President Ronald Reagan’s relationships with Israel were complicated, dramatic and tortuous, according to Max Boot’s new biography, “Reagan: His Life and Legend.” {Donald H. Harrison}
Book Review, Part 2: Reagan’s Fraught Relationship with Israel Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
. Always be mindful of those struggling at work or at synagogue and to practice patience. You never know a person’s struggle so just be kind. A smile really does go a long way. [Cailin Acosta]
Mental Health Illness Awareness Week is In Progress Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Back in the beginning of the summer I had the opportunity to attend a Jewish Italian culture night through San Diego JFest. Part of that event was a reading of an excerpt of Ali Viterbi’s play In Every Generation. In that reading, Marco Barricelli and his real-life wife Beatrice Basso read the parts of Davide and Paola in the scene that depicts them as post-World War II, newly-married immigrants to America, exploring their new freedom to publicly practice Judaism without fear of pogroms or Nazis. [Sandi Masori]
Although It Was Just a Reading, It Had Lage Emotional Impact Read More »
Jewish Fiction, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Reacting to the ferocity of Hurricane Helene, Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X: “Yes, they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” Although Greene doesn’t say who “they” are, “they probably are the same Jews she blamed for igniting California’s wildfires in 2021 with giant space lasers. [Laurie Baron]
Satire: Weaponizing the Weather Read More »
Antisemitism, California, Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
For many readers, the takeaway from the 731 pages of text in Max Boot’s Reagan: His Life and Legend will be that President Ronald Reagan took direction from his subordinates, and depending on which ones he listened to, the results either were very good or disastrous. [Donald H. Harrison]
Poring Through a New Reagan Biography to Glean His Relationships with Jews Read More »
Antisemitism, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
The saying “one man’s (or in this case, woman’s) trash is another person’s treasure” takes on a whole different meaning. Local San Carlos artist, Roni Breite held an open house at her private residence on Sunday, Sept. 29 for friends and family to view her creations and purchase them if they so desired. Every room in the house, even the bathrooms, had items on display on the walls. [Cailin Acosta]
Treasures Can Be Found Everywhere if You Look for Them Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
In the wake of the IDF’s incursion into Lebanon, accompanied by its advice to residents there to leave in order to avoid civilian casualties, the far-from-objective Sky News correspondent bewailed the exodus of the population there after having ignored the similar fate suffered by tens of thousands of Israelis in the north of Israel for the past year. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
Britain’s Sky News’ Reporter’s Bias is Obvious in Wake of IDF’s Incursion into Lebanon Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, Middle East, News Media, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
He examines the Torah text from Jewish and non-Jewish sources. He follows the rational view that Maimonides (1138-1204) taught in his introduction to his Guide of the Perplexed: that the truth is the truth no matter its source. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Baseball playoffs in October and the San Diego Padres have awakened the last couple of weeks. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, Padres won the Wild Card Series defeating the Atlanta Braves. [Cailin Acosta]
Post-Season Baseball Features Padres and Dodgers Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
On a warm Sunday afternoon enthusiasts of Tequila and Tacos gathered at the Handlery Hotel for the first of an annual tasting event. General manager and Jewish community member Albert Kreimerman said that they put the event together so they could engage with the community and showcase executive chef Miguel Diaz and some of their vendors. [Sandi Masori]
Handlery Hotel Shows Off Its T&T Knowledge–Tequila & Tacos Read More »
California, International, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food
Themes of economic strife, marital disconnection, split allegiances and xenophobia were certainly prevalent in post-Korean-war America. But couldn’t the same be said of today? [Eva Trieger]
‘A View from the Bridge’ Deals with Immigrant and Marital Concerns Read More »
Eva Trieger, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
The interview opens with his personal experiences as an athlete and then team doctor at UCLA. It follows with his career as an unusually young surgeon during his military assignment in Newfoundland, then leading from peak experience to further peak in his long medical career and travels. Towards the end of the interview, Lou discusses his extended love affair with Torah and his heartfelt quest for “understanding God.” [Stanley Tiger]
Audio Interview with Lou Towne, z”l, a Doctor and Cantor Read More »
Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors
There’s something special about growing up in Israel that’s hard to explain to people who didn’t experience it. It’s not just about the food, the language, or the landscape—it’s this quiet understanding that you’re part of the majority. [Shahar Masori]
An Israeli-American Perspective: Being in the Majority vs. the Minority Read More »
Israel, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Shahar Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Tashlich services at Lake Murray in San Diego brought together the Reform congregation of Temple Emanu-El and the Conservative congregation of Tifereth Israel Synagogue for prayers capped by the blowing of shofars and the symbolic casting of sins (in the form of bird seed) into the lake waters. [SDJW]
Tashlich at Lake Murray Read More »
Fred Kropveld, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors