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What to do about racial stereotyping in theatre?

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Recently, I attended a matinee performance of Thoroughly Modern Millie up in Ventura County.  I enjoyed it, and why not, my teenage grand-niece, Ashlee Ford, had the title role, and I got to see her sing, dance, and even get kissed by a fellah on stage. Afterwards, my brother Bill, […]

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Carol Davis, Cynthia Citron, Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Obama administration undermines Israel-Azerbaijan relationship

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — When President Obama wants to impress Jewish audiences, such as AIPAC, he frequently casts U.S.-Israel relations in a military context. How much military aid Israel receives (although he had nothing to do with the level; President Bush set the level in a 10-year deal), how many exercises the two

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

‘The Jewish Gospels’ examines emergence of rabbinic Judaism and Christianity

The Jewish Gospels by Daniel Boyarin;  ISBN 978-1-5955846-8-7©2010, $21.95, p. 200, including notes and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D WINCHESTER, Callifornia –Thanks to the Jewish general and historian Josephus and the Greco-Jewish philosopher Philo, we know a great deal about the internecine spiritual arguments among the Jews from the mid-second century BCE through the end

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

President should trust Russia less and American friends more

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The sound bite went viral — the president of the United States asking the Russian president to carry a message to Putin for “space” in dealing with contentious missile defense issues until after the election so the American president would have “more flexibility.” The photos went viral as well:

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Book examines Israel’s intelligence-gathering

Israel’s Silent Defender: An Inside Look at Sixty Years of Israeli Intelligence, edited by Amos Gilbo and Ephraim Lapid, Gefen Publishing House,  Jerusalem, 2012, 385 pages including appendices, ISBN 978-965-229-528-6. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–This collection of essays by members of Israel’s intelligence establishment has been thoroughly vetted to make sure nothing therein provides

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Donald H. Harrison

Former ADL chief cites historical inaccuracies of ‘Parade’

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –The former regional director of the Anti-Defamation League gives Parade, the musical about the lynching of Leo Frank in Georgia, generally high marks for portraying how anti-Semitism can poison the justice system, although he said there were a number of historical inaccuracies that are perhaps to be expected in

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Donald H. Harrison

“Yes, but’ seems to be French reaction to killing of Jews

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was, it appears, a Muslim radical behind the massacre in Toulouse — a French-born petty thief who traveled in Afghanistan and Pakistan and was already under surveillance by French authorities. It was not, as first thought, French neo-Nazis. To which the question arises, “Does it matter which?” Yes,

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International, Shoshana Bryen

‘Tales of the Righteous’ is an inspiring book

Tales of the Righteous, by Simcha Raz and Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, Foreword by Elie Wiesel, Gefen Publishers, 2012, Jerusalem, ISBN 978-965-229-540-8. $24.95. By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — I enjoyed reading a translation of Simcha Raz’s latest new book, Tales of the Righteous. This book reminded me much of Louis Newman’s

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi