By David Amos SAN DIEGO–You may not recognize the name, but you certainly have heard his music. He lived to the age of 88, and died in Los Angeles in 1995 after a long illness. To the music world, he was recognized as one of the greatest film composers of all time. He composed music
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Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – My backyard is now carpeted in green and yellow – the green being what we commonly call “grass” and the yellow either “weeds” or “wildflowers” depending on a person’s point of view. Those who want to exercise control over their domains probably would call them “weeds.” People like
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Donald H. HarrisonWashington, DC (Press Release)– Congressman Brad Sherman, the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, reintroduced the Stop Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Act late last week. Sherman’s new bill would tighten economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran and its remaining business partners. Congressman Ed Royce is the lead Republican
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InternationalCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Personals Southwestern Jewish Press, February 17, 1956, Page 3 Charlie Juster wishes to express his appreciation for the kind wishes of his friends and organizations during his illness. * Saul and Eve Chenkin are being wined and dined this month in honor of their 35th Wedding Anniversary. The
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The Palestinians are betting the farm. Or–Muslim friends, forgive me– throwing a Hail Mary pass. They are doing everything they can to achieve world recognition of their state, with 1967 borders, a capitol in Jerusalem, and maybe something about refugees, without bothering to negotiate with Israel about what Palestinians might
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — We have a live lamb on stage and she’s not housebroken—or, more accurately, stage-broken—so our first run-through was a bit redolent,” director Scott Paulin says. He’s talking about the newly revised version of Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class, which makes its Los Angeles premiere this week at
Director has right stuff to do Sam Shepard’s play Read More »
Cynthia CitronSAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Beginning in July 2011, AJE’s current adult education, teacher professional development and teen programming, resources and services will be integrated into JCC/CJC’s program offerings. Adult Education: JCC/CJC will be offering Melton classes both at the JCC and in North County and Lecture Series in both Coronado and North County, all under the
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San Diego Calendar
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Schwartz-Sugarman Take Lead Posts in Fund Drive Southwestern Jewish Press, February 17, 1956, Pages 1, 4 Two leaders of the San Diego Jewish community have accepted posts of responsibility in the 1956 United Jewish Fund Campaign. Harry Sugarman has been named Pace-Setters chairman and William B. Schwartz has
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History
By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California—-What a different a decade makes. In Tom Dudzick’s Over the Tavern that took place in 1959 the age of innocence was on the wane, drive in movies, Dairy Queen (we still have one in my neighborhood) and the Ed Sullivan Show were the ‘talk of the town.’ Martin and
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Memorial Meeting Slated for Samuel Charney-Niger by Zionists Groups Southwestern Jewish Press, February 3, 1956, Page 7 Samuel Charney-Niger, one of the great personalities in the Jewish and Hebrew literary world for the last half-century, died recently at the age of 72. A memorial meeting will be held
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–French Hill is a largely secular Jewish neighborhood, with families who are religious and ultra-Orthodox, as well as a few Arab families and Arab plus East Asian singles and young couples who are students at the nearby university. The neighborhood synagogues are one Ashkenazi, one Sephardi, one mixed Ashkenazi-Sephardi, one Conservative, and
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion
By Lloyd Levy LONDON — With all the incessant media coverage about Israel , one easily loses sight of the broader picture. Yet I have been reading a respected annual publication called “the Military Balance.” Not necessarily everyone’s chosen reading material, but it throws a fascinating insight into the miracle that is today’s Israel. By
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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastSan Diego Jewish World staff report BEERSHEBA, Israel — Daniel Viflich, 16, whose misfortune it was to be innocently riding a school bus on Thursday, April 7, has died of the severe injuries he sustained after an anti-tank missile was fired at the bus from Gaza. Viflich died in the Soroka University Medical Center here,
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Middle East