Travel and Food

 By Yvonne and Paul Greenberg   SAN DIEGO — Speaking about this year’s Joyce Forum in a recent phone interview, its founder, Joyce Axelrod, proudly pointed out that this year’s shorts program (Shorts in Winter) received a record number of submissions, 100, that almost overwhelmed the all-volunteer curating committee consisting of herself, Claudia and Mark […]

By Paul Greenberg   SAN DIEGO — “I may not believe in God, I wish to hell I believed in God, but I believe in the devil,” explained the reclusive  and nutty musical genius Phil Spector near the end of the strangely captivating and at times disturbing documentary film, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil

By Yvonne Greenberg   SAN DIEGO — Not only does the movie Salsa Tel Aviv focus on cultural aspects of Mexico’s and Israel’s lifestyles of the young and marriageable, but also features a modern plot for Mexico’s contemporary females.   A young and very attractive female from Mexico City is travelling to Israel to look for

By Paul Greenberg   SAN DIEGO — The documentary film, The Judge, is primarily about Aharon Barak’s (real name: Erik Brick) tenure as Justice on the Israeli Supreme Court (1978-2006), where he served as its President for 11 years (1995-2006), although it understandably devotes less time to his prior stint as Israel’s Attorney General (1975-1978).  The

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–JewishPoets—Jewish Voices begins its fourth year Tuesday evening, January 17, 7:00 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC with readings by three local poets, Frieda Levinsky, Elizabeth Schwartz and Sue Marder. Introduced by poet Joy Heitzmann, the three featured authors will read their works during the first

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The College Avenue Senior Center, operated by Jewish Family Service inside the social hall of Beth Jacob Congregation, 4855 College Avenue, has announced its schedule activities for February.  They are as follows: February Feature – Richard Lederer presents American Trivia Thursday, February 23 at 12:45 p.m. Richard Lederer – American Trivia

CHULA VISTA, California (Press Release)–Temple Beth Sholom is hosting two upcoming events. On Friday, Jan. 20th at 7:30 p.m., a member of the Israeli consulate will speak about Israel, Iran and Gaza. This will take place during regular Friday Shabbat services. The second event is a symposium on Happiness. Drs. Julio Armenta, Mark Kapolowitz, and