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Marriage choice should be “right” not “in” nor “out”

April 4, 2016

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levi St. Martin’s Press, 2016; ISBN 978-1-250-07816-2; 372 pages; $25.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– The heart rules supreme, or at least it should have, in this novel covering four generations of Ladino-speaking Israelis. Next time that you try to forbid a son or a daughter from […]

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How Streisand turned looking ‘too Jewish’ into stardom

April 3, 2016

When she decided to go into show business, iconic Jewish-American performer Barbra Streisand had to overcome tremendous odds, not the least of which was what some viewed as her distinctively Jewish appearance, according to an upcoming biography of the singer and actress. Long before she became a cultural icon, the Brooklyn-born Streisand was mocked, derided

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

From the Jewish library: ‘Dead Wake’

April 3, 2016

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the RMS Lusitania by Erik Larson, Crown Publishers, 2015 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — When Cunard liner RMS Lusitania sailed on May 1, 1915, from New York City to Liverpool, she was the largest and fastest steam passenger ship afloat. Many lessons had been learned from the sinking of

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories

North Coast Rep plans varied 35th season

April 1, 2016

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Where to start? So many great shows, so many legendary writers and time-tested directors. I, for one, cannot wait for this new season to open. Unbelievably, David Ellenstein, artistic director of my intimate neighborhood theater, has created a veritable feast for the thespian in all of us. I almost

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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Imre Kertesz, 1929-2016

April 1, 2016

Nobel Prize winning author of Fateless BUDAPEST (JNS.org)– Hungarian writer Imre Kertesz, a Holocaust survivor who won the the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature for his fiction work, died on Thursday in Budapest at age 86 after a long battle with illness, the Magveto Kiado publishing firm said. Kertesz was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Obituaries & memorials

All Rachmaninoff concert set by TICO

March 31, 2016

By David Amos SAN DIEGO — If you ring the doorbell at our home, you will not hear the traditional “buzz” or “ding-dong.” Instead, you will hear Paganini’s 24th Caprice for solo violin. This is by far not an obscure tune. I am sure that you have heard it played in various arrangements and transformations.

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Travel and turpinoid subjects for poets

March 28, 2016

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Nelson Heller and Genine Rainbeau-Heart were the two featured poets at the Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices program Tuesday evening, March 22, at the Astor Judaica Library. With one of the original programmed poets absent due to illness, the open microphone segment was extended. The well-attended audience was rewarded with Rainbeau-Heart’s original

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard

Montreal Symphony program had French connections

March 28, 2016

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, under their California-bred conductor, Kent Nagano, performed a virtuoso program at the Irwin and Joan Jacobs Music Center last Wednesday evening. Because the printed programs of the sponsoring La Jolla Music Society did not include biographical notes on the performers, Kristin Lancino, the new President and

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Bach’s ‘St. Matthew Passion’ stirs Jerusalem audience

March 28, 2016

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I don’t write about every concert I attend, or even every book I read, for that matter. That would be boring and repetitive. However, there are some concerts (and some books) that I feel I really must share with anyone out there who might be slightly interested in

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Gary Shandling, 1949-2016

March 28, 2016

LOS ANGELES (JNS.org) — Jewish actor and comedian Garry Shandling died Thursday at the age of 66, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said. Shandling is best known for working on the cable television comedy show “The Larry Sanders Show,” which aired from 1992-98. He began his entertainment career by writing for sitcoms such

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Novel explores Berlin on the eve of World War II

March 27, 2016

Midnight in Berlin by James MacManus; Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin’s Press; ISBN 978-1-250-07949-4; 404 pages; $26.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a novel of political intrigue set in Nazi Germany just before the outbreak of World War II. The British military attache in Berlin, Noel Macrae, learns of Adolf Hitler’s

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

From the Jewish library: ‘An Improbable Friendship’

March 27, 2016

An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their Forty Year Peace Mission, by Anthony David, Arcade Publishing, 2015 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Ruth Dayan was married to and then divorced from Israel’s General Moshe Dayan. Raymonda Tawil was the mother-in-law of Palestinian Fatah Chairman Yasser

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East

Gaza, Lebanon–An Israeli soldier’s diary

March 24, 2016

From the Wilderness and Lebanon: An Israeli Soldier’s Story of War and Recovery by Asael Lubotzky, Translated from the Hebrew by Murray Roston,Toby Press, New Milford, Connecticut; ISBN 978-1-59264-417-9 ©2015, $14.95, p. 188 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –The Third Platoon of the Golani Brigade, now working near Gaza for training, but normally operating in Northern Israel,

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Middle East

Memoir of a childless, fatherless Jew

March 23, 2016

The Pater: My Father, My Judaism, My Childlessness by Elliot Jager; Toby Press, London, England By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I was given Elliot Jager’s book, The Pater: My Father, My Judaism, My Childlessness, as a gift, and must admit that it is not a book I would have chosen to read in the

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Marriage choice should be “right” not “in” nor “out”

How Streisand turned looking ‘too Jewish’ into stardom

From the Jewish library: ‘Dead Wake’

North Coast Rep plans varied 35th season

Imre Kertesz, 1929-2016

All Rachmaninoff concert set by TICO

Travel and turpinoid subjects for poets

Montreal Symphony program had French connections

Bach’s ‘St. Matthew Passion’ stirs Jerusalem audience

Gary Shandling, 1949-2016

Novel explores Berlin on the eve of World War II

From the Jewish library: ‘An Improbable Friendship’

Gaza, Lebanon–An Israeli soldier’s diary

Memoir of a childless, fatherless Jew

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