By Oliver B. Pollak ALBANY, California — Several years ago I attended the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. Two years ago I attended the Berlin and Beyond German Film Festival in San Francisco. This year we attended the 39th annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. The crowd was lined up around the block to […]
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Middle East, Oliver Pollak, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Although our San Diego Padres were defeated by the San Francisco Giants by a score of 7-6 on Sunday, July 28, there was a magical moment during what was designated as “Jewish Community Day” at Petco Park. That moment came during the bottom of the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsBritish Jewish philanthropist Moses Montefiore died this day (July 28) in 1885 at age 100.
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Mamur JERUSALEM — Israel is “blessed” with some twenty political parties each aspiring to be represented in the Knesset. But the law that requires a party to have a minimum number of votes in elections in order to qualify would exclude many of them. That’s why before each election the small parties,
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Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Their messages were aimed at different people, but both screeds were just as historically shameful. In a 10-day period, our president and a congresswoman from Detroit uttered some of the most disgraceful words ever to emanate from Washington. Even Republican leaders pounced on President Trump for proclaiming in
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International, Middle East, USA
By Sofia Gardenswartz Times of San Diego LA MESA, California –I walked into an office that looked just like the three others I had visited that morning in May: American flag, stock-photo landscapes hanging on the walls, inbox overflowing with papers, and busy staffers. I was at the Capitol in Sacramento for the National Council
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International, USACellist Leonard Rose, here performing “Shelomo” by Ernest Bloch, was born this day (July 27) in 1918.
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I was ready to leave my parent’s home in Beverly Hills to test myself as an independent, 22-year-old woman. My friend Myra Cohn told me about a college friend of hers in New York looking for a roommate; this provided an opportunity to lessen my parents’ worries
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Natasha Josefowitz, USAFeminist Bitch By Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−You probably are wondering why I am referring to myself in such a derogatory way. This illustrates the problem! I am a female dog, but another meaning of bitch is “an unkind or unpleasant woman.” So why do humans always call female dogs bitches,
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Lawrence Baron, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireComposer/ conductor Serge Koussevitzky was born this day (July 26) in 1874.
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Travel and FoodBy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Just a week after writing critically about an article by a well-known journalist in an influential publication, I again feel the necessity to respond to the utter nonsense that these prominent “experts” espouse to their large readerships. Both Dana Milbank and Peter Beinart are Jewish. What “liberal” attitudes
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — Travel broadens the mind, they say. However, one of the less delightful aspects of travel is making sure you haven’t forgotten anything. I’m not talking only about essentials such as passport, documents, etc., but rather about the myriad other objects you have to have about your person to cover
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — In our Torah portion this week, Pinchas, we read about the daughters of Tzlafchad. Tzlafchad had no sons, only daughters. According to biblical law, only sons could inherit from their fathers, which would have left his daughters with nothing. So they petitioned Moses for the rights to their
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyProclaim Liberty Throughout the Land, The Hebrew Bible in the United States: A Sourcebook by M. Y. Soloveichik, M. Holbreich, J. Silver, and S. W. Halpern, editors, The Toby Press, New Milford CT, © 2019, ISBN 978-1-59264-465-0, p. 344, $29.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Historians generally acknowledge the importance of the Protestant pulpit
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion