-Staff Report- SAN DIEGO — Nimpentoad, a book co-written by 12- and 10-year-old brothers Josh and Harrison Herz and their father, Henry, will make its debut at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, with a book signing at the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. The father, Henry Herz, said he did most of the writing, […]
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–If you have already purchased a 2012 Calendar/ Planner, here are some important San Diego Jewish communal activities you may want to enter. Thursday, Jan. 12 — Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council of Foreign Relations, and Bakari T. Sellers of the South Carolina House of
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO–If you are interested in the inner workings of the classical music industry, this book is certainly worth your attention. It is called Musical Chairs, (published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York), and it comprises the memoirs of a gentleman who during his career of administrator in the performing arts, was
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — No doubt about Jerusalem’s special character. It ranks as one of the most visited cities, as calculated by the number of overseas tourists in proportion to local residents. Religion is important both to visitors and to many of the residents. Not only are there sites that have been central to
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Ira Sharkansky, Travel and FoodLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 28th Annual Hanukkah Happening, co-sponsored by the Nierman Preschool – Glickman Galinson Education Complex and the JCC Youth Department, will take place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, on Sunday, December 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Hanukkah Happening is San Diego’s largest Hanukkah event
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http://youtu.be/xBZNqqa_qts By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –In many countries, languages ebb and flow as generations replace generations and new words replace old words. In Taiwan, where 23 million people live on a tobacco-leaf shaped island where several languages mix on a daily basis — from Mandarin Chinese to Hoklo Taiwanese to Hakka and
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By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — What is your personality style? Find out; it influences the way you feel, think and behave on an unconscious level. It is only when you have identified the unconscious forces that move you that you can consciously decide to try some different behaviors if the ones
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan– Back in June, I wrote a rather contentious commentary for another publication headlined ”Let’s Stop Pretending Getting a Star on the Walk of Fame Is a Real Honor” in which I spilled the beans on how celebrities today get stars on the famous Walk of Fame in Hollywood. And
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Travel and FoodSAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) Do you know a Jewish teen who is changing your local community or the world? Now in the sixth year, the coveted Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards provide one of the most prestigious and rewarding opportunities for Jewish teenagers in the state of California. Recognizing a wide range of community service
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By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — One of the pleasures of attending the Nov. 6 performance of City Ballet of San Diego is the continuity of taste and purpose which has guided and built the Company. A few years ago a decision was made to make the Spreckels – a gem of a classic theater –
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By Doug Gladstone ALBANY, New York — Like a lot of Jews, I’m of the opinion that you can’t have justice for yourself unless other people have justice as well. That’s especially true now that we’re in the month of Heshvan, which is widely considered to be Jewish Social Action month. As the author of
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — David & Lisa by James Reach is the featured production of the Pickwick Theatre Nov 11-13 and 18-20. The play is a strange, appealing, and utterly fascinating telling of two mentally disturbed adolescents: David, who is tortured by his mania against being touched, and Lisa, who has a split personality.
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Waters of Eden is the Community Host for the San Diego Jewish Book Fair program The God Upgrade: Finding Your 21st Century Spirituality in Judaism’s 5,000-Year-Old Tradition with author Rabbi Jamie Korngold, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. Founder of the “Adventure Rabbi” a Boulder,
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Travel and FoodLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — The work of three artists from Sha’ar HaNegev, San Diego’s sister region in Israel, will be featured at the Nov. 3-13 San Diego Jewish Book Fair at the Lawrence Family JCC. The San Diego – Sha’ar Hanegev partnership is administered by the Jewish Federation of San Diego. The artwork, by Hana
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