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Eric George Tauber is an actor as well as a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.
The World Jewish Congress hosted a discussion via zoom with three children of survivors: Professor and poet, Menachem Rosensaft; Rabbi Arthur Schneier and New York Times Best-Selling author Yossi Klein-Halevi. [Eric George Tauber]
Commemorating Yom Hashoah in Verse Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, Jewish HistoryThey only number about 0.7% of the general population of the United States, and yet they are everywhere. Maybe you’ve noticed them. Something about that woman on the bus seemed a little off. Maybe that young man’s voice in the market seemed curiously high. Or maybe they sat right next to you in shul, or across the dinner table, suffering in silence, and you had no idea. [Eric George Tauber]
Being Seen on Trans Day of Visibility Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Jewish Religion, USAThe late Dr. Howard Rubenstein’s Prometheus Bound was scheduled to open off-Broadway at The Tank in September of 2020, but alas: Covid. So, the publisher sent me a copy of the script for review. Rubenstein’s play is not a translation of Aeschylus but a free adaptation, which is a good thing. Translations of ancient texts often require long winded explanations of why certain references were funny or topical at the time, which audiences don’t have time for. [Eric George Tauber]
Ancient Greek Play Raises Some Still-Modern Questions Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Lovers of opera know Giacomo Puccini as the composer of La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot. Maestro Hershey Felder inhabits this persona in his latest film project: Hershey Felder Presents Puccini. Felder is world famous for his biographical portrayals of famous composers, sometimes drawing upon his own Jewish heritage for figures like George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Leonard Bernstein. [Eric George Tauber]
Hershey Felder’s Intimate Portrait of Puccini Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThere’s been quite a bit of buzz about “Cancel Culture.” For some, this may be just a ploy to avoid weightier topics like economic disparity, unemployment, healthcare, and looming evictions. But it can also open up a serious discussion about who we are as a society, where we have been and where we want to go. In some ways, I can see both sides. So, like Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, I’d like to do a little “on one hand this, on the other hand that” exploration of who and what is being “cancelled.” [Eric George Tauber]
Op Ed: Cancel Shmancel Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, Lifestyles, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAOur Christmas party happened to fall on the sixth day of Chanukah, so I wanted to contribute. What I used to do at my school was bring in homemade sufganiyot using whole wheat flour with nutmeg mixed into the dough, fill them with jam and fry them up in coconut oil. These treats would be proudly presented in a basket with a sign that read “You don’t have to be Jewish to have a Happy Chanukah!” [Eric George Tauber]
Jews, Muslims and Bacon (!) at a Christmas Party Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
“They want me to sit down and shut my mouth. But I never did do that very well.” -quote attributed to Teddy Roosevelt By Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — When I interviewed Phil Johnson about his solo show in San Diego, A Jewish Joke, he mentioned that he had another project in
Phil Johnson Humanizes Teddy Roosevelt Read More »
Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — Some of my Christian friends assert that they still support President Trump in spite of his many glaring flaws because they feel that he best represents “Biblical values.” So great is Trump’s reverence for the Bible that he’ll use federal troops to disperse crowds of non-violent demonstrators with
OpEd: A ‘Biblical’ President? Read More »
Eric George Tauber, USA
The San Diego REPertory Theatre is reprising via Internet A Weekend With Pablo Picasso, written and performed by playwright-in-residence Herbert Siguenza. Scenic Designer Sam Moore recreates Picasso’s home in Cannes, France, 1957. We come upon Picasso while he is bathing and philosophizing in a clawfoot bathtub. It is awkwardly intimate, yet the artist himself seems perfectly at ease. He can be warm and thoughtful, but also impatient and prickly with outbursts from a hot temper. [Eric George Tauber]
Spend a private weekend with Pablo Picasso Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWith theatres still closed to live performances, some are streaming videos of old favorites. This is the case in San Diego with Cygnet’s 2019 performance of Pride & Prejudice. [Eric George Tauber]
Cygnet Reprises Lampooned Pride & Prejudice Read More »
Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
On behalf of the writers and photographers of San Diego Jewish World, my wife and co-publisher, Nancy Harrison, and I would like to extend to our readers our warmest wishes for a healthy, safe, prosperous, and joyous New Year. [Donald H. Harrison]
New Year Greetings from San Diego Jewish World Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Eric George Tauber, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
This morning, I woke to the sad news that actor Chadwick Boseman had passed from this world after a four-year battle with colon cancer at the age of 43. Boseman had the honor to play some amazing icons of African-American history including Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get On Up (2014) and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017). But he is best known as the Marvel Universe superhero, Black Panther, appearing first in Avengers movies and then in his own feature film in 2018. [Eric George Tauber]
King T’Challa and King David Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastI recently watched the documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution on Netlix. It begins in 1971 at Camp Jened, a summer camp in the Catskills for people with disabilities such as blindness, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, parapalegia, dwarfism …etc. What made Camp Jened different from other camps was that the campers weren’t held to lower standards. They all swam and played baseball. Whatever it took to make them full participants in the camp experience, they did. And they all had a voice, speaking their minds in open fora that could last into the wee hours. For many of them, this meant being treated as equal human beings for the first time in their lives. [Eric George Tauber]
‘Crip Camp’ Espouses Jewish Values Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRuff Yeager and Roxane Carrasco play Anton Myrvold and Sunita Savarkar, a middle-aged couple who are still playfully in love. Their home, designed by Sean Fanning, is the warm, inviting abode of an academic filled with books and natural wood tastefully accented with Indian artwork. Anton is a professor of physics who is up for a Nobel Prize for challenging the Theory of Dark Matter. Sunita is a political activist for women’s rights who divides her time between the US and her native India, getting into what the late Rep. John Lewis called “Good Trouble.” Joel Miller and Kate Reynolds play Gray and Britt, the young PhD students who are both being mentored by Anton. They make a handsome couple, but there’s a fellowship that they both want. [Eric George Tauber]
The Roustabouts Reprise A Favorite Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast