San Diego County

JWV leader navigates patriotic and religious cross-currents

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—As the California commander of the Jewish War Veterans, Allen Miliefsky kept a busy patriotic and inter-religious schedule on Memorial Day.   At Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, he and JWV Post 185 commander Rick Nathanson laid a wreath at the Casket of the Unknown, and later dedicated  a small monument […]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 27, 1956, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Campaign at 70% of Goal; Drive to Close May 20 Southwestern Jewish Press, April 27, 1956, Pages 1, 5 Spurred on by the opening of campaigns in the areas, the $104 minimum Women’s Division luncheon, gifts from an employee group, a treasury gift from the Junior Charity League,

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 13, 1956, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Pioneer Women Southwestern Jewish Press, April 13, 1956, Page 7 Pioneer Women, Negba Club, wishes to thank all of their friends, and members, for their cooperation which contributed to the success of their Rummage Sale. Florence Lebb and Rose Abrams, co-chairmen, and their committee, Rose Brooker, L:illian Yukon,

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 13, 1956, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Lasker Lodge News Southwestern Jewish Press, April 13, 1956, Page 5 Father and Child Night, Lasker Lodge’s annual festive night for parents and children, will be at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 23rd, at Temple Center. An hour-long variety show, m.c.’d byu Al Kaye, will feature an evening

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 13, 1956, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Diet-Schmiet, This Is It! Southwestern Jewish Press, April 13, 1956, Page 3 Monday: Breakfast: Weak tea Lunch: 1 Bouillion cub in ½ cup diluted water Dinner: 3 oz. prune juice (gargle only) Tuesday: Breafast: Scraped crumbs from burned toast Lunch: 1 doughnut hole (without sugar) and 1 glass

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‘Raisin’ The Rent’ rocks with soul

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Calvin Manson founding father and artistic producing director of the Ira Aldridge Repertory Players is mounting his latest in a series of musicals bringing African American voices to the fore; most recently Raisin’ The Rent is now in production at the Lafayette Hotel downstairs in the Mississippi Room and it

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

‘August: Osage County’ an emotional odyssey of Grand Canyon proportions

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — On the way out of the Old Globe Theatre during the second intermission of Tracy Letts’s 3 1/2 hour family drama, August: Osage County, the woman sitting next to me remarked that the Weston family of Letts’s drama made her family look good! My guess is, many in the

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How local universities can spur healthy debate

By Audrey Jacobs and Michael Lurie SAN DIEGO — The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to intensify. This past Sunday, protesters from Palestine and surrounding Arab nations marched on Israel’s borders on all sides and Israeli troops fired in response when the boundaries were breached. Locally, last week pro-Palestinian student groups such as the Muslim Student Union and Students for Justice in Palestine held their annual

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Books being donated for Astor Library’s Jewish book sale

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–Donations of used books are pouring in for the 11th Annual Used Book Sale of the Samuel & Rebecca Astor Judaica Library, which will take place June 15-17 and 19, 2011 at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, 1426 Executive Drive, La Jolla.  Early Bird Special buying hours

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Challenging ‘Asher Lev’ a feature in growing Jewish Festival

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– This year the North Coast Repertory Theatre is mounting Aaron Posner’s adaptation of Chaim Potok’s My Name is Asher Lev on Sunday, June 26 as part of the Jewish Art Festival’s program. The show will officially open on June 4 and the final performance is June 26  at the North Coast

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 13, 1956, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World Staff Fund Campaign Moves Fast–$130,000 Pledged; “Still a Long Way to Go,” Roberts Says Southwestern Jewish Press, April 13, 1956, Pages 1, 4 With the official opening of the 1956 United Jewish Fund campaign less than two weeks old, Milton Y. Roberts, Campaign Chairman, reported that over $130,000 or

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