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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Sydney Newman

The Avengers debuted in 1961, becoming an international success.  In 1962, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) stole him away from ABC.  He created a new anthology series, The Wednesday Play, and in 1963, he initiated the very successful science fiction series Doctor Who, about a space and time traveler who takes on human identities to benefit humanity.  Near the end of his five-year BBC contract, he green-lighted Donald Wilson’s The Forsyte Saga, which was one of the most acclaimed series of his era. [SDJW stafff]

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International, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Stories about the Music Enhance Music Academy Concerts

In recent years Dr. Ron Regev, the head of the Academy’s piano department, has taken over at the head of the concerts, injecting his own personal touch of brilliance to the program. Apart from being a virtuoso pianist, Professor Regev is also an engaging and inspiring speaker, and to hear him talk about the music he and his colleagues are about to play is always enjoyable and uplifting. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Rhea Perlman

In the television show Taxi, she played the role of Zena Sherman, the sweet girlfriend of DeVito’s character Louie De Palma. In 1982, the same year she and DeVito married, she won the role of the wisecracking barmaid Carla Tortelli on Cheers, which in a run that ended in 1993 won 20 Emmy awards out of 95 nominations. Perlman won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy four times out of 10 nominations. [SDJW staff]

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Jewish Celebrities, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Today's Jewish Birthday

Brian Grana Tells of His Great Loves: His Late Wife, His Children, and the United States Marine Corps

One of the units with the I-MEF is the Marine Logistics Group (MLG), which then-Major Brian T. Grana was a member of from 2006 to 2009. Later in his career, as a lieutenant colonel, Grana commanded a Squadron at MCAS Miramar. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

The Gaza JLOTS Project: A Risky but Indispensable Mission

Published by The Moderate Voice Bob Hope-class MV Roy P. Benavidez, a large, medium speed roll-on, roll-off ship, departs Newport News, Virginia, on its way to Gaza in support of JLOTS. (U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Carter) The mission to establish a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to deliver critical humanitarian assistance to

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Israel, Nordot, The Moderate Voice, USA

Debbie Friedman’s Songs to be Celebrated at LFJCC Program

Debbie attended a Jewish summer camp where, at sixteen, on a borrowed instrument, she learned to play the guitar.  Several years later, she began to compose her own songs. She was influenced by the music of folk song luminaries such as Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Joan Baez. [Eileen Wingard

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Alex Bregman

In 2021, the Baseball Writers Association of America honored him with the Darryl Kile Good Guy Award.  In the 2022 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, Bregman’s home run set a record at six for most career homeruns by a third baseman. It was the 22nd World Series game he had appeared in.  Bregman’s first child, a son Knox, was born August 1st of that year. [SDJW staff]

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Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Today's Jewish Birthday, USA

Tree-Climbing Animals Like Lizards Endangered by Global Warming

The researchers focused on lizards and demonstrated that following the effects of climate change, they will seek refuge from the hot ground by spending a lot of time on trees. However, due to human-related activities such as deforestation, urbanization and the expansion of agricultural lands at the expense of natural lands, the availability of trees in the areas where the lizards live will decrease, and this may lead to the collapse of many populations. [Press Release]

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Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USA

Our Shtetl San Diego County: Hate Litterers May Face $25,000 Penalty

SAN DIEGO  (SDJW)– San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo said Friday that after research with the office of City Attorney Mara Elliott, he decided that a hate littering law would be more appropriate at the state level than at the municipal level.  Assemblyman Chris Ward (D-San Diego) agreed to carry the legislation (AB 3024), which

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Antisemitism, California, Chris Jennewein, Israel, News Media, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Isaac Mayer Wise

In 1875, his dream of opening Hebrew Union College to train rabbis was realized, with Wise serving as its president. In 1883, non-kosher food was served at what became known derisively as the “Trefa Banquet” for the first graduating class, which Wise declined to condemn. This incident led to the formation of the Conservative movement, which positioned itself as more liberal than Orthodox Judaism, but conserving some traditions. [SDJW staff]

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Today's Jewish Birthday, USA

Trans Jew for Trans Day of Visibility Relates His Research

As a trans Jew, myself, I have experienced some of the difficulties as well as moments of joy that come with existing in the intersection of transness and Jewishness. Yet, despite the growing breadth of literature on gay, lesbian, and other queer-identifying Jews, there’s still a gap in materials about trans Jews. [Matt Lacoff]

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California, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA