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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Jan. 11, 1957, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Jewish Social Service Agency Slates Panel Speakers at Annual Meeting Southwestern Jewish Press, January 11, 1957, Page 4 Dr. Walter Ornstein, President of the Jewish Social Service, a Red Feather Agency, is inviting all persons interested to the annual dinner meeting which will take place Wednesday, January 16, […]

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‘Swingers’ raise $150,000 for Seacrest Village

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)–Guardians of San Diego, led by planning committee co-chairs James Haimsohn and John Kassar raised over $150,000 for Seacrest Village Retirement Communities at the 21st Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament “Take a Swing for Seacrest” held July 16 at the exclusive Del Mar Country Club. Guardians of San Diego hosted over 115

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‘Inherit the Wind’ monkeys with the facts–to good effect

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–I’m always thrilled at the quality of the actors who come to San Diego to be a part of the Old Globe’s outdoor summer festival who are able to appear in at least two, if not all three of the shows that are shown in Repertory. After seeing all three, it still

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Man of La Mancha.’ a story within a story, at the Cygnet

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– What’s there not to like about a musical with a playlist that includes: “Man of La Mancha” (“I Don Quixote”), “I Really Like Him”, “Little Bird, Little Bird”, “Golden Helmet of Mombrino”, “To Each His Dulcinea”, “Night of the Woeful Countenance”, “A Little Gossip” and  “The Impossible Dream” just to

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Silberman new Jewish Community Foundation chair

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Community Foundation Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Jeff Silberman as its new Board Chair, succeeding Emily Einhorn, who served for two years with distinction Silberman’s leadership experience includes seven years as a Foundation Board member, including serving as Vice Chair and Human Resources Committee Chair.

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Who was the better artist: DaVinci or Michelangelo?

 By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— The rivalry between Da Vinci and Michelangelo was a big deal back in 1504, Florence. Imagine pitting these two art giants of the Renaissance, one against another in a painting duel? Michelangelo was an up and comer and Da Vinci was already a well-established inventor, musician, writer and painter of

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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Kavod Elementary names Cinda Doughty as director

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Kavod Elementary Charter School, San Diego’s first and only Hebrew language charter school, will open this September in Clairemont (92111) with veteran charter school leader Cinda Doughty at its helm. Kavod Elementary was approved by the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education in late March. Kavod, the Hebrew word for

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Holocaust imagery has no place in Shakespeare comedy

.  By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — About ten minutes into director Adrian Noble’s rendering of Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy, As You Like It, the strangest sight of all left me awe-struck. After the opening scenes were played and we got the gist of Shakespeare’s charming garden romp, (more on that later) a set of metal

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Man Who Came to Dinner’ is delicious fun

  By Carol Davis  CORONADO, California—If you are in the mood for some good old-fashioned fun, the Coronado Playhouse is mounting the riotous George Kaufman/Moss Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner. It’s one of those classic oldies (1939) but goodies that, for some reason don’t get produced very often. Thanks to director Ruff

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast