AAA-Writers and photographers

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

Culture and weather in London, Paris, Jerusalem

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — ‘He who tires of London has tired of life,’ wrote Samuel Johnson, and I dare say he had a point. Even in the dead of winter, when the bone-chilling cold really does chill every inch of bone in your body, the place has its pleasures provided you are suitably […]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food

Humoring the Headlines: January 24. 2017

BLaurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Press Secretary Sean Spicer lashed out at the press for underestimating the size of the crowd that attended Trump’s inauguration. After numerous newspapers used aerial photos to prove that fewer people attended Trump’s inauguration than  Obama’s first inauguration, Kellyanne Conway contended that Spicer was merely presenting “alternative facts.”  Alternative facts are to

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Hershey Felder brings to life composer Piotr Tchaikowsky

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — In The Great Tchaikowsky, Hershey Felder’s latest piece, which is breaking sales records at the Lyceum Theatre in downtown San Diego, Felder does Tikun Olam, working to repair the world, by sensitizing us to the suffering of the gay Russian composer and casting a light on the persecution of the

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

Temple Adat Shalom bans BDS groups

By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California –Temple Adat Shalom has decided to prohibit three types of groups from utilizing its facilities.   They are groups that: *Endorse or promote anti-Semitism, other forms of bigotry, violence or other extremist views; *Actively seek to proselytize Jews away from Judaism; or, *Advocate for or endorse, undermining the legitimacy of

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County

Humoring the headlines: January 18, 2017

The Ignomination By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−An inauguration turns into an ignomination when: The new president is more corrupt than the opponent he derided as crooked. The new president can’t resist telling his predecessor that he’s fired. The new president strings together his “best” tweets rather than writing an inauguration speech. The new president offers

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

High school photogs have a field day

By Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — High school photographers from throughout San Diego convened recently at San Diego City College where they practiced lighting techniques, working with models, developing photos the old-fashioned way in the dark room, and finding beauty in small objects.  Being a student at Patrick Henry High School, I was privileged

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori