SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The Media Art Center’s San Diego Latino Film Festival plans to offer the best of Jewish Latino films to San Diego County from November 2010 to February 2011. The Jewish Latino Film Series is a four- month celebration of films by Jewish Latino filmmakers or by filmmakers of other heritages about the […]
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO–I quote to you a couple of paragraphs from the Musical America Worldwide website of October 29, 2010: CAPE TOWN OPERA TO GO TO ISRAEL Johannesburg. Cape Town’s Opera troupe is rejecting a call from retired Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu to cancel a performance in Israel scheduled for November of
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has stated that Tuesday’s Congressional election result indicates a sweeping rejection of President Obama’s domestic, economic and foreign policy. Many polls indicate Americans’ dissatisfaction with President Obama’s handling of the Arab/Israeli situation. This election further validates that part of the message sentWednesday to President Obama to
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Travel and Food, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Chronos Theatre Group performs on Nov. 12-14, 19-20 Tales of Chelm, a series of comic and heart-warming scenes of life in a Jewish village in Poland a century ago. Tales of Chelm is conceived and directed by Eric George Tauber, adapted in part from stories by Sholem Aleichem and also including accounts
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By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO–Meet Jeff Rossman. Chef Jeff to those of us lucky enough to personalize him. But anyone can. He is everywhere in San Diego nowadays. I few weeks ago I caught his cooking demonstration at the Gourmet Experience at the fairgrounds in Del Mar. Immediately after, I dashed over to the
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–In an audience at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday, assured top leaders of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that he would continue to raise his voice against anti-Semitism and attempts to isolate the state of Israel. The Pope was greeted by a leadership delegation in Rome led by Robert G.
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Travel and FoodLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– The Gotthelf Art Gallery at the Lawrence Family JCC will present a solo exhibition, “John David Ratajkowski – From Page to Stage: Portraits of Jewish Literary Figures in Film,” running December 8, 2010 – February 23, 2011. Art will be for sale, with all proceeds benefiting the artist and the Gotthelf Art Gallery.
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor has canceled an appearance at a fundraising dinner in London over fears he could be arrested by UK authorities, the ‘Jewish Chronicle’ reports. It is believed the Israeli British Justice Ministry warned the Likud politician that an arrest warrant might be issued if he entered Britain. Meridor was
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Editor’s Note: Author Sheila Isenberg will speak as part of the Book Fair at Temple Solel, 3575 Manchester Avenue, Cardiff, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov 14. * Muriel’s War by Sheila Isenberg; Palgrave Macmillan; 256 pages; $26. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO–World War II, with all its varied ramifications, has spawned a vast
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By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — I’m back from a self imposed leave-of-absence. As much as I enjoy the opportunity to report on and opine about local events, it was one of those occurences where a family event needed to take precedence. So the confluence of factors – namely being a single dad and having
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned the massacre of worshippers in an Iraqi Catholic church as a “despicable and cowardly act” and expressed its sympathies to Pope Benedict XVI, saying the attack was “another example of the terrible price of religiously motivated extremism.” Terrorists linked to Al Qaeda took nearly 100 people hostage
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Travel and FoodHAIFA (Press Release)–Workers who agreed to take early retirement were likely to not have considered that option if it hadn’t been for pressure at the workplace to do so. This has been revealed in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa that examined the significance of early retirement. “A policy of late
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TORONTO (Press Release)–The non-specific call a few weeks ago to Americans and others to be vigilant when travelling in Europe sounded like a version of the classic telegram: “Bad news — start worrying — letter follows.” Or was it yet another way to canvass support for the “war on terror”? Perhaps there’s more to it.
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the bombing in a public sqaure in Istanbul, which injured more than 30 people. She issued this statement: “The United States condemns today’s terrorist attack in Istanbul, Turkey, which brutally targeted innocent civilians in one of the city’s busiest squares. This is a shocking crime
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