By Carol Davis CORONADO, California —Farce: sham, circus, mockery, travesty, absurd situation. Call it what you like, but See How They Run is all of the above. Lamb’s Players Theatre in Coronado has little gift for you as the closing months of summer make way for the seriousness of fall. It comes in the form […]
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Abramson, Sklar, Domnitz Accept Leadership In Drive Southwestern Jewish Press, February 8, 1957, Pages 1, 6 Abe Abramson, local carpeting executive, has been appointed Pace-Setters Chairman of the United Jewish Fund of San Diego, it was announced by Dr. Walter Ornstein and Victor Schulman, General Campaign Co-Chairmen. He was joined as a division leader by
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* Jewish War Vets Auxiliary Hold Card Party, Jan. 29th Southwestern Jewish Press, January 25, 1957, Page 5 The Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary will hold a membership luncheon and card party on Tuesday, January 39th, at noon at the North Park Club, 3927 Utah. The luncheon will be catered by the club who promises
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Press Notes Southwestern Jewish Press, January 25, 1957, Page 3 By Julia Kaufman Father of the “Bird” — Fathers and mothers of “Blue Birds” are flying all over town these days delivering cans of peanuts which their young daughters have sold via the telephone for the Camp Fire Girls. * This is news! The story
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Adventures in SD HistoryBy Carol Davis VISTA, California —One cannot escape the relaxed atmosphere under the stars in Vista, in particular under the stars at Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheatre. It’s here where aromas of home packed dinners and snacks permeate the air and theatergoers sit back in their seats with glasses of whatever washing down the goodies waiting
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–A dinner, program and special tribute to Gloria Penner for her ground-breaking contributions to the local media will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 13, as the Women’s History Museum of California celebrates San Diego’s “Broads of Broadcasting” (the women who broke through the barriers in the broadcast world of the
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San Diego CountyLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–The University of California, San Diego on Thursday, Aug. 23, announced that Jerome and Miriam Katzin have endowed a $4 million fellowship fund to support graduate students. UC San Diego’s over 5,000 graduate students raise the caliber of the university’s work by advancing groundbreaking discoveries, driving innovation, and generating new
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San Diego CalendarBy Carol Davis LA JOLLA, Callifornia—To quote Bertrand Russell “War does not determine who is right- only who is left”. Imagine wandering around the world telling the same story, singing the same song for three thousand years? Now imagine how tiring it must be after pouring your heart out telling this story, this tale of
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis CHULA VISTA, California —James Goldman’s 1966 Broadway play, The Lion In Winter premiered at the Ambassador Theatre. It was quickly made into a movie in 1968. Based on Goldman’s play, the audiences ate up the movie and Audrey Hepburn took home an Oscar for her excellent portrayal of the conniving yet somewhat neglected
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Audrey Jacobs and Glenda Sacks Jaffe ENCINITAS, California– “Visiting Israel gave my life purpose,” Ben said the first time we met when he was interviewing to be an intern at Stand With Us through Hillel of North County. He was a joyful and sincere 25 year old, but became very animated when he spoke about
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– Elona Brage, 22 and Sagi Hebron, 18 from San Diego made Aliyah to Israel on Monday, August 13, on a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter Aliyah flight that left out of JFK airport in New York. Immediately after becoming an Israeli citizen, they will be joining the Israel Defense Forces. They boarded the flight Monday
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By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — I have come to realize that one can never be prepared totally for someone to die. I thought that I was. My father lived for over 30 years with congestive heart failure. In May 1981, he suffered a major heart attack. The heart attack was so severe; the
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San Diego CalendarBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Judging from its longevity, Alter Boyz which began its run Off Broadway in March of 2005 and closed on Jan. 2010, making it the ninth longest Off-Broadway musical, there is something some might find appealing at the core of this off-beat musical. It was the winner of the Outer Critics
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By Gary Rotto ENCINITAS, California — My father, Daniel Rotto, a founding member of Congregation Dor Hadash who later served as a president of the Reconstructionist congregation, has died at age 89 at Seacrest Village Retirement Community here. Many of the early meetings of Congregation Dor Hadash were held in the Rotto home, and
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