By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Three years ago, we lost my darling wife, Jackie Tauber to cancer. The loss of such a precious, loving soul was devastating. She was the type of person who could take tears of pain and turn them into laughter. Around her, people felt the freedom to be creative […]
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Eric George Tauber, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
WASHINGTON D.C. — Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan issued the following statement about the death in Rancho Santa Fe on Friday of former Defense Secretary Harold Brown, a member of the Jewish community who also had served as president of the California Institute of Technology. It is with deep sadness that I extend
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Barbara Bry announces candidacy for San Diego Mayor in 2020 election Barbara Bry, one of two Jewish members of the nine-member San Diego City Council, has announced her candidacy for mayor of San Diego in the 2020 election. The incumbent mayor, Kevin Faulconer, will be termed out. “Instead of making decisions designed to preserve a
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International, Jewish Religion, John McCormick, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USA
By Marcia Tatz Wollner SAN DIEGO — The lyrics from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat “There’s one more angel in Heaven” are fitting for the beloved Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax, 90, who died this past Shabbat. Her daughter, Rabbi Eva Sax Bolder, spoke about how her mother loved to design clothes and wanted to be
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Marcia Tatz Wollner, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyU.S. State Department supports Israel’s military action against Iranian forces in Syria The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on Thursday: “The United States fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Iranian regional actions that endanger Israeli national security and the safety of the Israeli people. Iranian support of and supply to terrorist
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Holocaust Survivors are our Greatest Generation. Their resilience and immigrant contribution to American life is formidable and compelling. The Bay Area is home to between 210,000, and 350,000 Jews. During 2018, the biweekly J of Northern California published 135 obituaries, 72 men and 63 women, ages 30 to
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International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, Oliver Pollak, USAPresident George H. W. Bush mourned “President Bush was an outstanding American, a veteran who courageously served his country in time of war, and a public official who left an impressive record of achievement. While in the Oval Office, he exerted particularly skillful, indeed visionary, leadership during a period of dramatic change in the world,”
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International, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Marvel Comics founder Stan Lee died Monday. As a memorial to him, here’s an excerpt from an article I wrote in 2003 about the first X-Men movie: The creators of the X-Men comic book series belong to the generation of American-born Jews who sought acceptance and social mobility through assimilation.
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Lawrence Baron, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If you were a reader of Harper’s Bazaar or Vogue, especially during the 20th century, you might have become very familiar with the fashion photography of Irving Penn, who was born to a Jewish father and Christian mother in 1917. He took up a camera in the 1930’s and
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar
Love, Gilda, a CNN documentary by Lisa D’Appolito; to open Friday, September 21, at the Landmark Theatre in San Diego’s Kensington neighborhood. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – While growing up, Gilda Radner was teased unmercifully about being overweight. Her mother even put her on diet pills when she 10 years old. Knowing
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dan Wingard LOS ANGELES — I was saddened to read of the recent death of the great Neil Simon. I didn’t know him personally, but I felt like I did because I was lucky enough to perform in all three of the plays which form his autobiographical “BB” trilogy: Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues (in two
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Eileen Wingard, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Princeton Lyman, who helped organize airlift of Ethiopian Jews, is mourned Arthur Stark, Chairman and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations issued the following statement: The Conference of Presidents on Tuesday expressed its deep regret on the passing of the Hon. Princeton Lyman, who, as Deputy
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, passed away last week. In addition to her twenty #1 R&B hits, eighteen Grammy awards, multiple honorary doctorates, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (the first woman to receive this honor), Franklin and her song lyrics were also cited
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By Garry Fabian MELBOURNE, Australia — On August 8, 1918, Lieutenant General John Monash in recognition of his leadership in the important battle of Hamel, was knighted in the field by King George V. Military historians claim that this battle shortened the war by 18 months, as the German High Command declared that this underlined that
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