PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release)—The National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) will be the premier East Coast venue for Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first-ever exhibition about the trailblazing associate justice. Based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name and created in partnership with its […]
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Jewish History, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Shavuot (the Sephardic and Israeli pronunciation), or Shavuos (the Ashkenazic pronunciation) just ended. The holiday commemorates God’s giving of the Torah to Moses and the Israelites at Mt. Sinai. Shavuot traditions include eating dairy food, participating in all-night study sessions, and reading the Ten Commandments and the
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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Playwright Ali Viterbi , judging by In Every Generation, is a fresh young voice with much to say. The play, presented Thursday evening, June 6, as part of the 26th Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, is in four parts. It zig-zags between eras, managing to deal
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Nahama, the wife of President Reuven Rivlin, died after a protracted illness. She was a great person, well educated and involved in numerous social welfare activities. There was several days of hearing good things about her, and at least one comment that it should have been Sara. And the parties
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Kaminski’s B-B-Q & Sports Lounge, 12725 Poway Road, Poway, California 92064 By Sandi Masori POWAY — While driving on Poway Road to get my hair done, I noticed a barbecue restaurant that seemed to jump out at me. I guess I must have been hungry, because I never noticed it before. It looked perfect
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food
By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel SOLANA BEACH, California — A Walk in The Woods at the North Coast Rep is engaging, informative and entertaining with a fine script and superb acting. The history of the play goes back the Cold War when Russia controlled Eastern Europe, half of Germany, and half of Berlin, while the
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Navras J. Aafreedi. Ph.D KOLKATA, India –The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into seventy languages, including a few South Asian ones. These include Hindi, the official link language of India and the fourth most widely spoken language with 341 million speakers; Bengali, the national language of Bangladesh and the fifth most widely
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — There’s been some buzz about a “Straight Pride Parade” being organized in Boston. It seems that some heterosexual men feel left out and want some attention. It’s kind of like how an older sibling, accustomed to the spotlight, feels jealous of a new baby. It’s right up there
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Zionism is Jewish intersectionality and genuine progressivism. It is the diversity of the incoming, the answer to three millennium of Jewish victimhood. It is where left and right, black, white and brown, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, religious and secular, intersect, come together in defense of our self preservation, to celebrate
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Barry Shaw, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — David Amos did unusual programming at TICO’s recent concert at Tifereth Israel Synagogue by opening with the longest work of the evening, Dvorak’s New World Symphony. However, the orchestra musicians seemed warmed up enough to plunge into this iconic music and bring forth the familiar melodies with all the
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It was Erev Shavuot on Saturday evening, June 8. Once again we were talking about two women in the Bible during the customary evening study session at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. This time, however, the two women we discussed were not Ruth and Naomi, as is perhaps traditional. Instead,
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Just as some California Democrats sought to blame Israel for all plagues and earthquakes, Palestinians were denied Israeli hospital care – by their own leaders. The Israeli embassy in London was accused by a Labour Party official of “whipping” charges of anti-Semitism. As if Jewish Brits needed their help.
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Middle East, USAOn June 8, 1970, Princeton University awarded Bob (ne Zimmerman) Dylan an honorary doctor of music degree.
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