‘Scottsboro Boys’ in minstrel format depicts judicial travesty

  SAN DIEGO—Just recently the curtain came down on Cygnet Theatre’s critically acclaimed Parade, Alfred Uhry’s historical musical drama depicting the story of Leo Frank and the lynching that led to his untimely death after being falsely accused of raping and killing young Mary Phagan. Frank managed an Atlanta pencil factory where Phagan was brutally murdered on the […]

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Zina Schiff features 20th-century composers in nostalgic concert

By Eileen Wingard SAN FRANCISCO — Two distinguished musicians were honored by my sister Zina Schiff at her violin recital in Temple Emanu-El’s concert series in San Francisco last Monday evening. She dedicated her program to the memory of violinist Israel Baker, one of her former teachers and life long friends, and she gave premiere performances to

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Eileen Wingard

Garry Fabian’s updated Holocaust memoir, ‘A Look Back Over My Shoulder’ now on line

A LOOK BACK OVER  MY SHOULDER By Garry Fabian Editor’s Note: In 1936 Garry Fabian’s family fled Germany to Czechoslovakia, hoping to escape  Nazi persecution, but in vain. By 1942 Garry, aged eight, was interned in  Theresienstadt. He was to spend till May 1945 in that ‘model’ concentration  camp and was one of only about

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Israel and U.S. should become partners in Iron Dome

By Gabriel Max Scheinmann        WASHINGTON, D.C– After initially omitting funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system from its budget request, the Obama administration is now backing Congressional efforts to vastly increase funding for the successful system. The House Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee has voted to allocate $680 million, which would allow Israel to

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Middle East

Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage draw Jewish responses

-SDJW staff report- SAN DIEGO — The decision by President Barack Obama to throw his support behind same-sex marriages in the United States has prompted comment pro and con from various Jewish groups. The Orthodox Union pronounced itself “disappointed by (Wednesday, May 9)’s  statement by President Obama endorsing legal recognition of same sex marriage. Jewish law is

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U.S. Constitution’s 9th Amendment may become bulwark against an expanding federal government

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — With the enlargement of federal powers and intrusions into  individual’s lives, the 9th Amendment to the US Constitution, part of our Bill   Of Rights, may well gain more judicial attention.  The 9th Amendment should be elevated  to central prominence, as it was intended, in applying judgment of all federal  

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USA

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Dec. 14, 1956, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Deceased Southwestern Jewish Press, December 14, 1956, Page 4 Samuel Tokman passed away on November 26 at a local hospital.  Services were held at Greenwood Mortuary and interment at Home of Peace Cemetery.  Rabbi Monroe Levens and Cantor Jos. Cysner conducted the services. Mr. Tokman was a member

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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History

Nu, suppose you did win that lottery … then what?

By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Windfall! Q:        I’ve just received millions from an inheritance.  My head is spinning!  What do I need to think about? A:        Oy, such a problem! If you’re single, have I got a girl for you…  Seriously, though, dealing with sudden wealth, although a “good” problem, can be quite stressful. 

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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and Food

Why the very strange leaks from Secretary of Defense Panetta?

By Isaac Yetiv, PhD LA JOLLA, California — There are different kinds of “leaks.” There are inadvertent leaks such as the US President’s “microphone malfunctions” in Paris with former President Sarkozy, and in Moscow with former President Medvedev, and there are deliberate leaks intended to achieve a political result, which sometimes backfire. In military intelligence parlance,

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Middle East

Belafonte a ‘star’ not only in singing, but as a humanitarian

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Harry Belafonte, the musical legend and civil rights icon, first met Martin Luther King Jr. in 1956.   King phoned the rising calypso star in New York, and according to Belafonte’s memoirs, said, simply:   “You don’t know me, Mr. Belafonte, but my name is Martin Luther King Jr.”  

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Travel and Food