Remembering Ernest Bloch
Composer Ernest Bloch was born this day (July 24) in 1880.
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Travel and FoodEgos, maneuvers, muddy Israel’s coalition building
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –The promise implied in the return to politics of Ehud Barak – former chief of staff, prime minister and minister of defense – isn’t likely to materialize. The disclosure about his association with American tycoon Geoffrey Epstein has compromised him, even though there’s no suggestion that he was in any
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Middle EastComic- Con may change, but fans still seek advice
By Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Comic-Con has exploded into a place where pop culture fandoms blend, creating an almost amusement-park atmosphere encompassing everything from the biggest Internet Providers to the smallest fledgling writers and artists. But one thing has remained consistent throughout the convention’s 50 meetings over the last 49 years: the inspiration
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. MasoriHappy birthday Leon Fleisher
Pianist Leon Fleisher was born this day (July 23) in 1928.
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Travel and Food‘Just kidding’: A kinder, gentler deportation program
By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Jewish industrialists friendly to President Trump and his administration are developing a complex plan to encourage thousands of Americans to “go back where they came from.” According to sources who asked not be identified because of the sensitivity of the project, the plan is to take a “softer”
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireLooking to our area’s Jewish past — and future
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two recent honors in my life undoubtedly will have a positive influence on the kinds of stories that will appear in San Diego Jewish World. Recently, I was elected to the presidency of the Louis Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish History, a group interested in promoting
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Donald H. Harrison, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIsrael’s election maneuvers take focus off other issues
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –We’re getting closer to August 1, when the parties will have to finalize their candidates for the September 17th election. Currently, the leader of the Labor Party has aligned himself toward the right with Orli Levy-Abekakis, the attractive daughter of Likudnik David Levy. Amir Peretz has provided her with the second
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastA Survivor who wrote his memoir in Auschwitz
We know that there is only one ending to this, only one liberation from this barbed wire hell: death. — Eddy de Wind By Dorian de Wind The Moderate Voice AUSTIN, Texas –He was one of the approximately 107,000 Dutch Jewish men, women and children who were transported in train cattle wagons to a dozen or
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Dorian de Wind, International, Jewish HistoryA young life of mitzvot helps Brazilian tots to literacy
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Beatriz de Oliveira, 17, a senior at Torrey Pines High School, absorbed an important lesson every day from her mother, Dr. Daniela Carvalho, an otolaryngologist at Rady’s Children’s Hospital: “Do a mitzvah every day,” her mother has insisted both to her and Beatriz’s younger brother, Victor, 13. As
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Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe meanings of the names we associate with God
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — God is described in the Bible as Y-h-v-h, which is called “the
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionRemembering Emma Lazarus
Poet Emma Lazarus was born this day (July 22) in 1849. Composer Irving Berlin set to music her immortal poem, “The New Colossus,” which is engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
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Travel and FoodJewish trivia quiz: Project Rozana
By Mark D. Zimmerman SAN DIEGO — With little recent progress in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, many Israelis and Palestinians are focusing on people-to-people (P2P) approaches between the two communities, with a goal of promoting understanding and cooperation “on the ground.” One NGO (non-profit) that has taken this approach and has
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireComic-Con has its own kind of sequels
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Comic books often have their sequels. So too do appearances at Comic-Con. At the current Comic-Con, a panel on art in the Holocaust was largely a repeat of last year’s panel – with some new information. Meanwhile, an independent exhibitor, Miriam Libicki, about whom two stories have appeared
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRemembering Isaac Stern
Remembering violinist Isaac Stern who was born this date (July 21) in 1920.
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