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The Unorthodox, written and directed by Eliran Malka; Hebrew with English subtitles; 92 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 1 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, and at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, also at the Reading Cinemas Town […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIt 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 & BroadcastThe 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
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Now through the end of 2020, visitors to the Museum of Man may see the “Living with Animals” exhibit, which offers new perspectives on animals that we consider pets, those that we consider pests, and those that we serve on our plates. The idea for the exhibit
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and FoodWalls (with apologies to Joyce Kilmer) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO− To think that I possess the gall To close the country for a wall. A wall of concrete or of steel To generate my voters’ zeal. A wall that keeps the riffraff out By blocking their illegal routes. A wall that saves us from
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire-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, USAThe 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 & BroadcastRedemption (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-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
Pampas Argentine Grill, 8690 Aero Drive, San Diego, California 92123 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Nestled into a little strip mall in Kearny Mesa, across from Montgomery field, is one of the best Argentine restaurants in town. The restaurant is small, with as many tables as they could comfortably fit into the space, so the
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Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodCarl 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