By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California– “All theater is a character telling a story—as if he were sitting around a campfire.” Playwright Wendy Graf is sitting at a table at a cafe in Burbank as she quotes iconic director Gordon Davidson. “And so what I’ve done is create a story especially for Anna.” To which Anna Khaja, sitting
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Cynthia CitronCHULA VISTA, California (Press Release)– While learning about World War II in James Richards’ tenth grade class, students had trouble comprehending the immense amount of Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust. Richards suggested that they collect six million objects so that the students could visualize what the number looked like. After brainstorming for multiple weeks,
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San Diego County
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–Israel is celebrating its 63rd Day of Independence according to the Hebrew calendar; the secular date of the UN-sanctioned declaration of a Jewish state was May 14, 1948. Just three years after the death camps of Europe were liberated by the Allies, Israel became—and remains—the greatest response to genocide in
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–During a week when Israel is celebrating its 63rd birthday, it is appropriate to take another look at its accomplishments and the receptions given them. Israel is among the most successful of the 100 or so countries that came on the scene as the result of World War II and the collapse of
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastFRESNO, California (Press Release)– – GWC Valve International Inc., a company headquartered in Bakersfield, Calif., and its chief executive officer, David Meador, 52, were sentenced today in the Eastern District of California for conspiracy to export services related to industrial valves to Iran. The sentences were announced by Todd Hinnen, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security;
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InternationalWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – After the White House announced Monday that the bounty for information leading to the capture or killing of Osama Bin Laden will likely never be paid out, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D –New York), who Sunday called for the money to instead be given to organizations that help 9/11 survivors, families and first
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Florida) Monday criticized the Obama Administration’s plan to provide Egypt with $1 billion in debt relief at a time when the United States is facing its own debt crisis. The U.S. has already given Egypt $150 million in emergency aid since the uprisings that forced out President Mubarak
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InternationalBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –This was supposed to be about Israel’s 63rd birthday – a paean to our friend and democratic ally. But an e-mail arrived this morning from a congressional staffer, reading in part: “I’m hearing conflicting things – some are saying that the U.S. really needs to put the hammer to Assad.
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Shoshana Bryen, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The San Diego Celebrates Israel/Yom Ha’atzmaut will feature an exhilarating 63- mile Bike for Israel to increase awareness about the challenges faced by residents of our San Diego’s partnership region of Sha’ar HaNegev, and to raise funds to benefit them. These funds will go towards the creation of a new
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San Diego Calendar
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — In the wake of bloody Muslim attacks on Egyptian Christians the New York Times informs us: “By lifting the heavy hand of the Mubarak police state, the revolution unleashed long-suppressed sectarian animosities that have burst out with increasing ferocity….” No kidding! Did you think a single Egyptian Christian didn’t know this in
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Middle EastEditor, San Diego Jewish World In your July 13, 2010 edition of Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 17, 1954 Part 1, you reprinted a letter about the Merchant of Venice from Lillian G Buck. Lillian Buck is a historical figure in labor history. Lillian G Buck was born in Warsaw and came to the United States
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Adventures in SD HistoryCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, March 30, 1956, Page 5 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant In the Spring, A Young Man’s Fancy…. Poets have a way of using words to create an expression of mood or feeling and music composers use a blending of
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — I merely transcribe the lead paragraph inSaturday’s (May 7) Washington Post: “Syrian troops used heavy machine guns and artillery to quell anti-government demonstrations in the key city of Homs on Friday in a sharp escalation of their crackdown against regime opponents, as tens of thousands of Syrians again defied
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Middle East, USA
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Okay, the cat’s out of the bag! George Riley, beloved teacher, friend and past lover of beloved friends has only six months to live. How do I know? This is how it all went down: absent-minded Colin (Colin McPhillamy), who is a physician, is perplexed (he’s always in a state of
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