Rocking, Cheering, and Emoting with TINA

If you go by the Civic Theater around 9:30 pm on the next four nights, you may notice people coming out with big smiles on their faces, a beat in their step and a song on their lips.  Such is the end of the emotional journey audience members were taken on at the Broadway San Diego performance of TINA.  The rockumentary tells of the life and rise to fame of the legendary Tina Turner, who sadly passed just last May.  [Sandi Masori]

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

Preview: Top Flamenco Artist to Perform in Intersections Concert Series

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — One of the top flamenco artists in the world today, Lakshmi Basile, “La Chimi,” will be featured in the Thursday, July 27, 7 p.m. Intersections Concert Series at Park and Market, curated by Yale Strom. She will be joined by her quintet, Souls on Fire, and by Hot

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

ADL’s Perlov Has History of Fostering Inter-Communal Relations

When the position of ADL Regional Director opened with the departure of Tammy Gillies, Perlov said she felt motivated to apply for the job, to which she was appointed last October. “With antisemitism being at historic high levels, I felt like I could not stand on the side and not put my experience forward,” she said. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, San Diego County

San Diego Jewish Community ‘Appalled’ by Human Relations Commissioner’s Antisemitic Rant

  By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — An antisemitic rant by a member of the San Diego County Human Relations Commission has drawn sharp criticism from the local Jewish community. Commissioner Khaliq Raufi said during a meeting on July 18 that he had read “a few verses” in the Old Testament

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San Diego County

Federation Reacts to Judicial Reform Developments in Israel ‘With Great Concern’

Jewish Federation of San Diego’s President and CEO Heidi Gantwerk, as well as Federation’s Board Chair David Bark, on Monday issued the following statement regarding the latest developments on the issue of judicial reform in Israel: Friends, Like everyone who cares deeply about the land and the people of Israel, we are watching the latest

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Israel, San Diego County

Censure Rep. Jayapal Over Dig Against Israel?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “There is nothing progressive about racism,” said. U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas. It was a shit-hits-the-fan moment  last week when the U.S. House of Representatives reacted to Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s (D-Wash.) “racist state” dig against Israel. It was an empty resolution, officially having nothing to do with Jayapal. For

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA

Satire: Uncle Tom’s Mansion

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The new African American history curriculum for Florida public schools requires teaching that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit” and that acts of black-on-black violence are the equivalent to white collective violence against blacks.  The textbook companies are now scrambling to publish

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Comic-Con 2023 Panels Indicate Bleak Entertainment Future

With writers and actors on strike and prohibited by SAG/AFTRA and WGA from promoting upcoming productions, this year’s Comic-Con was without many  people who normally would have participated on panels.  What was left at times seemed slapdash and makeshift, leaving most attendees wanting more, a harbinger of the content-cold year that the strikes will mean for fans around the world. [Shor M. Masori]

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Jewish Celebrities, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Protests Rage as Israel Passes Contested Curbs on Some Supreme Court Powers

Published by Reuters By Ari Rabinovitch and Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s parliament on Monday ratified the first bill of a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after last-gasp compromise efforts collapsed and failed to ease a constitutional crisis convulsing the country for months. The amendment limiting the Supreme Court’s powers to void

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Israel

Should You See ‘Witness for the Prosecution’ at PowPac? It’s No Mystery

By Eva Trieger POWAY, California — Thank you PowPac Theatre for bringing us Witness for the Prosecution, the edgy murder mystery penned in 1925 by Dame Agatha Christie. While I am not quite certain the author would recognize her play with PowPac’s treatment and influence, I do think she would have loved the performance I

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