Scholar Shafir to lecture on Israeli-Palestinian conflict Nov. 14 and 16

CARLSBAD, California (Press Release) — The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Scholar Lectures Jewish Studies continues at the Carlsbad Dove Library with  Professor Gershon Shafir of  UCSD discussing the history of Israeli-Palestinian relations, at 7 p.m., Nov. 14. series. Shafir’s lecture will take place in the Schulman Auditorium of the Carlsbad Dove Library on November

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Oldies but goodies star in ‘Heroes’ at North Coast Rep

By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California — When you put Jonathan McMurtry, Ray Reinhardt and Ken Ruta in the same room you’ve got history knocking at your door. I’ll venture to say none will see 65 again and that’s being generous. But ‘Old Actors Never Die’ they continue to do what they do best. As

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

Play explores if Britain had lost to the Nazis

By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Who would have suspected the sophisticated, debonair, and wittily  dismissive Noel Coward to be a mooshy patriot?  Anyone who’s ever seen his play Peace In Our Time, that’s who. This intense drama, first performed in 1947, is being given a brand new outing by the excellent Antaeus Company.  Seldom performed because of  its large cast, it has not

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Cynthia Citron

Captain, my captain, privileged is the actor who portrays you

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – My grandson Shor and I watched the documentary Captains together, which was quite pleasing because we also had attended together a press conference at ComicCon earlier this year at which actors William Shatner, Avery Brooks and Scott Bakula appeared to promote it. Star Trek fans recognize the three

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Donald H. Harrison

Arab protests, Occupy movement give little reason for optimism

By Ira SharkanskyJERUSALEM — My cynic’s view of events sees a connection between Arab  Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter and the protests in Tel Aviv and on Wall Street, also  said to be happening in 900 cities of 80 countries. (Ha’aretz, October  16, p. 7) Crowds of decent people, along with politically correct leaders, who  seek improvements with little

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Ira Sharkansky, Travel and Food

Dance me to the moon

By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD — If you are a Frankie freak—and who  among us is not?—you will find no greater pleasure than flying away to the Pantages Theatre before November 6th.  There Sinatra reigns supreme, singing 27  of his all-time hits—songs that make you want to hug whoever’s sitting next to you. Come Fly Away is

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Cynthia Citron

Danny Bloom, Web Surfer: Global arts and entertainment

Editor’s Note: Danny Bloom, our Taiwan bureau chief, constantly monitors the internet looking for Jewish-angled stories. It takes him around the virtual world. Coco Lee-Bruce Rockowitz tie the knot HONG KONG — The beautiful and talented 30-something Coco Lee (李玟) tied the knot the other day in Hong Kong with Canadian billionaire boyfriend Bruce Rockowitz

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Galilee tour: ancient synagogues where men and women were not separated

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are enough assertions about the “essence of Judaism” to keep Jews and others arguing for another 3,000 years. One of those essences is political. As I read the Hebrew Bible, and consider the holidays on the Hebrew calendar, Judaism provides a central sacred place to the history of the

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion

Arab uprisings leading to spreading Islamism

WASHINGTON, D.C. (JINSA)–As secular authoritarian regimes topple  across the Middle East, there is the danger that governments with a pronounced  Islamist bent will replace them. In the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, this phenomena bears close watching. In Tunisia this week, the Islamist Ennahdha (Renaissance) party has become the

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