By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES–If you’ve always wanted to be in a play, you’ll get your big chance on September 3rd, when Director Charlie Mount brings Clifford Odets’ stirring Waiting for Lefty to the stage of Theatre West. As an engaged member of the audience you’ll be expected to whoop and holler appropriately as the
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ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)–On October 9 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., the Encinitas library is hosting the San Diego County Library Book Festival. The all-ages event will host popular authors, discussion panels, free entertainment and activities, as well as local food vendors. The Book Festival will feature: a keynote address by Richard Dreyfuss, who
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Chemotherapy, while an effective cancer treatment, also brings debilitating side effects such as nausea, liver toxicity and a battered immune system. Now, a new way to deliver this life-saving therapy to cancer patients ― getting straight to the source of the disease — has been invented by Dr. Dan Peer
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– More than any other national leader, Barack Obama has a global constituency. The world does not vote in American elections, but his capacity to fulfill his obligations depends on the cooperation of other national leaders, and the opinions of publics that have at least a minimum of influence on them. Balancing
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By Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann PALO ALTO, California — My husband, George, and I were spending the weekend celebrating the wedding of our friends’ daughter when we learned that Idell Neumann—Baba in our household—had taken a turn for the worse. Eight days later, a Sunday night, I was officiating at a wedding when she died. The
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By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California – Emad Ahmed Fuad Nuseibeh, a major Palestinian grower of vegetables and herbs, and Amir Gur-Lavie, an owner of Zeta, a large distributor of Israeli olive oil, cheerfully agreed to pose together following a dinner at Vine Ripe Market here. Nuseibeh and Gur-Lavie smiled warmly like old friends, whereas, in fact,
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Middle EastEDISON, New Jersey. (Press Release)–Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg, pulpit rabbi at Congregation Beth El here, is tired of counting swastikas and hearing antisemitic cat calls when he heads home from synagogue. It happened to him again on Friday night August 20th on Route 27, where Jew-baiting by local teens has become trendy over the last year.
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Bernhard H. Rosenberg-Rabbi, Jewish Religion, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW)–Jane Schaffer, a master teacher whose methodology for writing essays is taught in high schools around the country, died of brain cancer early Sunday morning at home. She was 64. Schaffer, wife of San Diego Jewish World contributor and former San Diego Jewish Times columnist Dan Schaffer, had valiantly fought the cancer up until the
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) Chairman Marc R. Stanley, Immediate Past Chair Michael M. Adler and Vice-Chair Stephen Bittel on Sunday jointly issued the following statement: U.S. Representative Kendrick Meek has a stellar record of support for Israel, and it is wrong for anyone — of either political party — to
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Birdie Stodel Women Plan President’s Day Southwestern Jewish Press, January 21, 1955, Page 5 Past Presidents met at the home of Mrs. David Schwartz to plan “Past Presidents’ Day” which will be held on Monday, Jan. 24, at the Beth Jacob Center. They will be hostesses at the
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Adventures in SD History, Middle EastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–The grassroots group, San Diego Israel Coalition, has issued a call for shofar blowers to assemble at Congregation Beth El at 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 7–the day before Rosh Hashanah — to sound their support for “peace in Israel and around the world.” “The blowing of the Shofar at Rosh Hashanah
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Travel and FoodPOWAY, California (Press release)–A Shabbat celebration for returning and new members of Ner Tamid Synagogue, 15318 Pomerado Road, at 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 27, will feature Rav Nadav Caine at the pulpit and singer Cara Friedman on the guitar. Following the “family-friendly” service, the Conservative congregation will serve ice cream, cookies, fruit and other desserts.
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Travel and FoodEditor’s Note: Wondering how you can atone for your sins on Yom Kippur? Two comedians have devised alternate form letters that can be sent out right after Rosh Hashanah. By David Jelenko and Steve Hofstetter Dear [People on My Facebook Page/Friends], With [two days off of work/Rosh Hashanah] over, it’s time to look forward to Yom
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By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Fritz Coleman, KNBC TV’s intrepid weatherman feels like he’s putting something over on his fellow Angelenos. “I get paid for working for two minutes three times a day,” he says gleefully. “I love my job!” (Which also includes forecasting the weather over KNSD for San Diego and the
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