By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–Every once in a while it is interesting to type one’s name into Google and see what comes up. It almost never fails to be amusing and upon occasion perplexing as well. On one such recent excursion I came across an item which caught my eye: “Moral Issues and Christian Responses: […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish ReligionThough Samantha Montgomery spent years posting YouTube videos of herself looking into a camera and singing, she never expected that anyone was looking back—much less someone with the power to completely change her life. Montgomery was born in Chicago and raised in Indiana. By the late 2000s, she was living in New Orleans and working
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAmazon Prime streaming brought me Bob Dylan’s latest songbook, Fallen Angels. I flashed immediately to 1978 and Willie Nelson’s Stardust. I don’t know if Willie’s was the first cross-over standards treatment, but it was my first. Willie and Dylan (funny how I think of them, firstName, lastName) both come from the tortured-not-pretty-voice side of musical
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Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsConsultation on Conscience focuses on civil rights and nonviolence Rabbi Bennett Miller, left, of Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple continues the discussion with Harry Belafonte after the program as Rabbi Philip Bazeley looks on. Keynote speaker at the Gertrude and Milton Kleinman Consultation on Conscience Harry Belafonte, seated right, is joined by Rabbi Bennett Miller. From
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAA Second Daniel; A Tudor Intrigue by Neal Roberts; Booktrope, Seattle By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I was drawn to the title of this book which appeared on a list of books that could be downloaded, and seized the opportunity to read it on my Kindle as I recognized the quote from The
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-VansonJerusalem has been photographed from nearly every conceivable angle, dating back to the 1830s, when the world’s first photographic images were captured on film. That photographic heritage is the subject of a new exhibit, “The Camera Man: Women and Men Photograph Jerusalem 1900-1950,” opening Thursday, May 26, at Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum. It was
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Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Five Soille Hebrew Day School students and one San Diego City Schools Middle School student presented their poetry at the final Jewish Poets- Jewish Voices eighth season’s concluding event. Rabbi Meir Cohen, principal of the Soille Hebrew Day School, was present to enjoy listening to his young students read their
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen WingardRobert Allen Zimmerman was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minn. He’s better known as Bob Dylan, the man who changed popular music with his words, voice and vision. In honor of Dylan’s diamond jubilee birthday on Tuesday, we offer 25 things to know about rock’s greatest songwriter. 1. He lived his first six
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Creation’s First Light by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, illustrated by Joani Rothenberg; © 2013 IBJ Book Publishing; ISBN 978-10934922-94-1; 32 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This might be subtitled “A Child’s Guide to Torah and Spirituality.” Rabbi Sasso begins with a paraphrase of God’s first command, “Let There Be Light” and subsequently explains
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish ReligionLONDON — By accident, almost the first thing I do when interviewing Tim Samuels is to give him an opportunity to demonstrate his masculinity. For the writer of “Who Stole My Spear?” — a highly entertaining book on how to be a man in the 21st century — it was the possibility of demonstrating recording
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In September of 1978, three nations’ leaders, US President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met for thirteen days on an isolated hilltop to iron out the Camp David Accords. Who got the shorter end of the stick depends on whose analysis one
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastMount Pleasant: My Journey from Creating a Billion-Dollar Company to Teaching at a Struggling Public High School by Steve Poizner, Portfolio, Penguin Group, 2010 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Steve Poizner describes himself as the quintessential nerd – and proud of it. Taught by his Jewish parents to dedicate himself to the constant pursuit
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Princess, an Israeli film making its DVD debut May 24, deals with an uncomfortable subject: the sexual abuse of children in their homes. In this case, 12-year-old Adar (Shira Haas) likes to have tickle fights with Michael (Ori Pfefer), the boyfriend of her mother Alma (Keren Mor). But
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By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — Miriam Peretz has become a legend in Israel and the translation of her riveting book, Miriam’s Song, written, with her, by beloved Israeli author Smadar Shir and expertly translated by Jessica Setbon, will now ensure that she becomes a legend in the English speaking world as well. I
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