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Below are the names of writers who are currently active.  For others, living and deceased, please type their name into the search box above the masthead on our home page, www.sdjewishworld.com

Book Review: ‘Finding the Right School … ‘

Finding the Right School in the Era of BDS and Intersectionality: A Jewish Parents’ Guide to Colleges 2018-19 Academic Year by Jerome Ostrov, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform © 2018, ISBN 978-1721925872, p. 429 plus appendices, $18.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The letters BDS, an acronym for the words boycott, divestment, and sanctions, is a […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Intermarried couple honors each other’s beliefs

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Before David Ogul and Sharon Wilson were married, they learned about each other’s faiths.  David attended Mass at Sharon’s Catholic church.  Sharon attended Friday night Shabbat services at David’s Reform temple in Riverside, the city where the two had met and worked for the daily Press-Enterprise.  David was

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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

5 playwrights under 19 to see works on Old Globe stage

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Sponsored by the Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky Family Fund, young California playwrights entered their original writing for consideration in an annual contest. This year there were 415 submissions from which to choose, and a cohort of judges and script evaluators read works written by authors under 19 years of

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

SDIJFF Movie Preview: ‘It Must Schwing’

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story, a documentary directed by Eric Friedler, English, German, 115 minutes, to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego on Thursday, February 7, 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, February 13, 7 p.m., and at Edwards San Marcos Stadium

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

SDIJFF Movie Preview: ‘The Impure’

The Impure written and directed by Daniel Najenson; Spanish, Hebrew, and Yiddish with English subtitles; 69 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 4 p.m., Monday, February 11, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the shtetls

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Women’s March leaders still embrace Farrakhan

-Third in a Series- By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This is my last article for now dealing with some of the challenges the Jewish and black community face in their battle against racial intolerance and Anti-Semitism. The Women’s March demonstrated against Donald Trump at his inauguration. It was one of the

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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA

SDIJFF Movie Preview: ‘The Cousin’

The Cousin (Ha Ben Dod) written, directed and starring Tzahi Grad; Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles; 93 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 12, at Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Everyone has

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

SDIJFF Movie Preview: Redemption (Geula)

Redemption (Geula), by Joseph Madmony and Boaz Yehonatan Yacov; Hebrew language with English subtitles; 100 minutes; to be screened during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, and at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17 also at the Reading

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

In reply to Alice Walker’s calumnies against Jews

-Second in a Series- By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Most of us probably had a lot of respect and cheered for Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It is a story about the life of African-American women

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi