Dance Nation Steps into the Surreal

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — There’s plenty of drama in dance studios, especially when there are competitions coming up. It’s a lot of pressure to put on these kids and rivalries among friends complicate their relationships. The characters are “tweeners,” children in their pre-teen years filled with rambunctious energy, insecurities and curiosities navigating […]

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Former U.S. Attorney Litman to speak Sept. 18 at CBI

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) —  Harry Litman, a former United States Attorney for western Pennsylvania and Deputy Assistant Attorney General, will address the Beth Israel Men’s Club at a 6:30 p.m. dinner buffet Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the temple, 9001 Towne Centre Drive.  Litman teaches Constitutional Law and National Security Law at both the UCLA

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San Diego Calendar, USA

Massive tree planting program may save planet

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — It might surprise most people to know that ecological themes form an important part of the Torah and Tanakh. For example: Genesis begins with an important ecological truth: “The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and

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International, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, The World We Share, USA

Comparing the biblical and Roman creation stories

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — It is basic psychology that people cannot understand a subject unless they understand its opposite. In fact, this was the first lesson I learnt at Johns Hopkins in my first psychology class. Peter Kamara’s Ancient Roman Mythology contains a description of a Roman creation myth. It is

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International, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion

Linguist learns of biological father’s secret past

What Language do I Dream in? by Elena Lappin;  HarperCollins, 2017, ISBN 9781554-684632. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — As a bilingual speaker of Hebrew and English as well as having some knowledge of French and German, I was intrigued by the title of this book. But the beginning is something of a surprise, as

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International

Ethnic studies bill for CSU should be vetoed

By Peter C. Herman Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Now that public outrage has forced the retraction of the K-12 ethnic studies curriculum proposal because it contained way too much jargon (e.g., “cisheteropatriarchy,” “hxrstory,” and “accompliceship”), leftish propaganda, and the exclusion of such ethnic groups as Jews and Indian-Americans, we still have another

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

Series will address the needs of the aging

LA JOLLA, California — Seacrest Village Retirement Communities, in association with the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, has announced it will be offering a series of discussions concerning issues facing elderly family members. The series has been titled “Navigating & Advocating for You and Your Aging Loved One: Medicare, Housing Options, Legal Matters, and More.”

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