Remembering Leon Askin
Actor Leon Askin, who played General Burkhalter on the Hogan’s Heroes television series, was born this day (September 18) in 1907.
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Our Shtetl San Diego County: September 17, 2018
Items in this column include:
*Sarah Davis is a candidate in 78th Assembly District, not to be confused with others
*Motions heard in Superior Court in Poway of Chabad shooting case
*The Jewish ‘Tam’ of Shari Belafonte
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSan Diego holds its first Sephardic Festival
I had to smile on Saturday night at the Sephardic Festival held at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center [JCC] this past weekend. There was a short film, Our San Diego Sephardic Voices, about the Sephardim in San Diego. One of the women interviewed said she was in a “mixed marriage” as her husband was Ashkenazi. Another woman spoke about the differences in food as the Sephardic eat much more rice than their eastern European counterparts.
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International, Lifestyles, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodOur Shtetl San Diego County: September 16, 2019
Items in today’s column:
*San Diego County teens, successful in past, may apply for Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards
*Bible, Holocaust, and Israel subjects of new books by local authors
*Barbara Bry gets backing of neighborhoods group in mayoral race
*Sukkot activity planning well underway in the county
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USARemembering Lauren Bacall
Actress Lauren Bacall was born today (September 16) in 1924.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, VideosDocumentary skewers Roy Cohn, Donald Trump
His political education was heightened when Roger Stone (he of the eternal Trump scandals) took over as his mentor. And then Cohn passed on Stone’s teachings to Donald Trump. As Trump’s advisor he instructed him on manipulating the press. If the press reports it, “the public will actually quote whatever you say,” Cohn reportedly told him. When accused of racial biases, attack, Cohn said. Create phony issues; never admit you’re wrong; never apologize; rat out other people, but never put anything in writing. And to keep law enforcement off your back, apply “situational ethics.”
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAOur Shtetl San Diego County, September 15, 2019
San Diego History Center in Balboa Park and author of The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle, told Rowe that instances of men playing females have long been considered family entertainment. Furthermore, she said, “Some of the highest paid drag queens in the past have identified as heterosexual. It has nothing to do with sexual behavior. It has everything to do with entertainment.”
All of which brings to memory that the 1959 Billy Wilder film, Some Like It Hot, one of the most celebrated movies ever to be filmed at the Hotel del Coronado, starred Marilyn Monroe as a member of an all-girl band that Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon joined, in drag, in an effort to escape from some gangsters.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRemembering Allan Bloom
American philosopher Allan Bloom was born this day (September 14) in 1930.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA, VideosRemembering Ben Shahn
Artist Ben Shahn was born this day (September 12) in 1898.
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA, VideosGI Film Festival Preview: ‘That’s Mine’
Suppose you were a military careerist, one who has risen to the rank of colonel with responsibility as a brigade commander. Suppose also that you were coming up for a promotion that would put an entire armored division under your command.
In the case of Roni (Shimon Mimram), the promotion is conditioned upon him extending the period of his military service – ordinarily a requirement that would cause him no qualms. But over the last two years, Roni has been replaying in his head a conversation he had with his son Roy. (Or Ben-Melech)
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAmadeus, a Hit at the North Coast Rep
When the lights went up we met an old and disabled Antonio Salieri in a wheel chair. From that moment he dominates the stage with his powerful presence, strong voice, and excellent diction. He talks about his first meeting with young Mozart, and openly confesses his jealously, and intense envy of Mozart’s outstanding talent. From then on Salieri dedicated his life to destroy his rival’s career and spoiling any chances of his success.
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, The Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastOMG, it’s RBG!
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — It may not be playing at your neighborhood theaters at the moment, but you can be sure the film RBG will hit the screens at least one more time. So while she battles the disastrous disease that continues to stalk her, it behooves us to explore and celebrate, once again,
Remembering Paul Goodman
Psychologist, anarchist, reformer Paul Goodman was born this day (September 9) in 1911.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA, VideosThe Jewish Gang that helped a Christian Church
Why did a prominent Valley Center resident who was Jewish underwrite the cost of a stained-glass memorial window at a local Christian church? It is a question that has been asked repeatedly over several decades, but the answer was recently uncovered in a vintage file at the Valley Center History Museum.
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