‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Production a Temptation for Music Lovers

Playing through January 8, this show will have you clapping and singing along whether you want to or not.  Against the backdrop of chart-topping hits like For Once In My Life; Since I lost My Baby; My Girl; The Way You Do The Things You Do, and of course the title song Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, the story of the Temptations’ rise to fame and the cost to their personal lives is narrated by the last surviving original member, Otis Williams, played by Michael Andreas.  [Sandi Masori]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Mel Gibson ‘Months From Shooting The Passion of the Christ Sequel’

Published by BANG Showbiz English Mel Gibson is reportedly months away from shooting a sequel to his controversial 2004 film ‘The Passion of the Christ’. Jim Caviezel is said to be returning in the role of Jesus while Mel, 67, is apparently returning as director of ‘The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection’, according to Newsmax.

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USA

UN Security Council Members Stress Al Aqsa Mosque Status Quo

Published by Reuters By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Security Council members voiced concern on Thursday and stressed the need to maintain a status quo at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, days after Israel’s new far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefly visited the site. The decades-old status quo allows only Muslim

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Middle East

Israel-Based Mobileye Sees $17 billion in Assisted-Driving Product Revenues by 2030

Published by Reuters (Reuters) -Intel Corp’s self-driving tech unit Mobileye Global Inc said on Thursday it sees more than $17 billion in revenues for its advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) products by 2030. Jerusalem, Israel-based Mobileye, which went public in October last year, is a top player in the ADAS market, which shares components with

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Israel

Iran Lashes Out at France Over New Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

Published by Euronews (English) Iranian officials are furious after the French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo published offensive caricatures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran announced on Thursday that it was shutting down a French research institute in the capital in protest of the publication of the cartoons. “The ministry is ending the activities

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Middle East

Religious Dissent in Israel at Ben-Gvir’s Al Aqsa Compound Visit

Published by Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Leading ultra-Orthodox Jewish figures supporting Israel’s coalition government on Wednesday criticised a visit by a far-right minister to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem, adding internal religious dissent to a cascade of foreign censure. One lawmaker accused National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir of “goading the entire

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Israel

More than 30 Gravestones Damaged in Protestant Cemetery in Jerusalem

Published by DPA Unknown vandals desecrated a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem, damaging more than 30 gravestones, according to Israeli media reports. Israeli radio reported considerable damage to the Zion cemetery on Wednesday, with gravestones damaged and crosses broken. The Jerusalem Post, citing Jerusalem University College, reported that the perpetrators were two Jewish teenagers, saying the

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Israel

Beth Israel Lecture to Cover ‘Antisemitism in Visual Art Since the Middle Ages’

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On Wednesday, January 18, from 7-8 p.m., the Congregation Beth Israel Men’s Club Speaker Forum presents, “Antisemitism in Visual Art Since the Middle Ages,” a lecture by Claudia Hercman. Hercman was born and raised in Buenos Aires, within the Argentinian Jewish community. She is a tour guide and translator. She

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Holocaust, International, Jewish History, San Diego County

If Justice, Justice is Not Pursued in Israel

By Bruce S. Ticker “Justice, justice thou shalt pursue…” – Exodus “The law is all we have…” – Newman, from “The Seven” segment in “Seinfeld” Team Bibi’s plans to transform Israel’s legal system boils down to a perversion of our most basic biblical teachings. They will forsake justice to feed their political appetites. Retired Rabbi

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA