JPlate: BEHSHRT
SAN DIEGO — In short, this license plate was simply meant to be. (Although the correctly spelled Yiddish word would be “beshert” or “bashert.”)
Famous Cantors, Past and Present, Featured in High Holy Day Music at the JCC
High Holiday Music will be featured as the first of a series of three Jewish Holiday Music programs from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library. This free presentation will be held from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, September 28, in the second floor library of the Lawrence Family JCC. [Eileen Wingard]
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Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyHistorian’s Memoir May Resound With Readers’ Memories
“Homelands: A Personal History of Europe” by Timothy Garton Ash; Yale University Press, 2023. By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Academic Zoom presentations have created a common market for sharing scholarship and continuing education. The Woodrow Wilson Center and the American Historical Society present scholars and discussants with cutting edge ideas, interpretations, and revelations.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Oliver PollakJewish Trivia Quiz: Yom Kippur in Dizengoff Square
By Mark D. Zimmerman Since 2019, Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square has been the location of public Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur services, sponsored by Rosh Yehudi, a non profit organization. The services have attracted upwards of 2000 attendees, from Haredi Jews wearing kippot and tallitot, to secular Israelis in shorts and with bared heads, to
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireRecognizing the Miraculous in the ‘Mundane’
the personal stories told from Rabbi Zedek’s own experiences were the ones that most resonated with me as I read this slim volume. Perhaps this is because I know from personal experience that we can intellectually quote from the works of others without taking their meanings deep into our hearts, but when we relate our own experiences, we are telling about something that in the everyday course of living made us take special notice. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish ReligionBarry Robbins: Restaurateur, Food Brand Entrepreneur
The success of the bread was the second time that Barry Robbins and his retired major partner, David Levy, had a food product hit the big time nationally. In fact, Levy once commented to Orange County Magazine that the success of the bread was “déjà vu all over again.” Before there was Milton’s Bread, there was Chicago Brothers’ Pizza. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Ben Dishman, Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USASatire: Penitential Prayers from MAGA Politicians
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Although not Jewish, MAGA politicians are trying to court Jewish voters. Thus, they have posted penitential prayers on their websites. Here’s a sampling: Marjorie Taylor Greene: Dear God, I confess that I have been mean to Joe Biden. In the coming year I vow to campaign very hard against
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireHumorous 1-Man Show Provides Lesson on Immigrant Experience
The show is really a kind of stand-up comedy, except that while there is plenty of laughter, he’s also leading you on an emotional journey as he recounts his parents experience emigrating from Bangladesh to Spanish Harlem in New York, the land of the free. [Sandi Masori]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe High Atlas Foundation’s Rapid Response to the Urgent Needs of Morocco Earthquake-Affected Communities
MARRAKECH, Morocco (Press Release) — On September 8, 2023 at 11:11 p.m., an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 occurred 71.8 km southwest of Marrakech in the High Atlas Mountain region of Ighil, in Al Haouz province. It was the largest earthquake in the country’s modern history creating a cascade of devastation, and loss but
Full Circle Moment for La Jolla Jewish Family’s Ambulance Donation
LA JOLLA, California (SDJW Staff Report) — During a dedication ceremony earlier this year at Congregation Adat Yeshurun, a La Jolla Jewish family and their friends donated an ambulance to Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency response organization. The donors, Mike, Karen Aron, and family, made the gift tribute to his late father, Yitzchak Ben
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Israel, San Diego CountyNetanyahu Directs Nuclear Experts to Find Saudis Path to Enrich Uranium
(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his country’s leading nuclear and security specialists to work with U.S. negotiators to find a compromise that lets Saudi Arabia enrich uranium, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Israeli officials are “quietly working” with the White House to develop a “U.S.-run, uranium-enrichment operation” in Saudi Arabia for
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Israel, Middle East, USAAdidas CEO on Ye’s Antisemitic Remarks: ‘I Don’t Think He Meant What He Said’
Published by Benzinga In an unexpected turn of events, Adidas (OTC:ADDYY) CEO Bjørn Gulden has expressed his beliefs about remarks made by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. Gulden suggests that the controversial rapper did not intend the antisemitic comments he made last year, The Hill reported. These comments led Adidas and other companies to
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USABook of Mormon is Completely Irreverent and Absolutely Delightful
Price suffers a crisis of faith, which leaves the compassionate but less educated and experienced Cunningham to minister to the natives. The only problem is that he has never actually read the Book of Mormon, and so as he attempts to help the villagers solve their problems he embellishes the stories in the good book with characters and plot lines from popular science fiction, superhero and fantasy movies. This results in the conversion of the villagers, who are encouraged by Nabulungi (Keke Nesbitt) the sweet daughter of the village liaison (Lamont J. Whitaker). [Sandi Masori]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & BroadcastA Book Launch
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Ever since Yigal (my other half) retired from his high-powered high-tech career he has been involved in numerous non-high-tech activities. These range from pursuing his interest in art to become an expert in the paintings of Caravaggio, extending his study of the Ancient Near East to become a