By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — I recently sat down with Jacob Surovsky, a delightfully talented and innovative young man whom I know from the Guild of Puppetry. Jacob is bringing his fifth show to the San Diego Fringe Festival, Apron Goldswift’s Alien Cabaret. Jacob grew up locally. His family attends Temple Beth El
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) Dr. Robert J. Shillman (known as “Doctor Bob”) of Rancho Santa Fe, California, is so beloved at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology that there is a bronze statue of him on a bench petting a stray cat. He befriended and subsequently adopted “Yitz” during a summer at the Technion nearly 50
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — The holiday of Pesach begins with us recalling our past, and closes with our pledge to the future. The same holds true for In Every Generation, a new play written by Ali Viterbi and directed by Gabrielle Hoyt. The reading took place before a nearly full house at
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — My maternal grandparents were born in the 1800’s in the land that today is known as Israel. They passed away before I was born, and I regret I never got the chance to talk with them and hear their stories. Thus, it is with great interest that I perused
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — A few years ago, I interviewed Todd Salovey about the upcoming Jewish Arts Festival. In it’s third year, he announced a production that was all in Spanish. The audience laughed at him and he said, “Don’t laugh. It’s sold out.” That sellout performance was the work of Teatro Punto
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Eric George Tauber, International, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison; other photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — They sang, they danced, they ate, and, really, what better ways are there to celebrate Israel during its 70th birthday year? On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 17, who better to introduce the outdoor entertainment in Balboa Park’s area of
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Lucky for me, I had my 17-year-old grandson Shor with me at San Diego Pin and Patch Con, which was held in Montezuma Hall at San Diego State University on Saturday. Besides being the photographer for this story, he also was a
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Editor’s Note: The following story is republished from the Member Spotlight section of the Summer 2018 edition of Beth Israel Quarterly, published by Congregation Beth Israel of San Diego. By Janice Alper SAN DIEGO — Team Taliah started several years ago when Taliah Wendoll joined in the Rady Children’s Walk at SeaWorld. Taliah is the captain
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Alon Schuster KIBBUTZ MEFALSIM, Israel — I would like to update you on what is happening here in Sha’ar HaNegev over the past few months. As of last March, the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip began to intensify their attacks on the communities bordering the Gaza Strip, and Sha’ar HaNegev in particular. As of
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Middle East, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Nadav Caine and family are now packing up their belongings as he gets ready to assume a new pulpit in Ann Arbor, Michigan, beginning July 1. Caine, 51, had been with Congregation Ner Tamid in suburban Poway for 12 years, starting with the Conservative congregation during the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Can two genes control your destiny? Recently there’s been an explosion of genetic testing with 75,000 genetic tests on the market and ten new tests entering the market daily. The business of clinical genomics is forecast to grow to a $7.7 billion global industry by 2020. But the testing of two genes–BRCA1 and BRCA2,
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California – A visit on Monday at Seacrest Village Retirement Village to see Cantor Sheldon Merel, 94, the beloved emeritus cantor of Congregation Beth Israel, proved to be doubly interesting. First and foremost, he’s always interesting to talk to. And second, active and physically fit, Merel showed me around the
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – Michael Sonduck, soon to retire as chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, on Sunday, June 10, urged a roomful of well-wishers representing boards, staffs, and financial supporters of some 120 local Jewish organizations in the county, to look beyond their individual organizations
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — For the 9th annual Women of Valor Program, Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival Director, Todd Salovey, and his co-writers, Rebecca Myers, Leah Salovey and Ali Viterbi, once again selected six remarkable women. Six talented actresses, Linda Libby, D. Candis Paule, Elizabeth Schwartz, Eva Barnes, Catalina Maynard, and Elaine Rivkin represented the
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast