SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Following one of the most bitter, divisive and exhausting presidential races in the history of the United States, the opportunity to celebrate a well-deserved Sabbath as a global community will take place on the very first weekend after Election Day on the Shabbat of November 11th and 12th, the Third Annual […]
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — How far can you run from yourself? Playwright Ayad Akhtar gives us Amir, a man born in America to Pakistani Muslim parents. But he describes his heritage as “Indian” because Americans find it less threatening. Amir calls the Koran “one long hate-mail to humanity.” He felt that he
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has been awarded more than $945,000 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, as part of the Administration on Agings Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative: Specialized Supportive Services (ADI-SSS) program. The funds allow JFS to fill existing service gaps and
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — The Israeli duo, violinist Asi Matathias and pianist Victor Stanislavsky, shone in their recent recital at the Encinitas Library, under the auspices of Virtuosi USA, a concert series sponsored by the Friends of Musical Arts, under the direction of Michael Tseitlin. Matathias and Stanislavsky have performed in San Diego
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “Truth’s a game. It’s the lies that are deadly serious.” Imagine that your country is invaded and your king takes refuge in your house. The invading soldiers knock on your door and ask if you know the whereabouts of your king. You must now choose between your duty
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Club)–State Senator Marty Block will be guest speaker at Beth Israel Men’s Club Nov. 16 Dinner Forum. Senator Block is the California State Senator for Senate District 39. He previously represented California’s 78th State Assembly district from 2008 to 2012. He plans to give a legislative summary in preparation for his planned retirement at the end of his current
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San Diego CalendarPOWAY, California (Press Release) — As part of its Love of Israel series, Temple Adat Shalom presents 1913: Seeds of Conflict, a documentary directed by award-winning filmmaker Ben Loeterman, who will be joining us via Skype for a live discussion following the screening. Breaking new ground and laying bare old myths, the film explores the little-known history
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Joey Landwher is a community treasure! On Tuesday, October 18, The San Diego City Council will be recognizing him by officially proclaiming Joey Landwehr Day to honor his dedication to the theatrical arts and to youth. This New York actor and director, who worked on and off Broadway,
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — Cantor William Tiep, of Temple Solel, is to be commended for having the temple cosponsor a concert of Jewish Music, presented last Saturday evening by the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale, in the temple’s Social Hall. The program, scheduled between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, featured a varied
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyLOS ANGELES — The Rev. Al Sharpton on Wednesday called on the Justice Department to investigate the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last month by an El Cajon police officer, a shooting he called “egregious at best.” Flanked by members of Alfred Olango’s family at a news conference in South Los Angeles, Sharpton
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San Diego County, USALA JOLLA, California (Press Release) –Holocaust survivor Lou Dunst could have lived life consumed by anger and resentment after his horrific experiences during World War II. He had been left for dead in the Ebensee concentration camp in Austria when United States troops broke through the gates with a military tank. Soon after his liberation
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Jewish History, San Diego CountyBy Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — It’s been almost two weeks since the fatal shooting of a mentally unstable black man in El Cajon. This shooting in particular bothered me because I always felt that we were different in San Diego County. I worked for the San Diego City Council when the SDPD instituted the
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The teacher sets up a buffet of delicious, healthy foods in the classroom and after the students finish their surprise lunch, the teacher asks a deceptively simple question: “What did you eat?” But he or she is not looking for the items that would be listed on a
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Seventy-five years later, Lazar Abramovitch finally had his bar mitzvah on Thursday, Oct. 6, at a special ceremony held at Jewish Family Service’s Jacobs Family Campus. Abramovitch, 88, had hoped to celebrate the advent of Jewish adulthood on his 13th birthday, but the German Nazi invasion of the
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