By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Wunderkinder is a German film filled with wonder, beauty and brutality. It takes place in Poltava, Ukraine. It is in German with English titles. The story unfolds as flashbacks from the recollections of an elderly woman, the violin pedegogue, Hanna Reich. An unexpected visit from a strange man jogs
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Eileen Wingard
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Congregation Beth Israel, celebrating its sesquicentennial year, on Thursday evening, Jan. 19, honored some five dozen past and present leaders from its congregation who have built and led the organizations that serve the Jewish community of San Diego. It treated these leaders and other members of the Reform congregation
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Linda Sax Snaid SAN DIEGO — While my husband looked for snacks recently in an airport lounge in Atlanta, a smiling gentleman took the seat opposite me. He was on layover from Dubai, returning from a visit with one of his children. Both he and his children were educated at elite European universities. He
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Middle East
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Reb Yisroel Salanter, founder of what is now the worldwide Mussar Movement, said, “When I was younger I wanted to change the world. When I realized I couldn’t do that, I decided to change my city. When I realized I couldn’t do that, I decided to change my
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Jewish ReligionPosted January 19, 2012 By Samara Greenberg WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last Friday, Thai authorities arrested a Lebanese native with Swedish citizenship, identified as Atris Hussein, suspected of being involved in the Hezbollah terror group and planning an attack. The arrest came after Israel and the U.S. informed Bangkok back in December that three Hezbollah operatives
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International
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — When women started to go to work in large numbers as a result of the feminist revolution, we were told that that balancing work life and home life was an achievable goal and one to be pursued with great alacrity. Before that, many women worked in low-paying
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Natasha JosefowitzENCINITAS, California (Press Release)–The Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities is holding its 34th Annual Gala, “Magical Moments” on Saturday, February 11, at the Estancia La Jolla. Gala Chairs Cindy and Larry Bloch are working with a committee to honor the commitment and dedication of Lisa and Gary Levine to Seacrest Village while also raising funds
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San Diego County
By Rabbi Ben Kamin LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Although Georgia Davis Powers is 88 years old, she remains fit, feisty, vibrant, alert, creative, and determined to be remembered as more than a woman connected romantically to Martin Luther King, Jr. The first time she ever visited Memphis was at his behest; she drove through a rainy night from
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the staples of 2011 punditry has been the “decline” of the United States. See Google’s 190,000,000 results in 0.26 seconds for “U.S.decline in power.” China in particular, pundits say, is about to eat our economic lunch, and all that’s left for us is to figure out how
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Shoshana Bryen, USA
By Carol Davis CHULA VISTA, California —One of the very first plays I saw at the old Lyceum Theatre downtown (just before it came under the wrecking ball to make way for Horton Plaza, was Bernard Pomerance’s 1977 play, The Elephant Man. Later in 1998 The North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach mounted it.
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Whenever I read the Lubavitcher website, it seems as if we are reliving history. The Lubavitcher character assassination of Shmuley Boteach reminds me of how the 17th century Dutch Jewish community treated one of its heretical spirits and his name was Uriel da Costa (1585-1640).
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I’m happy to be able to say something (almost) good about Avigdor Lieberman: he’s opposed to the extension ofIsrael’s so-called Tal Law. The law is named after a retired Israeli judge who headed a commission some years ago that recommended that haredim continue to be exempt from military service.
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Middle East
By Jack Forman SAN DIEGO–Dusk is an intriguing, imaginatively-directed and very well acted 90-minute Israeli film which in Hebrew is titled Beyn Hashmashot. But a more accurate translation of the Hebrew title is “Twilight”; literally, “Beyn Hashmashot” means “between the suns”, i.e., between the sunset and the onset of evening. (In English, the onset of
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–You want fairness from this aging academic? This is a time when I’ll side with a prominent Israeli Arab politician, who has been a source of considerable annoyance for us Jews. But fair is fair. In the last couple of days he earned my commendation. Ahmed Tibi, MD, is one
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East