San Diego County

‘Comedy Shmomedy’ delights, offends at Beth Shalom

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori CHULA VISTA, California – There were at least two good reasons why the Comedy Shmomedy show featuring five stand-up comedians was staged in the social hall of Temple Beth Shalom rather than in its sanctuary. First, it allowed for table seating and the sale of

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Noah would be proud of Dr. Gary Weitzman

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word, humane, as “being marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals”. This is a good description of Dr. Gary Weitzman, president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society (SDHS) and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Giving

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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, The World We Share

Polin wins Jewish leadership award

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – San Diego Jewish community leader, Lori Polin, will be awarded the 2018 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award for her extraordinary involvement and leadership in our local community. The prestigious, internationally recognized Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award is given to Lions of Judah who have demonstrated the highest ideals of leadership and involvement. Winners are chosen

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San Diego County, USA

$1000 reward for capture of anti- Semitic vandal(s)

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)  — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced Wednesday it is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the hateful graffiti on a sign celebrating the new UCSD Hillel center in La Jolla this past weekend. “We hope this reward facilitates the quick

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

Klezmer Summit felt like a casual hamische party

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The Lyceum Theatre was pretty packed on a Tuesday night –not too shabby- for the 17th Annual Klezmer Summit. The upper gallery featured Yale Strom’s photo portraits of the Jews still living in Eastern Europe. Shot in stark black and white, they evoke a mystical world where time waits

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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

SDSU to move its Special Collections

SAN DIEGO  (Press Release) –Every year, Professor Beth Pollard (History) brings classes to San Diego State University’s Love Library’s Special Collections and University Archives unit. She knows her students succeed when they are exposed to rare, unique, and fragile books, periodicals, manuscripts, audio/visual materials, art, and ephemera.  Among the collections housed in Special Collections are

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Hillel at UC San Diego target of vile graffiti

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Hillel of San Diego condemns the vile graffiti that appeared over the weekend on a sign announcing the development of the Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center at UC San Diego. The graffiti, which reads “Fuck All You!” was discovered Monday morning by Hillel supporters. The Glickman Hillel Center

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Over $3 million raised for Seacrest Village

  ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) –Seacrest Foundation held the Women’s Auxiliary Diamond Anniversary Gala at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla on Saturday, June 2 celebrating 75 years of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities being a lifeline in our community. Co-Chaired by Anne Nagorner & Suzi Feldman the evening honored their parents, Lee & Frank Goldberg. The

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San Diego County

‘Wings of Eagles’ airlift from Yemen retold by aviator

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – To fellow aviators, perhaps, Elgen M. Long is best known as the man who in 1971 first flew around the world over both the North and South Poles.  Additionally, he is admired for his research into the disappearance of aviators Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan in 1937

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Honors galore for Holocaust survivor Ruth Sax, 89

By Sandra Scheller CHULA VISTA, California — At the age of 89, my mother Ruth Sax never thought that she would see a college diploma in her hand let alone an honorary diploma. Between the ages of 13-17 Ruth was robbed of her education as she survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Oederan concentration camps. Once she

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, San Diego County