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Belshazzar’s Feast by Rembrandt on display in Scotland

  By Sam Ben-Meir EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh is currently exhibiting a substantial selection of Rembrandt’s paintings, drawings, and prints – focusing on those works that reveal the story of “Britain’s Discovery of the Master.” Exploring the significance of Rembrandt to British collectors, artists, and writers provides us with the […]

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International, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, Travel and Food

S.D. Jewish Men’s Choir had ’em dancing in the aisles

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Two dozen gentlemen, sporting silver vests, matching ties, black shirts, trousers and derbies, filed into the event space of the University City branch of the San Diego City Library  to deliver a spirited program that prompted the audience to clap, sing, and even dance. The San Diego Jewish Men’s

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Butterfly project is life work for Rattner- Price

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — There is something special about an artist who finds an expressive way to teach both children and adults about a moment in history that should never be forgotten. That artist is Cheryl Rattner-Price who co-founded The Butterfly Project with educator Jan Landau in 2006. The Butterfly Project or Zikaron

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Jewish History, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Touring Israel during the Succot holiday

Story and photos by Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Succot is probably Israel’s favorite Jewish holiday. Many Israelis take advantage of the reduced workweek and school vacation to go abroad. But even more use the time to travel throughout the country, attending the many festivals and entertainment activities. During the “middle days” of the

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food

Humoring the Headlines: October 4, 2018

Trump University Syllabus, Hiring 101 By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-As the confirmation process on Brett Kavanaugh winds down, the FBI report ignored a potentially relevant document, the syllabus for Hiring 101 from Trump University. * Hiring 101 Week 1: Outsourcing the Application Pool Week 2:  The Background Check: Discredit Red Flags, Expedite, Limit Scope Week

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Cruise ship fun at the Equator

Editor’s Note: This is the 31st in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:   1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24,

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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food

Photographer Irving Penn in retrospect at MOPA

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If you were a reader of Harper’s Bazaar or Vogue, especially during the 20th century, you might have become very familiar with the fashion photography of Irving Penn, who was born to a Jewish father and Christian mother in 1917.  He took up a camera in the 1930’s and

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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar

Novel relates a lesser known Holocaust experience

Six Thousand Miles to Home by Kim Dana Kupperman, Legacy Edition Books; © 2018, ISBN 9781732-349704; 236 pages plus afterword, author’s notes, and appendix, $25. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There are aspects of the story that are hauntingly familiar: A banging on the door and an arrest; people being crammed so tightly

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

‘Hay Fever’ has audience squirming

By Eva Trieger OCEANSIDE, California — What do you get when you combine an aging melodramatic actress, a volatile writer, their two self-absorbed adult children and four unwitting guests? A riotous collection of awkward moments, flaring tempers, emotive displays and loads of fun. Mira Costa College Theater School Director, Eric Bishop, brings us Noel Coward’s delightfully

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast