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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By 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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San Diego CalendarBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — In this day of ‘throw away’ there are a few treasures worth keeping. Take for example the Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) and Harvey Fierstein (book) La Cage Aux Folles based on the 1973 French play of the same name by Jean Poiret. The show first hit Broadway in
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By Dagmar Bjork SAN DIEGO – I recently joined Girls Give Back, a program of Jewish Family Service, to participate in its “Making Money, Making Change” summer session. This was my first time in the program, and I absolutely loved every minute of it. I learned so many important skills – not only for business ventures,
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By Mimi Pollack SPOKANE, Washington — Rabbi Tamar Malino is full of hope and optimism. She has started a new life in Spokane after leaving San Diego in 2008. She still has fond memories of her former congregation in Poway where she was both assistant rabbi and rabbi at Temple Adat-Shalom. In 2008, Rabbi Tamar
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego CalendarBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO –If you’ve ever tried to run interference with your child’s ‘play’ or playground shenanigans you will understand why Yasmina Reza’s God Of Carnage is so spot on funny and tragic at the same time. Oh, I’m not saying that parents shouldn’t be aware of what takes place on the playground
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By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO –A child animator who has won several awards for his work on a movie about the Holocaust now has another poignant story he’s illustrating, one that tells the story of his father’s determined but ultimately unsuccessful battle against cancer. San Diegans first met Perry Chen, 12, through his early career as
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San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — The more things change, the more they stay the same. When Luis Valdez wrote Zoot Suit in the 1970’s, he could never have imagined that it would make as much impact today as it did when it premiered at the Mark Taper Forum in 1978. Zoot Suit is the
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Eight-grade San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) student Jonah Kohn has won in his age group at the Google Science Fair and became one of three overall winners July 23 in the Palo Alto competition as decided by an elite group of judges that included Nobel laureate Ada Yonath and Stephen Myers, the scientist heading
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San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis VISTA, California — When Tevye, one of the most celebrated milkmen in the history of Broadway and star of the Joseph Stein (book), Jerry Bock (music) and Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) musical, Fiddler On The Roof, tries to explain to the audience why Jews do certain things (like keeping their heads covered all
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Put on your dancing shoes and make haste to the Civic Theatre downtown. Memphis, the La Jolla Playhouses-bred musical that wound it’s way to Broadway picking up four Drama Desk Awards, four Outer Circle Awards and four Tony Awards including Best Musical along the way, is back in town for a
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– Seacrest Village Retirement Communities hosted its annual 211 Club Patron Recognition Party this past Sunday, July 22. Over 125 members of the 211 Club gathered at the home of Esther & Bud Fischer to visit with friends and make new friends while celebrating their commitment to the charitable mission of
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — During June, 2012, a dozen teen girls from San Diego spent a week participating in the Girls Give Back “Crafting Social Change” program, where they learned how to give back to the community through the arts. Girls Give Back, a program of Jewish Family Service empowers teens to become the next generation of
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