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    LA MESA, California (Press Release) — The oil paintings of Israeli artist Aaron Zigel will be featured through March 15 at the O’Dunn Fine Art at 8325 La Mesa Bouleverd in La Mesa Village, an international first for the gallery. Zigel, who lives and paints in Raanana, Israel, is represented by several galleries

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –Yiddish travels far and wide. Just ask Chloe Kogan. She makes humorously-illustrated greeting cards with Yiddish proverbs inside, such as “A Fool Falls On His Back And Bruises His Nose” and “Better An Egg Today Than An Ox Tomorrow.” And this card I love, too: “Dress Up A Broom And

By Sheryl Rowling  LA JOLLA, California — In a special pre-opening, underwriters-only screening on Wednesday, Feb. 4, the San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem. Narrated by Alan Alda, with commentary from numerous notables including Gilbert Gotfried, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Fyvush Finkel, and Aleichem’s recently deceased 102 year-old

The American public is not ready to see you the way you want to be seen.-Alice Childress By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In 1955, Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress was slated to be the first Broadway play written by an African-American woman. When the producers asked her to give it a happier ending –and she

By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO– Murder for Two is a madcap musical murder mystery, a two-man tour-de-force with energy, jokes and flair to spare. Created by Joe Kinosian (book and music) and Kellen Blair (book and lyrics), the comedy premiered in 2011 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, followed by a successful run Off Broadway. The current