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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California –Two great Jewish poets of the past, Rachel Blawstein and Saul Tchernichovsky, will be featured at the Tuesday evening, “Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices” program February 17, 7 p.m. at the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC. Tchernichovsky’s life and poetry will be introduced by the eminent Judaic Scholar, Dr.

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California -When Artistic Director David Ellenstein takes the stage, audiences can bet that they are in for a great show. In the past few years we’ve been treated to the director as actor in Tally’s Folly, My Name is Asher Lev, and recently at the Moonlight, Fiddler on the Roof.  

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — We often are told that we should count our blessings everyday. I never bothered until I read the study by Dr. Robert A. Emmons, professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis. In researching gratitude, Dr. Emmons found that study participants who kept a list of

By Sheryl Rowling LA JOLLA, California –Described in IMDB as a “gentle, nuanced look at two people from very different communities who connect and fall in love,” Felix and Meira tells the story of a confined ultra-Orthodox wife seeking freedom. Or, it tries. Unfortunately, nothing worked in this film. Meira spends her time pouting and staring

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Run Boy Run follows the harrowing odyssey of a Polish-Jewish youngster named Srulik who evades betrayal by anti-Semitic Poles and capture by the Germans for three years.  Through flashbacks, the audience learns that his father had him smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto after he promised that he would survive

By Sheryl Rowling LA JOLLA, California — The French film L’Antiquaire (in English, The Art Dealer) is a suspense drama addressing artwork stolen by the Nazis and the difficulties facing family survivors in attempting to reclaim their rightful property. French Jewish journalist Esther discovers that a recently acquired painting by her art dealer husband has a

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Women’s Philanthropy Division of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County is orchestrating a community wide art drive, dubbed Art from the Heart, in recognition of this year’s International Good Deeds Day, which will come to full fruition on March 15. Through collaboration with several community partners, Federation will be collecting

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –Quite a few Jewish songwriters have written famous Christmas songs that America listens to year after year. And taking my cue from them, I recently tried my hand at writing a Christian-themed NASCAR song, co-written with President Obama, as you will see as you continue reading this article. I