By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO — It only takes a momentary impulse, a quick decision or a chance meeting to change–or ruin–a person’s life. This could well be the premise of Bride Flight, the 21st Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival movie chosen this year to honor the memory of Marla Bennett who made the […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — What do Stephen Sondheim, Franco Zeffirelli, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Charles Gounod have in common? They have all created popular works in their own time based on William Shakespeare’s end-of-the 16th century play, Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare’s own time, however, the prolific Spanish playwright Lope
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Cynthia Citron
By Barry Rubin Syrian Authorities Break Up Protest, Maintain Full Control HERZLIYA, Israel — Why are moderate Arab regimes–even if dictatorships–shaken by protest while hardline ones aren’t? Because at the least sign of trouble the radical governments crack down. Knowing that punishment will be harsh and that the West won’t be interested few dare
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Travel and FoodLOS ANGELES (Press Release)–“We deplore the blatant anti-Jewish discrimination that occurred at the anti-Zionist event ‘Never Again for Anyone’ on the Rutgers University campus on Saturday night, January 30,” said StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein. “Apparently the organizers are afraid of anyone who might expose their lies and prejudice. We hope Rutgers University will investigate and
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- National Jewish Democratic Council President and CEO David A. Harris on Friday denounced Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) second public call for ending American assistance to Israel. Harris said: “The National Jewish Democratic Council stands categorically opposed to Senator Rand Paul’s most recent call to end American assistance to Israel. This is the second
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Middle East
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California –When I talk of managing our frantic lives, I usually address women who work and have families. And I always say that they will have two constant companions the rest of their lives: guilt and exhaustion. Women admit to having frantic lives, going from one emergency to another,
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several months ago, a blogger penned, “There was a growing perception among Arab leaders that the U.S. was incapable of standing up to Israel; that CENTCOM’s mostly Arab constituency was losing faith in American promises; that Israeli intransigence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was jeopardizing U.S. standing in the region.”
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By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Last Shabbat several congregants told me that they had expected me to speak about the unrest in Egypt during services. I did not because I believed it would be belaboring the obvious. However, since my rabbinic wisdom is being widely solicited, I will instead belabor the obvious here:
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Headline on page one of Ha’aretz, “Mubarak: ‘Obama does not understand Egyptian culture.’” Summary of today’s posting from Memri, a well informed intelligence source that translates material from Muslim media: “The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has rejected the U.S.’s stance on the protests in Egypt, telling it bluntly to mind its own
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And you shall make Me a sanctuary and I shall dwell in it. (Exodus 25:8) By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–Love comes in many forms and varieties. There is the love of a parent and a child, a brother and a sister, a bride and a groom. There is the love of a teacher and
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Travel and Food
Jewish Theology in Our Time: A New Generation Explores the Foundations and Future of Jewish Belief, edited by Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, PhD. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT; ISBN 978-1-58023-413-9 ©2010, $24.95, p. 224 plus notes and suggestions for further reading. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California —Jewish Theology in Our Time is a collection
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Fred Reiss, EdDWashington, D.C. (February 4, 2011) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Friday called on J Street to give back the “secret” money it has received from George Soros, whose virulent anti-Israel bias can no longer be ignored. In an op-ed piece in yesterday’s Washington Post concerning the upheaval in Egypt and the U.S. response, George Soros
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)–In a letter Thursday to Brooklyn College President Karen L. Gould, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) criticized the college for rehiring Kristofer Petersen-Overton to teach a graduate course on the Middle East this spring. After Petersen-Overton was initially hired, the college was provided with evidence regarding his publications and professional background,
HOLLYWOOD (Press Release)–A friend of the US actor and film director Mel Gibson said the latter but had tried to goad a police officer into drawing his weapon and shoot by hurling anti-Semitic slurs at him after he stopped Gibson for drink driving. The incident in 2007 led to the steady decline of Gibson’s once