Mimi Pollack

Mimi Pollack

Mimi Pollack is a retired ESL teacher.  Born in the United States, she moved as a child with her family to Mexico City, where she learned Spanish.  She is particularly interested in immigrant and refugee issues, animals, and reporting on different cultures and ethnicities.

‘The Line,’ aka ‘El Primero,’ played with gusto but script is boring

  By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The Line  by Israel Horovitz is the longest-running play off-off Broadway, having made its debut in 1974. It has been seen in 25 countries and translated into 35 languages. One of those languages is Spanish and Teatro Punto y Coma recently presented it during the San Diego Repertory Theater’s 19th […]

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Dalai Lama urges peacemakers to seek peace of mind

                                      By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Compassion without Borders. As a teacher of English as  Second Language who works with students and refugees from all over the world, those words resonated with me. Also, as a Jubu [ a Jew and  student of Tibetan Buddhism], it was an honor to see His Holiness the

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