‘The Lieutenant Of Inishmore’ makes torture a source of humor

 By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — ion theatre company, now in it’s fifth season, has established itself as pretty avant-garde. So it’s no surprise that Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant Of Inishmore would be on their wish list of plays to produce. He’s also the playwright who wrote The Beauty Queen Of Leenae (it was a […]

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Ending ‘occupation’ won’t end hatred, terror

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–“Mourning for the victims has barely begun, but the government has already managed to discredit their memory.” So writes Bernard Avishai, the Canadian born Israeli political commentator and consultant who spends much time in the United States. He’s referring to the ways in which the Government of Israel has exploited the

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April 3 ‘Sing Out’ performances to involve musical families

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Excitement is mounting as some choirs are scheduling extra rehearsals and all are making time in their practice evenings to allow for the visits of David Amos, conductor and Rhoda Gaylis, pianist. Those two outstanding musicians and community leaders will help prepare the choirs for their final numbers,

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Eileen Wingard

U.S. policy makers should apply Cold War lessons to Middle East

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — I just don’t get it. The more degrees from famous universities U.S. leaders have, the less they seem to know, especially about history. Consider this in light of their inability to understand that not only al-Qaida but also Syria, Hamas, Hizballah, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the AKP government in

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StandWithUs says U.S. should require P.A. to end anti-Israel incitement

LOS ANGELES  (Press Release)– StandWithUs is horrified and grief-stricken by the savage murder of five members of the Fogel family.  Palestinian terrorists slipped into the house while the family slept, stabbed the parents, slashed the throat of 11-year-old Yoav, knifed 3-year-old Elad in the heart, and slit the throat of their three-month-old baby, Hadas. The

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Middle East

How do we preserve someone’s memory?

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The continuing column “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History,” which is compiled from issues of the Southwestern Jewish Press, has,  in recent postings, been dealing with the construction and development in the 1950s of two adjoining properties on 54th Street: the Hebrew Home for the Aged and the Jewish Community Center.  In late 1955, the

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Adventures in SD History, Donald H. Harrison

Barak shows some gumption

By Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — If you describe yourself as progressive it’s likely that you’ll warm to Ehud Barak these days. Though he betrayed the Labor Party he was elected to lead, and though for a long time he has appeared as the fig leaf for the policies of the Netanyahu government, he has of

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