SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Local playwright Janet S. Tiger is on a roll…or is it a bialy? Her latest success was winning first place for Day Job and honorable mention for the Jewish-themed Breeding Grounds in the 2016 Script Tease of New Plays. Breeding Grounds started off this successful year at the Center for Jewish Culture, winning
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Eulogy by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Delivered July 22, 2016 at San Diego, CA SAN DIEGO — The fact that all mortals eventually die has always served as a lesson to the living. We cannot long evade the consciousness of our own mortality, and fail to draw therefrom some fundamental lessons on how to live
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International, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USA
By Eva Trieger VISTA, California -It almost doesn’t matter what’s on stage at the Moonlight Amphitheater because the venue is itself, so enchanting. I said “almost” because of course, to paraphrase some British fellow, the show’s the thing! Moonlight’s production of Titanic:The Musical was aligned with the Broadway production that first opened in 1997, the same year
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Dr. Oded Brosh, a leading expert on nuclear politics, will serve as the Jewish Studies Program’s Visiting Israeli Professor in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017. Dr. Brosh is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy and Director of M.A. Specialization in Diplomacy and Conflict Studies at the Lauder
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International, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Mischa Maisky’s cello was crafted by Domenico Montagnana in Venice, in 1720, the same year that Bach composed his six solo cello suites in Anhalt-Coethen. During two consecutive evenings at Sherwood Hall, as part of Summerfest, sponsored by the La Jolla Music Society, Latvian-born cellist, Maisky, showcased
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As today (Friday, Aug. 26) is National Dog Day, I feel I must pay tribute to Benji, our three- year-old combination Schnauzer and Lhasa Apso. “Benji” is short for Benjamin Harrison, so, in our eyes at least, our dog is very presidential. Every morning when I awaken, Benji
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San Diego County, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host David Epstein and Bradley White at its Sept. 21 Dinner Forum. The two locally recognized financial advisers will discuss “Managing Your Money During Retirement.” The presentation will include a discussion on maximizing your IRA and 401-k funds. and the impact of Brexit on interest rates and
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San Diego Calendar
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A nine-month-long, 10,000 square foot exhibition about the Jews of San Diego, including the community’s history, achievements and troubles since 1850, is now in the design stage with an opening planned in March 2017 at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. Joellyn Zollman, a professor who
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN FRANCISCO, California (Press Release) —The Helen Diller Family Foundation has awarded 14 young leaders from California and across the nation the 2016 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award in recognition of their exceptional leadership and commitment to tikkun olam, repairing the world. At a luncheon at San Francisco’s Four Seasons Hotel, each teen was awarded $36,000
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San Diego County, USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – Human trafficking legislation by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) that would create minimum penalties for those attempting to purchase sex was approved by the State Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 23, on a unanimous 35-0 vote. It will now return to the Assembly for final consideration. Under Assembly Bill 1708, California would, for the first
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In a lovely, verdant garden behind a wrought iron gate, the young King of Navarre and three young lord attendants determine to make their kingdom a wonder of the world for academia. To this end, they sign a vow to forego the pleasures of the flesh and devote
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastCARLSBAD, California (Press Release) — The North County Jewish Center, Chabad at La Costa, is hosting a celebration on Sunday, August 28th from 12 – 3 p.m. and will be honoring the Police and Fire Departments of Carlsbad. The first responders, their support staff, and their families are being invited to come to the Jewish
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San Diego Calendar, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The San Diego Jewish Film Festival will present the San Diego premiere of For the Love of Spock directed by Leonard Nimoy’s son Adam Nimoy on Wednesday, September 21 at 7 p.m. at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theater in the Lawrence Family JCC , 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The film
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Hiney ma tov u’ma-nayim shevet achim gam yachad –Here is something good and nice, two brothers together in unity – Psalm 133 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –2Brothers Restaurant in San Diego is unabashedly Israeli – a sign above the door proclaims it – and brothers Ofer and Amir Grissaro proudly tell visitors that
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County