By Carol Davis LA JOLLA –There’s something inherently wrong about watching three naïve sixteen year old African American high school girls, or any other children for that matter, chatter and plan about the parties and gifts they would get if they all decided to have babies at the same time. As the mother of three […]
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO – Each year, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County provides many opportunities to connect as a community while helping address the needs of Jews in San Diego, Israel and around the world. Five signature events will be presented under the theme of “Doing a World of Good” as part of the 2012
Malcolm Hoenlein to keynote Men’s Event Read More »
San Diego CalendarHutler-Biran Lecture at S.D. State College Southwestern Jewish Press, August 10, 1956, Page 5 Avraham Biran, Consul General of Israel at Los Angeles, and Albert Hutler, executive director of the United Jewish Fund of San Diego, will speak at the Institute on World Affairs at San Diego State this month. Biran will speak on “The
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By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Imagine that you learned one day that the mother who died during your childhood was, in a sense, still alive; that without your knowledge, or that of any member of your family, cancerous cells from your mother’s cervix had been taken by her gynecologist, cultured in a
Henrietta Lacks studies multiply like cells through S.D. County Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– In recognition of their explosive grassroots volunteer growth, the San Diego Israel Coalition, has joined the internationally leading Israel education organization, StandWithUs as its 14th chapter and to become the leading voice of Israel in San Diego. On Monday, Sept. 19, a celebration kick-off for the new chapter will feature
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO—City Councilwoman Marti Emerald, lone member of the Jewish community now serving on the San Diego City Council, has announced her plan to seek re-election in the new ninth district. The council districts had been increased from eight to nine , resulting in the territory of Emerald’s seventh district being cut nearly in half.
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San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Local premieres are great motivators for audiences interested in seeing productions not mounted in our fair city before. Unless you do a lot of theatre travel to catch world premieres the next best things are local premieres. Ion Theatre Company, always in the front lines of risk taking and in its
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Board of Directors of Waters of Eden /San Diego Community Mikvah & Education Center has announced the appointment of Amy Bebchick as its first Executive Director. Bebchick has more than 15years of experience working in non-profit organizations. She has previously served as Executive Director of Hillel at Miami University, Assistant Director
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Congregation Beth Israel, Southern California’s oldest Jewish congregation, will celebrate its 150th anniversary year by creating a new Torah scroll, hosting seven of America’s most prominent Jewish scholars in a public speaker series, and sponsoring an elegant dinner and special performance by legendary entertainer Mandy Patinkin. Beth Israel’s roots date to
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By Gary Rotto Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — If you even casually follow sports in San Diego, you know the name Trevor Hoffman. Along with Tony Gwynn, Trevor has been one of the faces of the San Diego Padres. Sunday, one of the great personalities of San Diego was honored at Petco Park. He forever
Trevor Hoffman, a great reliever… and mensch Read More »
San Diego CalendarBy Carol Davis CORONADO, California–When Joanna McClelland Glass first met Judge Francis Biddle in 1967 she was in her early twenties and he was 81. She was on the morning side of her life and career he was at twilight of his. He had pretty much ‘done it all.’ She was from the Canadian
Plusses for ‘Trying’ at Lamb’s Players Theatre Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis VISTA, California—It matters not that just last year, The San Diego Repertory Theatre in conjunction with San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts mounted an excellent and lively rendition of the Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan (book), Mark Shaiman (music) and Scott Wittman/Mark Shaiman (lyrics) 2003 Tony Award winning Broadway hit (directed
Hairspray at Moonlight is hair-raising fun Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Gary Rotto Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — Baseball and kosher hot dogs. A new summer time tradition is reprised by the Jewish Federation and the Padres. On a recent homestand, our local nine hosted a Jewish Community Day, the first one organized in conjunction with local Jewish organizations in almost a decade. Back when the Padres
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San Diego CalendarBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — There’s something intriguing about watching two intelligent adults spar over their intended romance leading up to their ultimate marriage…or not. In playwright John Morogiello’s witty and appealing Engaging Shaw now on the Sheryl and Harvey White Stage at the Old Globe Theatre, Rod Brogan (Shaw), Angela Pierce (Charlotte Payne-Townshend),
Engaging Shaw at the Old Globe is just plain good theatre Read More »
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