Travel and Food

 Stronger Than Iron by Mendel Balberyszski; Gefen Publishing  House; 331 pages; no price listed.  By Norman Manson         SAN DIEGO —  In utterly excruciating detail, this memoir tells the complete story of the destruction of one of the world’s great Jewish communities  –  Vilna, known as “The Jerusalem of Lithuania” for at least two centuries […]

SAN DIEGO — As Melanie Rubin collects Jewish-interest license plates, sometimes it seems as if they are having a conversation with each other. ” Chvere1″ seems to ask the identity of the #1 friend.   And “Devori” and “Goldie9” seem to suggest alternative answers to that question!

By Joey Seymour SAN DIEGO–It’s been six months since the passing of Robert Breitbard, founder of the San Diego Hall of Champions. Today, as you tour the museum he worked so hard to create, there is nothing more than outdated exhibits, empty walls, and a solitary bass fish. The operators of the expansive complex are

By Shoshana Bryen NEW YORK — JINSA New York Cabinet Members and Long Island Cabinet Members heard a remarkable presentation from a retired four-star Marine general this week. Rather than just providing an update from the field – Iraq and Afghanistan, with a look at Iran and Israel – Gen. Robert Magnus, USMC (ret.) asked

  TEL AVIV (Press Release)–Israeli chess master Alik Gershon, who immigrated to Israel as a boy form Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, broke the Guinness world record in simultaneous chess games Friday (Oct. 22) in Tel Aviv. The Jewish Agency for Israel sponsored the event, in tribute to the contribution of immigrants from the former Soviet Union to

By David Amos SAN DIEGO–Here is another chapter in which I share with you more of my favorite quotes from the world of music. Some are funny, some are serious; others run the gamut from outrageous and stupid to insightful and prophetic. All of them, though, give us a bit more of a perspective into

By Cynthia Citron BURBANK–Stephanie Zimbalist met Katharine Hepburn only once, when the legendary actress came backstage to tell Zimbalist and the other members of the cast of Baby Dance, “You are all so good!!  And I thought I was the only one!” Despite the left-handed compliment, Hepburn has continued to have a major impact on

HAIFA (Press Release)–Businessman and Colombian Ambassador to Israel Isaac Gilinski was present at the launching of a unique “Colombia Bicentennial” exhibition at the University of Haifa, and followed the event with a lecture for students of the University’s Graduate School of Management. Mr. Gilinski is the owners of the Gilinski Group, managing a number of