By Raquel Benguiat SAN DIEGO –Participating in Shabbat services at El Patronato, a beautiful synagogue in Havana, Cuba, was the highlight of my last traveling adventure. My experience included chanting Shabbat prayers among dozens of Jewish locals and visitors, weaving in sections in Spanish sparkled with a charming Cuban accent. The services were led by
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By Carol Davis VISTA, California–When Kathy Brombacher retires this year she will have been at the helm of Moonlight Stage Productions for seventeen years having produced over 200 shows. In other words, she has been there from the beginning. She has been a pioneer for the arts in the North County. It was she who
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Lisa Kron is a political animal. I can identify with that. When her leading character, Ellen, smartly played by Aubrey Saverino, is glued to CNN and/or MSNBC to catch all the political talking heads speaking her language, I get it. And it becomes abundantly clear, as the projections of the still
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Resolutions To Be Presented Before the 23rd Annual Meeting of the United Jewish Fund of San Diego December 8, 1956 Southwestern Jewish Press, November 30, 1956, Page 5 I–Peace in the Middle East — With the Question of permanent peace in the Middle East now on the agenda
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Adventures in SD HistorySAN DIEGO (Press Release)–District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced on Tuesday, Feb. 21, that her office has signed a partnership agreement with the San Diego Unified School District that allows both organizations to support student achievement through various activities and programs, including mapping juvenile crime around schools in order to streamline services to specific regions
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San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— The West Coast Premiere of Jake Heggie’s long waited Moby-Dick finally anchored at The Civic Center for at the opening night production on Feb. 18 and from my seat in row U it was a visually splendid sensation. From the time the theatre went dark and Donald Holder’s brilliant light
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis CORONADO, California—If you ever wondered why Guys & Dolls is my all-time-favorite musical, take a trip to Coronado and catch Lamb’s Players Theatre production of it now. With the wonderful music of Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows based on a story of Damon Runyon characters, it has
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Waters of Eden Board of Directors has passed a resolution stating that the Waters of Eden Mikvah and Educational Center would not build its facility at the base of Cowles Mountain, adjacent to Tifereth Israel. The Waters of Eden Board Resolution was based upon the financial feasibility of constructing the complex
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – After an extensive search process that involved numerous members of the San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) community, Board President Shari Schenk recently announced that Chaim Heller will be the school’s next executive director. Chaim will replace Larry Acheatel, who will be retiring in July after 12 years of distinguished
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San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— (If) life could be a dream, Sha-Boom we could all go back to our high school days and relive the past, ‘Hey nonny ding dong, alang alang …’ Roger Bean’s The Marvelous Wonderettes with musical arrangements by Brian William Baker and Michael Broth’s orchestrations is currently being given a “Sugar
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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis ENCINITAS, California–You don’t have to be politically astute to understand the goings on in An Enemy Of the People. You just have to open a newspaper today and read about this country being torn apart by the political schism that is being ramped up by a few loud, narrow minded and hypocritical
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Joel and Arlene Moskowitz LA JOLLA, California –Seacrest Village Retirement Community in Encinitas is a senior facility where marvels and wonderments occur on a daily basis. Staff members nurture, help, and assist almost 400 resident-seniors who have a myriad of ailments, elements of aging or who have just ‘grown’ older. That is magic. What
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastEditor’s Note: Part 1 of the November 30, 1956 issue was reprinted out of sequence Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Press Notes Southwestern Jewish Press, November 30, 1956, Page 3 By Julia Kaufman “Books lead us into the society of those great men with whom we could not otherwise come into personal contact.
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jessica Kort, communications and program associate for the Jewish Community Foundation, has been named as a fellow of the San Diego Leadership Alliance. Kort will participate for six months in SDLA’s New Leaders Council Institute program, which “provides young progressive professionals with skills and relationships to make changes in
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