By Mimi Pollack LEMON GROVE, California — In her 80 years, Janet Gastil has worn many hats and is a true renaissance woman. She has been a wife and mother, teacher, musician, realtor, and politician to name the most important ones. Janet Manly Gastil was born in 1936 in Long Island, but moved to San
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The ninth season of Jewish Poets–Jewish Voices, opened Tuesday, January 17, in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC, with a stellar trio of local poets who came from three different regions of the world and shared poetry in Hebrew, English and Yiddish. Israeli poet, Ilana
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Sky M. Masori SAN DIEGO – LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya has solved one of Balboa Park’s greatest problems: how to see as much as possible in an hour or so. With 18 museums of varying size and subject matter to tempt them, San Diegans know that it takes
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USABy Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California –Temple Adat Shalom has decided to prohibit three types of groups from utilizing its facilities. They are groups that: *Endorse or promote anti-Semitism, other forms of bigotry, violence or other extremist views; *Actively seek to proselytize Jews away from Judaism; or, *Advocate for or endorse, undermining the legitimacy of
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego CountyForget sanctuary cities: The next heated congressional battle on immigration could be over “sanctuary campuses” – colleges and universities who say that unless they’re forced by law, they’ll resist any cooperation with federal immigration agents. Dozens of schools have already declared themselves sanctuaries and many more are debating the move, and Rep. Duncan Hunter, California
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Jenn Lindsay ROME, Italy — Two weeks after I met the man who would become my husband, we were sitting on the moonlit front porch of a house in Umbria, breathing in the fresh air of the Italian countryside. If we had been from the same country, we might have been nervous about our
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International, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food
By Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — High school photographers from throughout San Diego convened recently at San Diego City College where they practiced lighting techniques, working with models, developing photos the old-fashioned way in the dark room, and finding beauty in small objects. Being a student at Patrick Henry High School, I was privileged
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. MasoriBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – On both the local and national levels, I feel that someone ought to speak up for keeping calm. Yes, the Chargers have moved to Los Angeles after 56 years in this market place. For so many loyal fans, it is sad, disappointing, but hardly the end of the world. Relax
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The artwork, lives, and Jewish heritage of three San Diego artists are explored in a new fine art exhibition Art & Heritage opening January 28 at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. The works of featured artists Belle Baranceanu, Maurice Braun, and Harry Sternberg will complement a
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Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CalendarThe San Diego Chargers are bolting to Los Angeles. Owner Dean Spanos officially announced his plans to move the franchise to Los Angeles after 56 seasons in San Diego. “Today, we turn the page and begin an exciting new era as the Los Angeles Chargers,” Spanos wrote in a letter on the team’s website. “LA
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San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In two years’ time, the Jewish Federation will completely cease giving “unrestricted funds” to San Diego County’s Jewish agencies and schools and re-channel the money it collects from donors to various kinds of community collaborations, including initiatives to draw teens, “NextGen” 20-somethings, seniors and unaffiliated families closer to
By Chris Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — In a breakthrough cuisine at UC San Diego and a plus for the community, a renovated campus restaurant offering hot kosher meals and Halal-friendly ingredients hosted its grand opening Wednesday. And UCSD freshman Nora Yagolnitser’s Jewish grandmother approves. Yagolnitser went to the “soft opening” of
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Jana Mazurkiewicz SAN DIEGO — Cygnet Theatre organized an informal lunch conversation earlier this month about Joshua Harmon’s comedy Bad Jews that will premiere in San Diego on January 12th. The meeting gathered journalists, theater enthusiasts, and cultural activists representing Jewish organizations based in San Diego. Cygnet Theatre’s artistic director, Sean Murray, and the marketing director, Autumn
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) will hold its annual Heart & Soul Gala at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine on Saturday, April 1 at 6 p.m. At its signature benefit gala, JFS will share its recent success as a community resource for individuals and families working to
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