By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Who hasn’t looked in the mirror and wondered where they fit in? But for those of mixed heritage, the struggle is more pronounced. You tend to favor one parent more than the other and you really stand out in extended family photos. Can you prove that you are […]
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — I was one of the brave souls who attended a performance of the opera, The Passenger’ by Mieczyslaw Weinberg. I did so mainly because a friend of ours was the revival director of the production by the Israel Opera, and not because I’m a “glutton for punishment,” as I have
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Pamela Pollack Fremd SPOKANE, Washington — OK, I’ll admit it, I enjoy children’s movies. They are frequently gentle, sentimental, and have happy endings. I went to see Tim Burton’s new version of Dumbo and liked it very much. Although I saw the old Dumbo movie when I was very young, I could barely remember
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger OCEANSIDE, California -Mira Costa Theater inaugurated the new Black Box theater with an ambitious Arthur Miller play which opened April 25th and will run through May 5th. Under the direction of Eric Bishop, two casts took on Miller’s characters in All My Sons. The intense drama was made all the more authentic
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A 25-minute documentary on the life of Holocaust Survivor Ruth Goldshmiedova Sax, who recently died at age 90, had its premiere Sunday night at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on a doubly sad occasion. It was Yom HaShoah, which is the annual date for memorializing victims of the Holocaust, and
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By Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California — The Bravo TV channel, owned by NBC, is known for its over the top reality shows. These shows include, The Real Wives of Beverly Hills, etc. The shows portray the everyday trials and tribulations of wealthy women and their families. Now, Bravo has decided to expand that repertoire
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International, Mimi Pollack, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –What are you? For people of mixed ethnicity, this is a common question. That’s why it’s the title of a new work by Asian Story Theater along with Teatro Máscara Mágica and San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre. I first saw Asian Story Theater back in ’98 at Kids Night
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — On the first Seder night, I hung in there through the Fourth Cup and Chad Gadya. Then I was up bright and early the next morning for the 2019 Student Shakespeare Festival compliments of the San Diego Shakespeare Society. Both the society and the festival were the brainchild
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the American History Theater’s current production of The Diary of Anne Frank, some American theater history is being reprised. Back in 1959, Shelley Winters won an Oscar as best supporting actress for her performance as Mrs. Van Daan in the movie version of that play, which dramatized
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Streit’s Matzo and the American Dream by Michael Levine, © 2017 Menemsha Films, 83 minutes; available via Amazon. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Those of us with Eastern European origins could visit Ellis Island where immigrants were processed, then go to New York’s Lower East Side to tour the Tenement Museum, which recreates
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A line formed after Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, spoke recently at Chabad of Poway. When it was the turn of 15-year-old Bryn Williams to kneel next to the chair of the 90-year-old Schloss, they had a particularly animated discussion. Williams, a veteran of the Pickwick Players
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast‘They Promised Her the Moon’ at the Old Globe in Balboa Park through May 12. By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Possibly every American has heard the names Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn and Chuck Yeager. They were the men with the right stuff: the smarts, courage and ambition to fly fighter jets
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel SOLANA BEACH, California — All in the Timing is a hit with six clever funny plays, six outstanding actors ,and precise direction by David Ellerstein. If your timing is good I recommend you catch the show before it closes on May 5th. You will laugh your way through the evening,
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Theatre, Film & BroadcastA Servant of Two Masters at New Village Arts in Carlsbad, runs through May 5. “One who acquires a servant actually acquires a master for himself.” –Talmud Kiddushin 20a By Eric George Tauber CARLSBAD, California — I give workshops in Commedia dell’Arte, so I was very eager to see The Servant of Two Masters at
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