Cailin Acosta

Israeli Maestro Yoav Talmi, Formerly of San Diego Symphony, Turns 80

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — Israeli conductor, composer, and teacher Yoav Talmi’s 80th birthday was celebrated not only in his native Israel on April 28 at Tel Aviv University’s Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, where he heads the conducting department; but he was also feted the following month in Quebec City, Canada, where […]

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Eileen Wingard, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

The Closest You Can Get to Israel Without Being There

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) —Places are filling up fast for one of the largest-ever international gatherings for Israel supporters. The Global Conference for Israel will unite thousands of philanthropists, high school and college students, and the Israelis who manage and benefit from Jewish National Fund-USA’s philanthropic investments, for a weekend of unparalleled conversations, enrichment, and

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Israel, San Diego County, USA

Drumming in Jewish Circles

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — In the book “Miriam’s Tambourine: Jewish Folktales from Around the World” (1988), edited by Prof. Howard Schwartz, Miriam’s drum had magical abilities. Taken from a 19th-century Eastern European folktale, Schwartz writes that the music from Miriam’s drum drove off serpents and kept Miriam herself in eternal life. Today’s drumming

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Lifestyles, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Azerbaijan’s US Ambassador on Relations With Israel: ‘This is How We Believe Friends Should and Must Act’

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The deep and multifaceted relationship between Israel and Muslim-majority Azerbaijan is far more than transactional in nature, Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States Khazar Ibrahim emphasized in his remarks as one of the keynote speakers during the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on June 5 in New York City. “It’s not

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International, Israel, USA

University of Haifa Surges in Sustainable Development Rankings

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — University of Haifa rose significantly in this year’s Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, an index that measures academic institutions’ fulfillment of the social and environmental sustainability goals established by the United Nations. The University is ranked in the 100-200 cluster in the 2023 report, jumping from the 201-300 group in

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International, Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education

San Diego’s Raphael Delgado Among 4 Californians Selected for The Bronfman Fellowship

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Bronfman Fellowship has selected its 37th cohort of intellectually curious 11th-graders from across North America, among them the founder of InvestNow Clubs, a nonprofit which brings investment clubs to schools in historically disadvantaged communities; a published author whose historical research has been featured in publications such as Scholastic’s Best

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

Satire: ‘Make America Florida’ aka Let Hurricane DeSantis Wreak Havoc on the Nation

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The slogan for Ron DeSantis’ recently announced campaign is “Make America Florida” inviting a copyright infringement lawsuit from Donald Trump who issued an executive order in his mind to make it illegal for other politicians to start their campaign slogans with “Make America.” What would the United States look like

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Biden’s ‘Complicity’ With Pro-Palestinian Rhetoric

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Silence is complicity.” By his own standards, President Biden undermined his expansive project to confront antisemitism in America that he introduced last Wednesday, and 15 days before that he ignored an opportunity to directly take on an act that threatens the Jewish community. U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat,

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA