By Cynthia Citron SHERMAN OAKS, California — Can you imagine seeing the name “Melvyn Kaplofkis” up in lights on Broadway? Well, neither could he. So he changed it to “Mel King” and became “The King of Brooklyn.” But the Jewish stand-up comic in this one-man show is actually named Danny DiTorrice and he tells his […]
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWajib written and directed by AnneMarie Jacir; 2017, Arabic with English subtitles, 96 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 1:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 11, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Shadi (Saleh Bakri) an architect working
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe Unorthodox, written and directed by Eliran Malka; Hebrew with English subtitles; 92 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 1 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, and at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, also at the Reading Cinemas Town
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIt Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story, a documentary directed by Eric Friedler, English, German, 115 minutes, to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego on Thursday, February 7, 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, February 13, 7 p.m., and at Edwards San Marcos Stadium
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — In my original review of The Green Book, I wrote “There may be several screen awards lurking in the future especially for Viggo Mortensen..” Whoopee, last Sunday evening at the Golden Globe Awards I watched my prediction came true. The Green Book won three awards! Here is the announcement
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe Impure written and directed by Daniel Najenson; Spanish, Hebrew, and Yiddish with English subtitles; 69 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 4 p.m., Monday, February 11, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the shtetls
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe Cousin (Ha Ben Dod) written, directed and starring Tzahi Grad; Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles; 93 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 12, at Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Everyone has
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRedemption (Geula), by Joseph Madmony and Boaz Yehonatan Yacov; Hebrew language with English subtitles; 100 minutes; to be screened during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, and at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17 also at the Reading
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD, California — At some point in his life the thinking man will usually ask himself three important questions: Who—or what—am I? Where am I? and How did I get here? At this point in time a select group of thinking men have come up with two distinct hypotheses. Unfortunately, the two
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACarl Laemmle, a documentary by James L. Freedman, English language, 91 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 1 p.m. Sunday, February 10, at the Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, and at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, February 17, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont
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From Cairo to the Cloud ~ The World of the Cairo Geniza; filmmaker Michelle Paymar; English language; 92 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Lawrence Family JCC, Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy 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 & BroadcastSAN 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 & BroadcastBy 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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