By Robert Gluck/JNS.org Tonight, April 24, audiences around the country can feel what it is like to be William Shatner, the Jewish actor best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek. Shatner’s one-man show “Shatner’s World”—which was on Broadway and toured Canada, Australia, and the United States—will be presented in […]
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –Chairs were crowded into a yoga studio at the School for Healing Arts in the Pacific Beach neighborhood. with sit-upons in the front row. With my background in children’s theatre, I know how much fun it can be to have your audience actively participate rather than passively watch. While
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Travel and FoodBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO -A Shuffle Concert will take place this Saturday evening, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. at the Encinitas Community Center, under the auspices of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture. The following week, Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m., Achinoam Nini, known as Noa, will be singing at the Belly Up
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ARUSHA, Tanzania (Press Release) — One hundred and seventy tourists from Israel spent the Passover holidays on a wildlife Safari, their roundtrip air fare on an El Al charter. The nine-day program included visits to the world famous UNESCO World Heritage sites, Serengeti National Park, home of the great animal migration, and the Ngorongoro Crater, largest intact
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — How do you put your life back together after a tour of duty? When you’ve survived an environment where anything could explode and anyone could be an enemy, how do you get back to “normal” ? That’s the dilemma faced by our veterans. For many, the journey back
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — “Respect.” A word out of my childhood. We used to sign letters, “Respectfully Yours.” “Respect your elders” was a frequent admonition. What happened to that word? I don’t hear it used very much anymore. I looked it up in the dictionary and found synonyms: consideration, appreciation,
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Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California –Wendover, Berkshire, seems a patch of Heaven for Jane Stirling (Rosina Reynolds), a widow in her early sixties, where gardening gratifies her soul, and an upcoming facelift to the cozy house will give it the desired breath of new life. Stirling has lived in the home her entire life
‘Mandate Memories’ ensnaring, gratifying and surprising Read More »
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC praised Thai authorities for preventing a terror attack by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah on Israelis visiting the country. “Global terror requires global vigilance,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris on Friday, April 18. “Thailand is a country that has recognized the threat and continues to cooperate with other like-minded nations in
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CAIRO, Egypt (eturbonews) – Egypt’s tourism revenues dropped 43 percent in first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period the previous year to register $1.3 billion, reported Reuters Wednesday. The Ministry of Tourism was not immediately available to confirm the results. The decline is seen as a consequence of the Taba attack in February
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LOS ANGELES (eturbonews) –With continued growing interest in its Jewish Heritage excursions, Crystal Cruises is expanding its spiritual offerings ashore for 2014 luxury European cruises. In Istanbul, a brand new Crystal Adventure ashore—offered with Crystal Serenity‘s May 7 and June 22 voyages—explores the city’s storied Jewish history and some of the most enduring spiritual landmarks, including: Centuries-old
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ST. LOUIS (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is deeply disturbed that the mayor of Marionville, Missouri has publicly stated that he “kind of” agrees with the virulently anti-Semitic views of Frazier Glenn Miller, the man charged in the shooting deaths of three people outside two Jewish institutions in Overland Park, Kansas. In interviews with
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO– Marsha Sutton informs us that Yedida Freilich, the young woman who sings this song, is engaged to an Israeli soldier “adopted” by Congregation Beth El.
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ZURICH, Switzerland (Press Release) – A global poll by WIN/Gallup International has revealed that over half of respondents believe that religion plays a positive role in their country, with people in Western Europe recording significantly lower positive results than other regions. Highlights Over half (59%) of global respondents said that religion plays a positive role. 22% of
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Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-If only Canadian filmmaker Alan Zweig’s comments and questions were as funny as his voice, this would be a hilarious movie. Zweig, who sounds like a cross between Gilbert Gottfried and Arnold Stang, queries famous Jewish comedians about why Jews once dominated the field of American comedy and no longer do
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