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The founding of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation. www.JASHP.org By Jerry Klinger LAS VEGAS, New Mexico — As a kid, my mother won out over my father’s wishes. I was sent to yeshiva for my first eight years of schooling. I learned Torah, Talmud, how to put on Tefilin and yes wander […]
Jewish society got its start in Las Vegas, N.M. Read More »
Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USAIf you’re counting, this is the 250th “Humoring the Headlines” column By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump opened his third campaign office in Israel to court the votes of Israeli Americans. He and Bibi are jointly planning to found a branch of Trump University there where students will be able to major in the
Humoring the headlines: August 25, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A nine-month-long, 10,000 square foot exhibition about the Jews of San Diego, including the community’s history, achievements and troubles since 1850, is now in the design stage with an opening planned in March 2017 at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. Joellyn Zollman, a professor who
Major exhibition to focus on San Diego Jews Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The Doggie Street Festival is the love child of Jude Pauline Artenstein, a San Diego based independent filmmaker and wife of producer/director Isaac Artenstein. She founded the annual festival eight years ago as a civic tribute to her beloved golden retriever, Scout. During that time [2008-2009], she was recuperating
Mimi’s Ark: Doggie Street Festival Read More »
Mimi Pollack, The World We ShareCARLSBAD, California (Press Release) — The North County Jewish Center, Chabad at La Costa, is hosting a celebration on Sunday, August 28th from 12 – 3 p.m. and will be honoring the Police and Fire Departments of Carlsbad. The first responders, their support staff, and their families are being invited to come to the Jewish
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San Diego Calendar, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Russian warplanes took off this week from Iran to hit targets in Syria. Russia has used Iranian bases for refueling and resupply in the past, but this is its first bombing mission from the Islamic Republic — it is also the first foreign military operation to take place from Iranian soil
The U.S. must decide its policy in Syria Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson LONDON, England — Our summer across the channel in Limousin, France, concluded with a short stay farther south, at a Gite in the countryside near the picturesque village of Montcuq. Finding the place called Mondaunet put our GPS under a lot of pressure, as the name did not feature in its database, but eventually,
Fiddling (on the roof) around in France Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Travel and FoodBy the author of Humoring the Headlines Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — All of a sudden Donald Trump fashions himself as a reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln who will emancipate African Americans from the slavery they have experienced under Democrats. “What the hell do you have to lose?’ he asks them when he addresses white audiences
Trump’s real feelings about African Americans Read More »
Lawrence Baron, USA
Hiney ma tov u’ma-nayim shevet achim gam yachad –Here is something good and nice, two brothers together in unity – Psalm 133 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –2Brothers Restaurant in San Diego is unabashedly Israeli – a sign above the door proclaims it – and brothers Ofer and Amir Grissaro proudly tell visitors that
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO –I know I said I was taking a vacation for a week, but when Donald Trump invents a new word, I can’t resist jumping in. (Extreme Vocabulary by Donald J. Trump) Extreme Bedding: Courtship. Extreme Debting: Business strategy of borrowing more than you can pay back, declaring bankruptcy, and not paying your
Humoring the headlines: August 16, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
By Mimi Pollack RAMONA, California — Many of us lead mundane lives, but not Roy Toft. This amiable, 55 year old wildlife photographer has had enough adventures for many lifetimes! Originally, his major was wildlife biology at California Polytechnic University, but a camera, a Canon AE1, given as a graduation gift by his father,
Mimi’s Ark: Adventures of Wildlife Photog Roy Toft Read More »
Mimi Pollack, The World We Share, Travel and FoodTreyf: My Quest for Identity in a Forbidden World by Elissa Altman; New American Library; 2016; ISBN 9780425-277812; 283 pages; $26. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – What is not kosher is treyf, literally meaning “torn” but generally meaning “forbidden” and one might anticipate that in Elissa Altman’s memoir, subtitled “My Quest for Identity
In this memoir, pork is a gateway to assimilation Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — It is not always easy being a Latino or Hispanic performer in the entertainment community. Many times the roles that are offered to actors are limited, as are jobs for directors, producers, stagehands, and technicians. Amigos Del REP founding members Herbert Siguenza, John Padilla, and Dave Rivas wanted to
Amigos Del REP showcases Latino talent Read More »
Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Isn’t Israeli food characterized by falafel, hummus and tehina? If you are drooling, licking your lips and nodding in eager anticipation of spicy, fried chickpeas with heady spices, think again! Film Director Roger Sherman has created a mind-blowing, gut busting culinary travelogue for the 27th San Diego Jewish Film
Israeli cuisine? It includes foods of many immigrants Read More »
Eva Trieger, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food