The Polgar Variant, directed by Yossi Aviram, Israel, 2014, 68 minutes long in Hungarian, English and Hebrew with English subtitles. To be shown twice during the San Diego Jewish Film Festival: Sunday, Feb. 7, at 5 p.m. at the Edwards San Marcos Stadium 18, 1180 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos; and on Thursday, Feb. […]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Yale Strom may be a multitalented man and a well known musician both locally and internationally, but he is also refreshingly down to earth and modest, answering my questions at his rustic, comfortable home in Mission Hills with his loving dog, Olive, snuggled on his lap. Where to begin?
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Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — According to Craig Prater of the Lawrence Family JCC, San Diego audiences may not realize their great fortune in luring Hannah Fisher to the next month’s Jewish Film Festival. After a scintillating phone call with the Toronto native, I must agree! Fisher has agreed to Chair the Film Jury
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Violinist Zina Schiff will be at Tifereth Israel Synagogue this Sunday afternoon, Jan. 17, at 3 p.m., to introduce the MGM Academy Award-nominated movie The Fixer. Schiff’s solo violin playing is heard throughout the movie score, which was composed by Maurice Jarre. Jarre is famous for scores to such
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO — This is the conclusion to the monologue published yesterday, revealing the rabbi’s mother’s side of the story….and continuing to ask the question, “When is it right to lie?” This monologue is designed to work with yesterday’s monologue as a duo – but each will stand alone. Lies (The Rabbi’s mother) A monologue by
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) Celebrating the San Diego Jewish Film Festival’s 26th Season, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run February 4-14, 2016. On February 8th, 22 short films beginning at 10:00am to 7:30pm at the ArcLight Theatres (UTC) La
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO — A common complaint shared by many husbands is, “My wife is chewing my ear off.” How can I complain when my wife, playwright Janet S. Tiger, reads something to me that she has written every day. I enjoy it . So, I can say having my ear chewed off
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Many years ago, as I tried to keep up with each of my kids as they breezed through “the new math” and learned to multiply fractions, I realized with dismay that if I had to go through grammar school again I would probably flunk the third grade.So you can imagine
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)- The San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run February 4-14, 2016. This year the festival will showcase a total of 60 films of the best contemporary Jewish themed films from around
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
By Amber Bartlett LA JOLLA, California –Aside from making me realize just “how lucky I am” and that “Anything’s Possible”, J*Company Youth Theater, and Seussical in particular, have shown me that at this point in my life, I’ve jumped off my clover and my “who” has finally been heard. I started off at J*company as
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Okay, so I am joining the ranks of bragging grandparents. But, when I tell you about what my 16-year old granddaughter, Adira Rosen, has just accomplished, you will surely understand my bragging rights. She has launched a theater company at her school and has just produced, marketed, and directed the first
Okay, I’m a bubbe and I kvell Read More »
Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Noah Baird recently was signed for his third six-month contract appearing on Broadway in Matilda: The Musical which isn’t bad at all for a 10-year-old boy from Carlsbad, whose kvelling grandparents–Ed and Sue Cherlin and Steve and Carol Baird–live in San Diego County. Fans of local theatre may
S.D. County lad acts in Broadway’s ‘Matilda’ Read More »
San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — When a deep and abiding passion is combined with a clear and focused vision, the results are tantamount to explosive perfection. That synergistic energy is captured by the Civic Dance Arts Program of the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department with Andrea Feier at the barre. Several aspects make this
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What did Mike Zof, an Israeli DJ and bar owner, do to celebrate the opening of the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, in Israel? A. Zof’s bar, located in Petach Tikva, is across the street from the local movie theater that is showing The Force Awakens.
Jewish trivia quiz: ‘Star Wars’ Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire