TICO concert offered classical music with Spanish, Hawaiian flavors

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO), under the direction of David Amos, featured two impressive artists: composer, Mark Donnelly, introducing his engaging three-movement Hawai’ian Rhapsody, Ho’omaka Ana, and internationally-recognized guitarist, Gregg Nestor, performing selections by Joaquin Rodrigo and Luigi Boccherini. Donnelly, who plays oboe and English Horn in the

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Eileen Wingard

Installation of new Knesset a sentimental occasion

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel —  Anyone who is at all familiar with the procedure customary in the various Houses of Representatives around the civilized world knows that these are governed by rules and regulations that are often very old, their roots lost in tradition. For instance, the Speaker of England’s parliament (the House of

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 5, 1957, Part 4

As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, April 5, 1957, Page 7 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant Hail and Farewell Perhaps it would be difficult to select the one thing most difficult for a person to do because there is such a wide range of activities possible.  It would depend upon many things

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Artson examines God’s test of Abraham and its impact on us

  Passing Life’s Tests: Spiritual Reflections on The Trial of Abraham, The Binding of Isaac by Rabbi Bradley Shavit-Artson. Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing (2012). ISBN-10: 1580236316. 150 pages. By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Rabbi Bradley Shavit-Artson’s new book, Passing Life’s Tests: Spiritual Reflections on The Trial of Abraham, The Binding of

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

‘Tearing down the walls’ is Survivor’s answer to the Holocaust

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The contrast between the speaker’s surroundings and her subject matter was vivid on Friday, Feb. 8, at a Point Loma Rotary Club meeting. The weekly get-together was held in an upstairs room of the San Diego Yacht Club, with header beams above the windows festooned with

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Donald H. Harrison

Multiple local awards for ‘Iliad,’ ‘Allegiance,” ‘Parade’ and ‘Scottsboro Boys’

By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California — A total of 22 productions from nine theater companies were honored by the San Diego Theatre Critics at their annual awards ceremony and reception held Feb. 4 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, in La Jolla before an audience of nearly 500 people. Leading the way

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, The Arts

JNS news briefs: February 8, 2013

Israeli Chief Rabbinate tackles quandary of pastry fillings (JNS.org) Members of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s Kashrut Division called a meeting this week to discuss the problematic and potentially misleading shapes of an Israeli bakery staple, the puff pastry that is stuffed with various cheeses, meat or vegetable fillings, Israel Hayom reported. One such pastry, about

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International

The Chasid who refused to lie

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In preparing this week’s D’var Torah I came upon a Chassidic story whose conclusion puzzled me: Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Peshischa used to ask: “What is the difference between a ‘lover of truth’ and a ‘hater of lies?’” A “hater of lies” hates everyone, because there no one

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Jewish Religion

Finding the inner star: my role in ‘Gypsy’

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article was submitted by a cast member appearing in J*Company’s production of GYPSY–A Musical Fable. For the 2012-2013 Season, J*Company  presents a tribute to Barbra Streisand featuring GYPSY, soon to be revived in a film featuring Streisand herself. The J*Company play GYPSY runs March 1-17. All productions take place at the

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 5, 1957, Part 3

Editorial: United Jewish Fund Drive– 1957 Southwestern Jewish Press, April 5, 1957, Page 3 With the opening of the 1957 campaign on April 1, San Diegans will participate in the effort to raise $295,000.00 — the largest goal in the history of drives in this Jewish Community. The devoted men and women who have voluntarily

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