San Diego County

Blum to head Joan Kroc Institute for Peace, Justice

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Dr. Andrew Blum will take office as the Executive Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) on July 1, succeeding Dr. Dee Aker, who will continue as a strategic peacebuilding advisor, the Institute announced Tuesday. In his current role as Vice President of Planning, Learning, and

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

As one play opens, Old Globe prepares for 2 more

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As luck would have it, our backstage tour of the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego’s Balboa Park came the day before the opening of Camp David, a play by Lawrence Wright which premiered in Washington D.C. and now has its second opening here, at one of America’s

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Middle East, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

LFJCC to feature Hebrew Day School poets May 17

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –Seven students from the Soille Hebrew Day Middle School will be participating in the May 17, 7:15 p.m. Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices program at the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC. Also reading that evening, will be a prize-winning student poet and playwright from Mesa Verde Middle School. Rabbi

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar

Yiddish writer Rosenfarb’s works and life examined

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Perhaps if the late Yiddish novelist Chava Rosenfarb had lived to see how many people crowded the Seuss Room at UCSD’s Geisel Library to hear a discussion about The Tree of Life, her trilogy about life in the Lodz ghetto, the depression she felt over the fate of the Yiddish

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

I-8 Jewish Travel: Jewish physicist developed new pump

-56th in a Series- Exit 23: Lake Jennings Park Road, Lakeside ~ Eddy Pump Corporation, El Cajon By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – A pumping system estimated to save the U.S. Navy millions of dollars over the equipment’s lifetime was invented by a Jewish surgeon with a PhD in fluid dynamics and a master’s in

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

Heartbreak, loss subject of artists’ installation

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story, now deleted, inadvertently carried the wrong photograph.   By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO- Two local artists combined their respective inspiration to create a mini-exhibit as part of a Curation class at University of San Diego. Joshua Levi, photographer, musician, and poet, and Mara Friedlaender, painter, both graduates

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Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

‘Lions mate with lions’ examines life of Francoise Gilot

When I met Françoise Gilot in London in 1968, she seemed impressively confident and highly articulate. Two things she said stick in my memory. One of her regular chores while living with Picasso, she recalled, was to get him out of bed every day around noon. Each time he was reluctant to begin a new

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Two remarkable women: Szekely and Blackstone

  By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — When I was in my twenties, one of my favorite books was, Meetings with Remarkable Men by George Gurdjieff. Just recently, I had my meeting with two remarkable women, Deborah Szekely and Vivian Blackstone. Szkeley just celebrated her 94th birthday and Blackstone will be 88 this summer. When

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International, Michael Mantell, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and Food

Sacha Boutros entertains polyglot SDCE audience

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Mid-City Center is an oasis in the heart of City Heights. It is the main center for the English as a second language, which is part of San Diego Community College District’s Continuing Education Program. The six continuing education centers offer a variety of free classes, including ESL, computer, citizenship

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

ADL: Diverse free speech panel needed at SDSU

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Responding to concerns from community members regarding the placement of and response to posters alleging connections between specific SDSU students and terrorist groups, Tammy Gillies, Regional Director of ADL’s San Diego Regional office said, “The posters placed on SDSU’s campus two weeks ago which targeted individual students because of their affiliations

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education