The Jewish singers: Boris Moiseev
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Travel and FoodNever Again: Holocaust news for October 11, 2015
Holocaust film nominated for an Irish Oscar By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, TAIWAN — A Holocaust documentary produced by Gerry Gregg for Irish TV and titled Close to Evil has been nominated for the Irish Film and Television Academy(IFTA) awards, dubbed the ”Irish Oscars” in Dublin, and the awards ceremony is set to take place on October 22, according to
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Jewish HistoryFrom the Jewish library: ‘Everything You Ever Wanted’
Everything You Ever Wanted by Jillian Lauren, Plume/Penquin Publishing Group, 2015 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — This is the second of Jillian Lauren’s memoirs.* Born in 1973, she was adopted as an infant by a middle class Jewish couple in Livingston, New Jersey. Her childhood included the cultural norms of that time and place such
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Books, Poetry & Short StoriesTeaching children moral courage
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Mark Twain once said, “It is curious—curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.” To display moral courage in today’s world is, sadly, a rarity. Some have referred to the end of the twentieth century as the “Decade of
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Michael Mantell, USAFrustration, fanaticism elements of current unrest
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Whether you call it intifada or something else, there’s unrest in Israel, not only in Jerusalem and the West Bank but also elsewhere in the country. Though there’s nothing new in this in the history of the state, it’s nevertheless a cause for deep concern, much speculation as to the reasons
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Middle EastDance and romance in theatrical ‘In Your Arms’
By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO – In Your Arms, the world premiere musical currently playing at the Old Globe, is simply sensational. Romance is the theme and dance is the medium for the ambitious production: ten mostly wordless vignettes, created by a lineup of theatre heavyweights, including Tony, Pulitzer Prize, Emmy and Academy Award winners. The
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastClimate change deniers can’t face grim future
By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — The upcoming climate talks in Paris are less than 50 days away, and COP21, as the United Nations conference is being called, might very well decide the future of humankind. It’s that serious and that foreboding. I’m optimistic. Edward Rubin, a law professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville is
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The World We ShareIsrael, PA, more moderate in action than in speech
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not easy deciphering the actions of Israel and the Palestinian leadership with respect to the current wave of violence. With respect to the Israeli perspective, one can perceive a clash between two appropriate goals and the actions associated with them. One goal is to dampen this wave of violence
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastLisa Loeb to sing at OPTIONS Nov. 1
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Jewish Federation of San Diego County announced that OPTIONS ,The Women’s Event, will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in downtown San Diego, on November 1, from 11:30 am until 2 pm. OPTIONS will feature three trailblazing Jewish women – Lisa Loeb, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Janet Gurwitch, Founder and Former CEO of Laura
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CalendarPalestinian violence puts Netanyahu under pressure
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The current wave of terrorist attacks on Israelis that continues and is now spreading to different parts of the country has put Prime Minister Netanyahu under siege. He’s fighting the ultra-right wingers in his own party as well as among his coalition partners who accuse him of not being tough enough
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Middle EastMiddle East Roundup: October 9, 2015
Palestinian terror wave continues in Jerusalem, Kiryat Arba, Afula (JNS.org) A Palestinian terrorist stabbed a 16-year-old Israeli man in Jerusalem on Friday, and within less than an hour another Palestinian stabbed a policeman in Kiryat Arba as the wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks continued to spread throughout Israel. The 16-year-old Jewish victim in Jerusalem was
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Middle EastStrom, Hausmanns debut Somalia – inspired music
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Yale Strom, the multi-talented artist-in-residence at San Diego State University’s Judaic Studies Department, introduced his latest composition on the second half of the program last Tuesday evening at the Lyceum Theater. Thanks to the support of a generous grant, he wrote a string quartet based on motifs gathered from listening
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts