Ventriloquist Joe Gandelman
This San Diego entertainer is also editor of The Moderate Voice website and an occasional contributor to San Diego Jewish World. Enjoy!
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Joe Gandelman is the editor of The Moderate Voice website. A former reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune, Joe also is a well-known ventriloquist who performs with his dummies all over North America.
OpEd: World slavishly adores powerful rulers
Book review and interview by Joe Gandelman The Moderate Voice SAN DIEGO — Some political observers and historians feel that authoritarianism, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, is making a comeback in the United States and in Europe after being discredited and (in part) defeated during World War II. The questions are always:
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Joe GandelmanTen reasons for the demise of the Shah of Iran
Untethered The True Children of Cyrus By Joe Gandelman Editor-in-Chief, The Moderate Voice SAN DIEGO — There is a moment in 1974’s Godfather 2 when Michael Corleone sees the determination of Fidel Castro-led rebel forces. The scene is quick and later Michael notes it to the ill-fated crime bigwig Hyman Roth: “I saw an interesting
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Joe Gandelman, Middle EastBroadcaster calls Soros ‘head of Jewish Mafia’
By Joe Gandelman The Moderate Voice SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump’s longtime talker ally, InfoWar’s Alex Jones, has called billionaire George Soros “The head of the Jewish Mafia.” Here’s the segment: CALLER: I’ve noticed since the very beginning that the two main guys out there at the forefront of all of this are Senator
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Joe Gandelman, USAAnachnu: Joe Gandelman
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It would be difficult to say whether ventriloquist Joe Gandelman spends more time in his San Diego condominium or in his car driving to gigs at schools, fairs, senior homes, and private parties across the United States. On one national tour that stretched over eight months, he and
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Donald H. Harrison, Joe Gandelman, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWhy Jews should feel compassion for Syrian refugees
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — If there is ever a movie that cries out for being seen NOW it’s filmmaker Robert Rippberger’s 7 Days in Syria. When it was completed some months ago it was a solid documentary about the Syrian Civil War that took you so inside the devastation that you could almost
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Jewish History, Joe Gandelman, Middle East, USAWorld resigns itself to soft-target terror
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — In the wake of the terrorist massacre in Paris, the new battle cry throughout the civilized world is “Je suis Charlie,” meaning “I am Charlie.” The phrase expresses solidarity for the four cartoonists and 13 others butchered by Islamic terrorists who attacked the satirical newspaper and a kosher market.
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International, Joe GandelmanTwisted logic of the terrorist’s soft target
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Get ready for our already ugly and violent 21st century to be the century of soft targets for terrorists. The number of places where people feel safe will diminish as terrorists pick new venues to increase body counts — and grab more of that new and mainstream media publicity
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Joe Gandelman, Middle East, Travel and Food, USAThe death cult known as ISIS
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO (SDONA)–Whither the Islamic State? That’s a real double-edged question: where is the group otherwise known as ISIS headed, and can the United States and other civilized nations make it shrivel up and die? The group is and has taken off like a bat out of hell, gobbling up territory and
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International, Joe GandelmanISIS is evil incarnate and leaving a trail of horrors
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Just as World War I didn’t prove to be “the war to end all wars,” the 20th century didn’t turn out to be when the nearly unimaginable brutality and indescribable evil represented by German dictator Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime was definitively laid to rest The evil is back. Big-time.
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Joe Gandelman, Middle East, USASeven lessons to ponder in Iraq
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Whither and wither Iraq? That’s actually a two-pronged question. First, where will Iraq wind up when it completes its latest, chaotic chapter? Second, will Iraq’s next incarnation be as a cohesive nation-state, or will it literally wither and splinter into two (or more) parts? There are many points and twists
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Joe Gandelman, Middle EastJuan Carlos was good for Spain, good for the Jews
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Many Americans probably yawned when they saw the news that Spain’s King Juan Carlos decided to abdicate the throne in favor of his son, Prince Felipe. But they should have been in awe of the King’s name. He’s a historical figure who displayed guts despite personal danger in helping
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International, Jewish History, Joe GandelmanThe imprinting of killer Elliot Rodger
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — When the news first hit that 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six fellow students in the Santa Barbara suburb of Isla Vista, it didn’t foreshadow the horrific details yet to come. Six promising young lives knifed and shot dead. Families instantly plunged into grief. Rodger’s film industry parents getting
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Joe Gandelman, USASterling compounds his bigotry in CNN interview
By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Some 20 years ago, 12-year-old Ted, on a trip to San Francisco, was taken into a restaurant in Chinatown. The boy saw the menu, and in a loud voice said: “Chinese food? I hate Chinese food. I don’t even like the Chinese!” Then he noticed all the Asians glaring at him. He
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Joe Gandelman, Sports & Competitions, USA