Jewish Touches Add to Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big San Diego Christmas Show

In this version Jewish playwrights Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen have adapted it with hilarious anachronistic references to San Diego and pop culture.  As soon as the show opens they show us what to expect when they reference the stage ghost light and then say that San Diego has too many ghosts, like those at the Hotel Del, The Whaley House, or the Chargers Fan Club.  [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Hanukkah Celebration Returns to Sesame Place San Diego

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Sesame Place® San Diego, the only theme park on the West Coast based entirely on the award-winning show Sesame Street®, is hosting a Hanukkah Celebration on Sunday, December 10. The daytime family-friendly holiday fun includes: Menorah Candle Lighting Ceremony – Guests can join their favorite furry friends for this holiday

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

People4Peace Counters Misinformation, Biases in Wake of Hamas Terror Attacks

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – Professionals from law, media, education, science, government relations, psychology and communications unite in People4Peace to tell the stories of real people in the wake of Iran-backed terrorist organization Hamas’ horrific attacks on Israeli civilians and ongoing cross-border assaults.  The coalition uses traditional media, digital channels and social platforms to also emphasize

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Israel, USA

Ugandan-American Tells of Fateful October Visit to Israel

Then, the first siren rang. We were bewildered and befuddled but the amazing hotel staff shuffled us into the basement along with the other hotel guests.  In my imagination, this was just another one-day scuffle. Such is what passes for “peacetime” in this part of the world, I thought. [Shoshana McKinney]

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International, Israel, Jewish History, Shoshana McKinney, Travel and Food

Satire: Avoiding Arguments about the Israel-Hamas War at Thanksgiving Dinners

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Thanksgiving brings families together, but arguments about current events break them up.  This year Jewish families will face this combustible situation as relatives sympathetic with the plight of Gazan civilians come face to face with their Stand With Us kin.  Here are some suggestions to avoid the meal from

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Aharoni: Hamas’ Oct 7th Attack Rewrote the Rules for Fighting Terrorism

“There is no escape from the inevitable conclusion that if Israel cannot tolerate Hamas along the southern border, Israel cannot tolerate Hezbollah on the northern border either,” he told more than 300 persons at a StandWithUs-sponsored speech on Monday evening, Nov. 20, in the social hall of Congregation Beth El. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County

‘Fragments II’ a Unique Multi-Sensory Experience

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — Entering the Conrad on Thursday evening, November 16, the audience encountered a stage veiled in a white haze. Before the concert was about to begin, the hall went dark. When the lights came on, a spotlighted figure, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, surrounded by the white haze, unleashed an

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

‘Inspecting Carol’ Delights as a Play Within a Play

By Eva Trieger POWAY, California — There is something that always delights me about seeing a play within a play. And Inspecting Carol reaffirmed this in spades! This comedy, written in 1991 by Daniel Sullivan, reveals the chaos that befalls a regional theatre company as they try to maintain their endowment from the NEA. Without

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Bais Betzalel Chabad Celebrates Its First Bris

There is a special Jewish custom that in the months leading up to the delivery, the father opens up the Aron Kodesh to bring out the Sefer Torah. The Zohar says, “When the congregation takes out the Torah Scroll, the Heavenly Gates of Mercy are opened, and G‑d’s love is aroused.” The husband opening the Gates of Heaven hopefully elicits G‑d’s merciful blessing that the birth be easy and without complications. [Rabbi Yehuda Trestman]

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Jewish Trivia Quiz: John F. Kennedy

By Mark D. Zimmerman President ‍John ‍F. ‍Kennedy ‍was ‍assassinated ‍60 ‍years ‍ago ‍this ‍week ‍in ‍Dallas, ‍Texas. ‍Kennedy ‍was ‍the ‍son ‍of ‍Joseph ‍Kennedy, ‍Sr., ‍a ‍wealthy ‍businessman ‍and ‍philanthropist. ‍Joseph ‍Kennedy ‍was ‍a ‍known ‍antisemite ‍who, ‍while ‍he ‍was ‍serving ‍as ‍the ‍United ‍States ‍ambassador ‍to ‍the ‍United ‍Kingdom ‍in ‍1938, ‍told ‍the

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

New Joint Initiative to Facilitate Overseas Physicians Volunteering to Address Israel’s Wartime Healthcare Shortage

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — In response to Israel’s pressing healthcare challenges during wartime, Nefesh B’Nefesh has been collaborating with the Israeli Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and The Jewish Agency for Israel on assembling a comprehensive database of thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish physician volunteers from around the world. The Iron

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Video of Jewish Students Leaving Amid Protest Said to Be Real Despite Earlier UCSD Denial

By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — A Jewish student organization at UC San Diego said Sunday an Instagram video showing students leaving a building amid an anti-Israel protest is real, despite an earlier denial by the university. Hillel San Diego said the video circulating on social media was taken by

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Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education