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Greatly to their credit, most Jews hold Israel close

March 4, 2012

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–I finished reading Howard Jacobson’s book, The Finkler Question, and was still pondering its manifold messages in the evening as I attended a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. This was given in Jerusalem by an amateur troupe composed mainly of immigrants from English-speaking countries.. Friends had tried to […]

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Israeli artist who studied in Italy and South Africa exhibits African mask series

March 4, 2012

LA MESA, California (Press Release)–Israeli-born artist Atara-Baker has brought her African Mask Series to O’Dunn Fine Art. This body of work centers on color and the primeval, inspired by the integrated tribal lifestyle and artifacts of the original South Africans, the San people of the Kalahari. Large and small oil paintings with collage elements and

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One-woman show celebrates ‘her-story’ in fundraisers for Women’s Museum March 24 & 25

March 3, 2012

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — She’s History! The Most Dangerous Women In America, Then And Now… a solo play presented by It Ain’t No Fairy Tale Productions and The Women’s Museum of California plays at The Downtown YWCA Auditorium, Saturday March 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m. The shows celebrate Women’s

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NCSY youth will have dinner in La Jolla with Sderot mayor

March 2, 2012

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — More than forty NCSY teens will have the privilege to discuss what leadership means with the Mayor of Sderot, David Buskila, over dinner on Sunday, March 11. Mayor Buskila will address the challenges that come with being a Jewish leader during trying times. Following that, teens who have visited

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Preparing to say kaddish at a final, final resting place

March 2, 2012

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — He died suddenly and dramatically on March 2—thirty six years ago today, in 1976. At 59, I am fourteen years older than my father was when he succumbed to a massive myocardial infarction while playing handball at the Cincinnati Jewish Community Center. My young mother and I were

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Administration may move to exclude Iran’s banks from money transfer system

February 29, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – In separate hearings Wednesday, Feb. 29, with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Congressman Brad Sherman (D – California) urged both officials to work to oust Iran from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) in advance of legislation currently under consideration by Congress

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Can’t help but kvell over two daughters

February 27, 2012

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –They were not always close as little girls—that three year gap put the younger, Debra, at a social disadvantage with Sari. When Debra, with pinwheel eyes and theatrical exuberance, entered the esteemed Shaker Heights High School, Sari was already a senior and a celestial presence in the theater department.

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Lawrence Baron announces pending retirement from SDSU

February 26, 2012

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — SDSU History Prof Lawrence Baron, who was the longtime director of the Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies and is considered an expert on how Jews have been portrayed in the movies, has announced tht he will retire from the university faculty at the end of the current Spring semester. In a

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Why Israel’s government tolerates Haredi excesses

February 26, 2012

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Without any initiative on my part, the comments about events in Israel that friends receive from me appear on several websites. One of them is the San Diego Jewish World. The piece I wrote about the attack on the Baptist Church in downtown Jerusalem resulted in the following letter by the spiritual

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Rubenstein’s biography of Trotsky is informative and balanced

February 26, 2012

Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life by Joseph Rubenstein. Yale University Press, 2011, 225pp. By David Strom SAN DIEGO — In his book, A Revolutionary’s Life, Joseph Rubenstein wrote a well-researched biography of Leon Trotsky that is neither a fawning nor a completely derogatory view of this twentieth century revolutionary. His book is rich in detail

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Israel Film Festival to honor Jonah Hill, screen over 30 films

February 25, 2012

HOLLYWOOD (Press Release)–Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill will be honored with the 2012 IFF Achievement in Film Award at the 26th Awards Gala of the Israel Film Festival taking place on Thursday, March 15 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. Restoration, which was directed by Yossi Madmoni, will have its Los Angeles premiere as the

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Commentary: Filner chooses lives of pigs over those of Marines

February 25, 2012

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California –Congressman Bob Filner, together with PETA, wants to replace with simulators military Corpsmen’s “live tissue trauma training” on pigs. Filner’s proposal is a “pig in a poke”, experience and science does not support his drastic change in military training. But, Filner is running for mayor of San Diego and this

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Yes, those Holocaust films and music are very necessary

February 23, 2012

By David Amos SAN DIEGO — I am sure that many of you, as I did, enjoyed one, several, or many of the wonderful offerings of this year’s San DiegoJewish film festival. Aside from the films I reviewed in my last column, I was able to see and appreciate other worthy features. Luckily, this year,

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‘Parade’ to dramatize heart-breaking story of Leo Frank

February 22, 2012

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Parade explores the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager, accused and convicted in 1913 of murdering thirteen-year-old girl in Atlanta, Georgia. Sensational journalism fanned the regional flames of bigotry and anti-Semitism, obscuring Leo’s innocence. After his death sentence was commuted, Leo Frank was taken by vigilantes and

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Greatly to their credit, most Jews hold Israel close

Israeli artist who studied in Italy and South Africa exhibits African mask series

One-woman show celebrates ‘her-story’ in fundraisers for Women’s Museum March 24 & 25

NCSY youth will have dinner in La Jolla with Sderot mayor

Preparing to say kaddish at a final, final resting place

Administration may move to exclude Iran’s banks from money transfer system

Can’t help but kvell over two daughters

Lawrence Baron announces pending retirement from SDSU

Why Israel’s government tolerates Haredi excesses

Rubenstein’s biography of Trotsky is informative and balanced

Israel Film Festival to honor Jonah Hill, screen over 30 films

Commentary: Filner chooses lives of pigs over those of Marines

Yes, those Holocaust films and music are very necessary

‘Parade’ to dramatize heart-breaking story of Leo Frank

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