By Sandi Masori DEL MAR, California — We went on Friday to the media night/ opening night of the San Diego County Fair, (which I can’t help myself, but it will always be the Del Mar Fair to me). This year my youngest, Sky, age 11, came with us and had a great time tasting his
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San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
By Eric George Tauber “The parent who teaches his child, it is as if he had taught his child, his child’s child and so on to the end of generations.” (Talmud Kiddushin 36) CARLSBAD, California — Since 1969, Sesame Street has been teaching lessons in literacy and numeracy as well as kindness and acceptance through puppetry.
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
SAN DIEGO — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club has scheduled Joshua Katz to be its guest speaker at the 6:30 p.m. dinner forum Wednesday, June 20 Dinner Forum. His presentation will cover “How Will the New Tax Law Affect You or Your Business.” This program is open to the entire San Diego Community, both men and women.
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San Diego CalendarBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — twenty high school students competed in the 5th annual Broadway San Diego Awards: Celebrating Excellence in High School Theatre On Sunday night, May 27. The two winners each receive a check for $1,000 toward a scholarship and a chance to go on to the national Jimmy Awards on Broadway.
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The AMC in La Jolla and the Angelika Film Center in the Carmel Mountain area will begin screening on Friday, June 1, the suspenseful Hungarian film 1945 in which the arrival on a train immediately after the Holocaust on an elderly Orthodox Jewish man and his son throws
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Joseph “Chickie” Glickman, a philanthropist who was days away from his 103rd birthday, died at his home in La Jolla on Monday, May 21. Private funeral services were scheduled, with family members planning to observe shiva on Wednesday at a private residence The youngest of nine children, Glickman was raised in Minneapolis,
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyCHULA VISTA, California (Press Release) — In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Temple Beth Shalom is sponsoring Comedy Shmomedy, a troupe that brings together such stand up comedians as Tony Calabrese, Melissa Greenberg, Simon Blackthorn, Scott Blumen and Dr. Abby for a night of laughter and joy. The performance will be held at the Temple
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The Mingei International Museum’s current exhibition of Israeli crafts and design is a retrospective that incorporates aspects of the Jewish State’s history with what the exhibit’s curator, Smadar Samson, describes as four major themes of that nation’s experience. These themes are 1) invoking the collective memory of the
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Isaac Artenstein’s newest documentary, To The Ends of the Earth: A Portrait of Jewish San Diego, which is on sale at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park, tapped present and past Jewish leaders of San Diego to narrate the story of 168 years of Jewish settlement
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (SDJW)– The exhibition, “Celebrate San Diego: The History and Heritage of San Diego’s Jewish Community,” will close on Sunday, June 3, at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. As a send off, the History Center is holding a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.,Thursday, May 31, at which the exhibition’s curator,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego (JCF) recently named Bryan Pepper as its Vice President of Philanthropy and Social Impact. In this newly established position, Bryan will engage existing donors to ensure that they realize their philanthropic and social investment goals. Bryan will also spearhead efforts to initiate and
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San Diego CountyBy Bruce F. Lowitt CLEARWATER, Florida — Donald H. Harrison’s 77 Miles Of Jewish Stories, a journey along the Kumeyaay Highway (better known as Interstate 8) from the Pacific Ocean to San Diego County’s eastern border, is a wonderful companion to his earlier work, Schlepping Through The American West, vividly revealing often little-known nuggets of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Bruce F. Lowitt, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Jewish Family Service of San Diego’s (JFS) annual luncheon to support mental health awareness will take place on Wednesday, May 30 at 11 a.m. at the La Jolla Hyatt, with author and performer Judy Batalion sharing her humorous and insightful account of hoarding, healing, and the effects of the Holocaust on
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, San Diego CalendarBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Hannah Senesh (1921-1944) and Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) were two of Israel’s most celebrated poets. Their works will be featured in Poets of the Past at the Astor Judaica Library, Lawrence Family JCC on Wednesday evening, May 23, 7:00 p.m. Rabbi Martin Lawson, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Emanu-El, will speak
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar