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Carl Laemmle, a documentary by James L. Freedman, English language, 91 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 1 p.m. Sunday, February 10, at the Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, and at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, February 17, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
From Cairo to the Cloud ~ The World of the Cairo Geniza; filmmaker Michelle Paymar; English language; 92 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Lawrence Family JCC, Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Retired Judge Sol Gothard of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal told a kiddush luncheon audience at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Saturday, January 5, that some major tenets of the American legal system are derived from the Torah and the Talmud. Adding that “justice doesn’t win law cases,
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori RAMONA, California – Camels know all about water conservation. Just ask Gil Riegler, the Canadian-born, Israeli-raised owner of the Oasis Camel Dairy located in this inland San Diego County town. “Camels can go two weeks without drinking, lose 25 percent of their body weight in
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, The World We Share, Travel and Food
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori and Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – San Diego County is the animal capital of the United States, and possibly the world. I say this without reservation or qualification after a 10-day vacation period during which my son David and grandchildren Brian, 10 and Sara,
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The current exhibition of Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art – the first of its kind to be mounted in North America – is indeed an extraordinary revelation. Delacroix was one of the great creative minds of the nineteenth century: an artist who embodied
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USAMy Brilliant Friend, Book 1: Childhood and Adolescence by Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, 2018. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — This novel, the first of a quartet, has become an international bestseller and has been widely praised in literary circles. So I was overjoyed when I was able to pick up a copy someone
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International
Josun Korean BBQ, 4681 Convoy St, San Diego, California 92111 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — We wanted to try something different, so instead of picking a restaurant and then driving to it, we went down to the Kearny Mesa/ Convoy area with the plan of randomly finding a nice Korean restaurant. At random we
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodThe Year in Review By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−January/February: The San Diego Jewish World was on a publishing hiatus during these months. March Betsy Devos released a music video to support Donald Trump’s plan to arm teachers: School days, school days, they have become such cruel days. ‘Reading and ‘riting and shoot to kill, collateral
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — To tip or not to tip? That is the question. And that is a subject that has occupied my thoughts inordinately for the last few days as the result of something that I witnessed with my own eyes. Until recently my Other Half (OH) and I regarded one
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Travel and Food–First in a series– By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The “secret” is out. According to the bigots, the Jews control the world! We own the media! Politicians do our bidding! The Jews “control” Wall Street! Have you heard about the old joke concerning two Jews who were dining at a Vienna
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Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Sports & Competitions, USAThe President Phones Kids on Christmas Eve By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Following precedent, President Trump phoned children last night to wish them a Merry Christmas. Here is a transcript of one of the calls. Trump: What’s your name little girl? Rosita: I’m Rosita and I’m waiting for Santa to bring me presents. Trump: Regarding that,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past week, a newspaper featured a picture of a Lubavitcher rabbi putting tefillin on Santa Claus. It reminded me of a story from Eli Plaut’s book, Kosher Christmas. It mentions how an old Ukrainian Jewish immigrant dressed up as Santa Claus and spoke Yiddish. When
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
D.Z. Akin’s, 6930 Alvarado Road, San Diego, California 92120 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Even if the headline did not announce the name of the restaurant I’m reviewing, the mural pictured above would give it away for many Jewish San Diegans. It’s difficult to believe that anyone could be Jewish in San Diego and not know about
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food