Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society ~ The Movie

By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — This unusual film title on Netflix promptly caught my attention. I had no idea what it meant. Netflix gave it high star ratings , but I double checked with the “Rotten Tomatoes “ site. To understand the geographical setting where Guernsey is located in the story I […]

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Beth Israel Men to host SDIJFF movie previews Jan. 16

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel Men’s Club will host a buffet and night of previews beginning at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 16, for the upcoming 29th annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival. Linda Levine, Outreach Chair of the Festival will be presenting information on the films this year along with a member

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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Movie Review: ‘Roma’

By Pamela Pollack-Fremd SAN DIEGO  — Roma, a Spanish language film, was written and directed by Oscar winning, Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron. It is an engaging and powerful story set in Mexico City from 1970 to 1971.  Mexico was in a state of crisis.  The president, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, had been the interior secretary in charge

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Comic lightens the mood on cruise’s last day

Editor’s Note: This is the 42nd and final installment in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,

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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire

S.D. International Jewish Film Festival to return Feb. 7

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture (CJC) announced on Wednesday the annual San Diego Jewish International Film Festival will return for its 29th anniversary, Thursday, Feb. 7 through Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. The festival showcases a selection of the best contemporary Jewish-related films across multiple genres and aims to

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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Movie Review: ‘The Green Book’

By Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — I just saw the movie The Green Book and was captivated watching the changing relationship between the two main characters and their encounter with blatant racism in their journey through the south during the 1960s. Black people in the south at that time were restricted from using the same

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Film Review: ‘Sacred’ from PBS

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sacred, now streaming at https://www.pbs.org/wnet/sacred/sacred-full-episode/, views life cycle events and religious practices through the lenses of more than 40 videographers stationed on five continents – Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America.  We see not only the well known western and eastern religions, but also tribal and

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

The Jewish stories behind ‘Miracle on 34th Street’

By Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — Every year, about this time of year, Christmas themed movies are flooding T.V. screens across the country. Ranked #9 out of 100 by the American Film Institute greatest films of all times is the 1947 beloved holiday comedy classic, Miracle on 34th Street. It is a warm feeling

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘Pride and Prejudice’ sequel enchants in Carlsbad

By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel CARLSBAD, California — On my first visit to the New Village Arts Theatre for me last Sunday, I enjoyed a spritely  performance of Miss Bennet, Christmas at Pemberley. Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon wrote this  charming sequel to Pride and Prejudice  by Jane Austin.   It is  a delightful twist on Austin’s  original

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Divide and conquer: the Roger Ailes story

By Pamela Pollack-Fremd SPOKANE, Washington — Roger Ailes was an intelligent, complex, and perhaps conflicted human according to the documentary, Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes directed by Alexis Bloom and produced by Alex Gibney.  From a young age his classmates in Warren, Ohio, his hometown, considered him to be witty and intelligent.  His

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 28, 2018 (3 items)

CNN wins StandWithUs plaudits for series on anti-Semitism StandWithUs has applauded CNN for its week-long series reporting on resurgent anti-Semitism in Europe during November, 2018. CNN commissioned a poll of over 7,000 European adults that found, “Anti- Semitic stereotypes are alive and well in Europe, while the memory of the Holocaust is starting to fade… a third

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA