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A bissel this, a bissel that–San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 12, January 24, 2011) *  Compiled by Donald H. Harrison   _______________________ Jewish organizations ________________________ Robert Zweiman, past national commander of the Jewish War Veterans, had an article in the January 20 issue of The Forward explaining his organization’s lawsuit against the Christian cross atop Mount Soledad.  http://www.forward.com/articles/134845/ * The Anti-Defamation League’s multi-media Holocaust […]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

“Waving Goodbye” packs powerful punch at New Village Arts

By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California — “If only I could change the past…?” How many times have we had this conversation with ourselves? “I would do this or that differently”. “I would say this or that to him or her”. “If I had it to do over again…” In Jamie Pachino’s touching and lyrical new

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Al Jazeera publishes leaked Palestinian documents on Israel negotiations

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM —  Wikileaks is infectious. Al-Jazeera has caught the bug, and released some 1,600 secret Palestinian documents, said to represent Palestinian-Israeli negotiations over more than a decade of on-again off-again talks.   Some of the details suggest far reaching Palestinian concessions, but others indicate that they were not far reaching enough for

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

‘2 Pianos 4 Hands’ entertains to a point

By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California– Fate: destiny, outcome chance, providence. When Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt were youngsters taking piano lessons, it never occurred to them that one day their paths would cross and they would be forever locked together playing dueling piano’s (if you will) and making a name for themselves, not as

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Next To Normal’ hits a nerve touching all families with mental illness

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — In light of the recent shootings in Tucson, most Americans are focused on what’s being done to help the mentally ill. For some, it’s business as usual. For some, it’s struggling at home making things ‘almost’ or next to right. For others help is available but with coaxing and

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

AICF has varied interests, rigorous standards

By Eileen Wingard NEW YORK– A ten-year-old violin prodigy, Mark Karlinsky, a thirteen-year old Israeli-Chinese pianist, Motti Bentov, two male dancers, Joseph Chaikin and Tal Adler-Arieli, the celebrated violin and piano siblings Gil and Orly Shaham, and a Rock Band, Shorashim were part of the eclectic mix at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Gala Concert last

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Eileen Wingard

Penguins? What’s Not to Love?

By Cynthia Citron   LOS ANGELES–Mina Badie is the most authentic pregnant woman who isn’t pregnant that I’ve ever seen.  She slouches on the sofa, belly in air, she rises sideways, clutching the arm of the sofa, and she waddles around her spectacularly tacky apartment bracketing her belly in earphones to soothe the baby with music.  She calls him “the bump.”  Mina and the

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Cynthia Citron

San Diego Jewish Film Festival preview: ‘Matchmaker’

Matchmaker, directed by Avi Nesher, Hebrew with Engl.ish subtitles, 112 minutes. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Yankale the Matchmaker (Adir Miller) is a Holocaust survivor who can’t persuade Clara (Maya Dagan), who was even more scarred by the Shoah than he, to marry him.  But that doesn’t discourage him from offering his matchmaking

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Donald H. Harrison

U.S. health care system staggers along without proper analysis

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The New York Times has published yet another item that describes confusion in the highest American government circles dealing with health care.  The story is one of hope and guesswork by competing experts.   You’ve heard of a pass and a prayer, or a Hail Mary. The image carries over from football

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Ira Sharkansky, USA