Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, November 30, 1956, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Three Hungarian Families Locate Here; More To Come Southwestern Jewish Press, November 30, 1956, Pages 1, 10 The Émigré Committee of the United Jewish Fund will furnish assurances for employment and affidavits against becoming a public charge, for three Hungarian Jewish families, escapees from the bloody holocaust of

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

Randall Dodge is fantastic in ‘The Fantasticks’

ESCONDIDO, California —The musical The Fantasticks with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones was originally an off-Broadway production that ran a total of 42 years and 17,162 performances making it the world’s longest running musical. It’s characters are Matt (a Boy), Louisa (a Girl), Huckaby (the Boy’s father), Bellomy (the Girl’s father), Henry,

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

‘I Love a Piano’ is an Irving Berlin revue

By Carol Davis VISTA, California–How does one pay tribute to an American icon who lived to be 101 years old, wrote over a thousand songs, nineteen were Broadway scores, eighteen Hollywood films scores with several nominations for Academy Awards, plus “God Bless America”, “Easter Parade” “This is The Army” and “White Christmas” and still do

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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

ADL welcomes apology from Glenn Beck over Reform Judaism analogy

NEW YORK (Press Release) —  In response to concerns raised by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and others about offensive comments made by Glenn Beck regarding Reform Judaism during a February 22 radio broadcast,  Beck has communicated directly with Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, to apologize to all those he may have offended. Foxman welcomed

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Travel and Food

Secret nuclear site suspected in Damascus suburb

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC) — A suspected nuclear site has reportedly been identified in a residential area near the capital Damascus, using commercial satellite photos. The installation is said to be a uranium conversion plant, the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said. The institute published photos of the site in a report which

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Tel Aviv Foundation has its favorite at the Oscars

TEL AVIV (Press Release)–The city has its favorite nominee at the Oscars — Strangers No More. Nominated for best documentary, the film tells the amazing story of Bialik Rogozin, a Tel Aviv Foundation supported-school attended by children from 48 different nationalities.   Th school serves children who fled poverty, violence and war and provides a fresh

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A bissel this, a bissel that – San Diego Jewish news and chatter

  (Col. 21, Feb. 24, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Jewish Organizations The Agency for Jewish Education sponsors a presentation by Ghada Osman, SDSU’s director of Islamic and Arabic Studies, on encounters between Judaism and Islam at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 28, at the Carlsbad Library, 1775 Dove Lane. This weekend, the J*Company begins

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Conference of Presidents spotlights vandalism at historic Jerusalem cemetery

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — US Jewish leaders in Israel  for the Conference of Presidents Mission joined  local Israeli advocates, and government officials on a recent visit to the Mount of Olives Cemetery (Har Hazeitim) to inspect vandalism and other evidence of violence at the world’s most ancient Jewish cemetery. The International Committee for the Preservation of Har Hazeitim (ICPHH) and

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