By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Kate Hatmaker, co-founder and director of Art of Elan, gave an enthusiastic welcome to the full house at an unusual concert by living composers from various corners of the world. The program was entitled, DEFINING HOME. This concert took place Sunday evening, April 23, in the basement space […]
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Stone’s first thought was to commission I.M. Pei himself to “design a building that takes in an old sanctuary from Eastern Europe that was destroyed in the Holocaust and use concrete and glass to rebuild it – an ode to the past in a modern context.” At the nearby library of UC San Diego, Ryan found illustrated books about the synagogues of Eastern Europe, whose congregants had been annihilated in the Holocaust. Synagogues Without Jews by Rifka and Ben-Zion Dorfman proved particularly helpful. [Donald H. Harrison]
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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It was with a mixture of anticipation and apprehension that we bought tickets for the concert of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in which the first half consisted of the performance of an unknown work entitled “Twelve Tribes” by an unfamiliar composer, Benjamin Yusupov. The attraction of the second
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Entertainment attorney Bryan Freedman has been separately retained by cable news hosts Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, who on Monday were both dismissed from their respective positions at Fox News and Cable News Network. Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, welcomed Carlson’s departure saying in Tweet: “It’s about time. For far too long, Tucker Carlson has used his primetime show to spew antisemitic racist, xenophobic & anti-LGBTQ hate to millions.” Meanwhile Ken Stone of Times of San Diego has reported that San Diego-based One America News’s CEO and Founder Robert Herring Sr. said, “It would be great if we could get Tucker! I might give him around $25 million. And he would be well worth that!” U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) tweeted: “Now that fox has fired Carlson, who blundered by speaking off-camera truth about lies Fox told on air, will Fox recant Trump’s Big Lie, Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ Jan. 6 false-flag disinformation & the toxic Great Replacement Theory? Or was he just fired for saying he hated Trump?” [Donald H. Harrison]
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Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh in late 2021 acted upon an idea that had been incubating almost since she arrived here. She rented a 600-squae-foot storefront at 1128 Wall Street in La Jolla and named her enterprise “Yiddishland.” She intends it to be an incubator for the baby that she hopes will grow into a “mini-shtetl,” hopefully in La Jolla, with a small hotel, museum, classes, and possibly costumed docents who will introduce visitors to the resurging Yiddish world of Europe that was almost snuffed out by the Holocaust. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Published by DPA The conductor Daniel Barenboim was made an honorary citizen of Berlin on Friday, in a ceremony at the German capital’s city hall. Berlin mayor Franziska Giffey praised the 80-year-old for his “unparalleled mastery both at the concert grand piano and at the conductor’s podium.” She also paid tribute to Barenboim’s societal commitment,
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library will feature a three-part series of recorded music from the Holocaust. The free programs will take place in the JCC library Thursday afternoons from 2-3:30 p.m., April 27, “Songs of the Ghettos,” with guest Fanny Krasner Lebovits;
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Eileen Wingard, Holocaust, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyWe offer these tidbits from the weekend and Monday news involving members of the Jewish community [Donald H. Harrison]
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival (JFEST) returns even stronger with new partnerships and venues that go from Balboa Park to Downtown, to La Jolla, Encinitas, and Carlsbad, reaching different corners of the county through great artistic programing. The 2023 edition will run from Thursday, June 1 until
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004), a Black composer unfamiliar to most concert goers, wrote a delightful Sinfonietta for Strings, the opening selection in the San Diego Symphony Orchestra’s Thursday evening concert at the Conrad in La Jolla. The three-movement work, Sonata Allegro, Song Form, Rondo, consisted of standard classical
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Eileen Wingard, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County“We are welcoming Fanny Krasner Lebovits up to the stage again. When a 100-year-old Survivor says that she would like to sing, she sings!.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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As Shabbat nears, here are glimpses of how members of the Jewish community ae making news in the realms of politics, sports, and entertainment. [Donald H. Harrison]
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South African musician and humanitarian Sharon Katz will be giving a complimentary concert at the Ramona Ranch Winery on Sunday, April 16th from 2:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon with a wonderful musician in a lovely setting? [Mimi Pollack]
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International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyNews of Jewish interest broke on Tuesday at the International, National, State and Local Levels: [Donald H.Harrison]