By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel–A group of 23 teen led by shlicha Shoshi Bogoch have for the last two weeks travelled in Israel from the north to the south as part of the Community Teen Trip sponsored b y the Jewish Federation of San Diego County. Open to Jewish teens of all backgrounds in the 10th […]
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Middle EastBy David Amos SAN DIEGO–The stories, anecdotes, and musical experience that comes out of Sheldon Cohen, “Mr. L.A. Pops”, would make for a most entertaining and informative book. Maestro Cohen will guest conduct the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra in its annual Pops Concert, which will feature his own arrangements of memorable popular and Broadway music.
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Travel and Food
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–[title of show], a love letter to musical theatre is a “witty new musical written by two struggling writers about two struggling writers writing a witty new musical,” according to the show’s press release. The two struggling writers who wrote the show are Jeff Bowen (music and lyrics) and
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)–The Helen Diller Family Foundation and The Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties has announced the 2010 recipients of the prestigious Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award. Now in its fourth year, the award has significantly increased in awareness, tripling its visibility by drawing more than 175 exceptional
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USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) – EL AL, the national airline of Israel, has offered some tips for passengers to stay in shape, relax, and feel fresher. These exercises are intended to provide a safe and healthy way of stretching certain muscles which may otherwise be tight as a result of sitting for any lengthy
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Middle East
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–We live today in a spiritual wilderness. Sometimes we can find an oasis of purity as the following true account, submitted by Getzel Segal, written by Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman illustrates: I love being privileged to frequent the streets and alleyways of Williamsburg Brooklyn. Where else in the world do
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–One of the attractions of living in Israel is the feeling of participation in the wider world of the Jewish people. It is also one of the problems. An American friend sent me the following, which came to him from a non-Orthodox rabbi: . . . send a message to BIBI telling
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By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–With creative inspiration drawn from traditional Chinese culture, Shen Yun Performances presented a remarkable spectacle at the Civic Theatre last Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The final show will be tonight. The gorgeous handmade costumes and the breathtaking digital animated backdrops enhanced the sumptuous visual feast. Silken sleeves, cloud-like fans, archers’ bows
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Eileen Wingard, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Following a nation-wide search, San Diego native Micah Parzen, Esq., Ph.D., has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the San Diego Museum of Man. Dr. Parzen will draw upon his unique professional background and skill set–including a Ph.D. in Anthropology, significant nonprofit leadership experience, and expertise as an employment
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Betrothed Southwestern Jewish Press, September 17, 1954, Page 3 Mrs. Edith M. Townes announces the engagement of her daughter, Marilyn (Mitzi) Carol Kohn, to Mr. Dan Yale Rosenberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Rosenberg of Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Kohn is a graduate of Tucson High
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Adventures in SD History
By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California—The North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach is smiling from ear to ear these days. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee that garnered two Tony’s and is making its San Diego Premiere (if you don’t count that other one at the Civic Theatre in 2006) has
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON, D.C. — Following is the transcript of remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a reception for Hannah Rosenthal, the special envoy to combat worldwide anti-Semitism. SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I don’t think I need to say a word. (Laughter.) It is such a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you here
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Middle East, USARashi by Elie Wiesel. Translated from the French by Catherine Temerson, Nextbook ISBN 978-0-8052-4254-6, ©2009, $22.00, p. 90 plus chronology, glossary, and bibliography. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — One would be hard pressed to find a greater Jewish authority than Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzhak, known to the world as Rashi. Many religious questions
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Fred Reiss, EdDJERUSALEM (Press Release) –The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, its founder and president, announced a donation of $1.1 million to the Jewish Agency for Israel to support the network of Jewish day schools in the former Soviet Union. This comes in addition to the $400,000 in support to