Men’s Club hosts forum on ballot measures

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– To better understand propositions on the November 2018 ballot, Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host a representative from the League of Women Voters of San Diego at its 6:30 p.m. dinner forum,  Wednesday, October 17, at the Beth Israel campus, 9001 Towne Centre Drive. The League of Women Voters is a

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San Diego Calendar, USA

Joyce Forum Short Film Festival’s special joys

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Joyce Forum Short Film Festival is triply new.  It will screen on October 6th and 7th at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre of the Lawrence Family JCC separately from the San Diego Jewish Film Festival becoming the first Jewish shorts film festival in the world.   As the

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Lawrence Baron, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Week- long ‘Jewish Xperience’ planned Oct. 21-27

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– For several years in San Diego and across the globe for one weekend, Jews in 1500 cities in 97 countries have come together to experience a personally meaningful Shabbat, build community connections and be a part of the worldwide pride, identity and solidarity. This year, the Shabbat San Diego leadership team

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Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar

Israeli diplomat: Truth, peace under Palestinian attack

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Eitan Weiss, deputy chief of mission for the Israel Consulate General in Los Angeles, said during a lunch-time interview here on Thursday  that Israel’s Palestinian opponents neither want peace nor have any regard for the truth. Those pushing BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) against Israel “have no problems

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

Sandi Masori: One Woman, Many Hats

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Sandi Masori is like the song by the Rolling Stones, “She comes in color everywhere… She’s like a rainbow.” She wears many colorful hats in her life as an artist, businesswoman, and single mom. She was the owner of a balloon business, Balloon Utopia, and now owns a business

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Initiative links Jewish teens to service, scholarships

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The teenager in your family may be interested in two related websites.  One, www.motivsandiego.org, will introduce him or her to opportunities around the county to volunteer, and to thereby earn community service credits that are important on college applications.  Although operated under auspices of the Jewish community,

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA