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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Muslim groups welcomed the announcement by Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Renald Luzier that he will no longer draw the prophet Muhammad. They apparently didn’t read the end of his statement saying he was now trying to figure out how to depict Allah. In a related story many authors who belong to […]
Humoring the headlines: April 30, 2015 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. ambassador to the UN Samantha Power testified to Congress that Israel couldn’t rely on the United States to veto anti-Israel resolutions in the U.N. Security Council, but she tried to soften the blow by saying, “We have a record of standing when it matters with Israel.”
Has U.S. abandoned Marshall Islands as an ally? Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA
Editor’s Note: In my quest to find Jewish stories wherever I go, I decided there is no place like home to illustrate the concept that “there is a Jewish story everywhere.” Interstate 8 roughly follows the traditional route that settlers took in their covered wagons in the mid-19th century to get to San Diego from the
I-8 Jewish Travel ~ Bahia Hotel, San Diego Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USABy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — You don’t need to be a theater buff or even a minor stage devotee to know that the “Green Room,” replete with lighted vanity behind the starred door, is where actors await their cues. While that way station may be adequate for Hollywood or Broadway, it cannot begin to
How JCompany actors prepare for West Side Story roles Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego Calendar
By Steve Kramer TEL AVIV — In the first part of this series, we toured Jerusalem with my brother Charles, who was visiting from America. Next, we traveled with him to Tel Aviv. What was very special about Charles’ trip was the timing. As we entered Tel Aviv in the early afternoon, we were
Eating and touring in Israel, Part 2 Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Jeb Bush revealed that he is on the Paleolithic diet to lose weight. To one-up Bush, Ted Cruz disclosed that he is on the Neanderthal diet and only eats raw meat from animals he has shot himself while exercising his second amendment rights. * Russian hackers not only broke into
Humoring the headlines: April 27, 2015 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel– How can a visitor experience the real Israel in seven days? If you’re my brother Charles, all you need do is hang out with us Kramers for a week. That just happened when my brother came to help Michal and me celebrate my birthday. Charles arrived on a Friday,
Eating and touring in Israel: Part 1 Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Although invocations by Rabbi Michael Berk of Congregation Beth Israel and Monsignor Richard Duncanson of Mission San Diego de Alcala came in reverse chronological order as far as San Diego history was concerned, they were in correct historical order from the standpoint of world history. Jews were first on the
Inter- religious invocations honor San Diego’s history Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The California state senator who heads the first-in-the-nation Jewish legislative caucus says it’s time for Jews in the U.S. Congress to form a caucus too, and adds that U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who chairs the national Democratic party, agrees with him “100 percent.” State Sen.
California legislator: Congress needs a Jewish caucus Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Turkey continues to deny that the genocide occurred. Doctors from the World Health Organization have dispatched a research team to Turkey to study the cause of collective amnesia. * Political pundits are abuzz that Marco Rubio is leading among the Republican
Humoring the headlines: April 24, 2015 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eva Trieger ENCINITAS, California — Nicknamed the ADHD Festival by Director D.Candis Paule, the audience was warned, “If you don’t like what you’re watching, wait about three minutes and it’ll be over.” She was of course referring to the 2nd Annual 5 Minute Short Play Festival. About 125 people gathered at the Encinitas library
Quickie plays absorb or bore viewers in a hurry Read More »
Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Editor’s Note: In my quest to find Jewish stories wherever I go, I decided there is no place like home to illustrate the concept that “there is a Jewish story everywhere.” Interstate 8 roughly follows the traditional route that settlers took in their covered wagons in the mid-19th century to get to San Diego from
I-8 Jewish travel: Pt. Loma Peninsula, San Diego Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, says the U.S. will no longer automatically exercise its veto in the UN Security Council to protect Israel. In testimony before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, Power specifically declined to rule out support for resolutions on Palestinian
Does Israel’s security ‘matter’ to Obama? Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty years ago, Saigon fell to communist North Vietnam. Images of terrified South Vietnamese clambering to the roof of the U.S. embassy, and Vietnamese helicopter pilots ferrying them to ships and then pushing the helicopters overboard to make room for more refugees are still heart-wrenching. Vietnam represented a change in
Arming countries, then pulling out, recipe for disaster Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA