You say you love the constitution.
You should know Article 2 isn’t absolute.
Check and balance dissolution.
You should know Article One isn’t moot. … (Laurie Baron)
Satire: Unconstitutional (Melody: Revolution) Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Donald Trump and one of the architects of the Abraham Accords, may not have ever existed were it not for the daring escape by his grandmother Raya in September 1943 from a forced labor camp run by the Nazis in Novogrudok in today’s Belarus. [Donald H. Harrison]
Kushner Family’s Holocaust Saga Included in ‘Tunnel of Hope’ Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Other Desert Cities at Cygnet theater is the story of family members grappling with secrets from their past. Writer Brooke Wyeth (Melanie Lora) comes home to Palm Springs after finishing her second book. Only this time her book isn’t a novel, it’s a memoir and it’s focused on the hardest time in her family’s history, when her brother committed suicide after being implicated in an anti-war protest turned deadly. [Sandi Masori]
Drama Concerns Family Members’ Reactions to a Memoir Spilling Their Secrets Read More »
California, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Since 2014, radio host Nachum Segal has presented the “Kosher Halftime Show” as an online alternative for religious Jews to watch while the players are in the locker room for the mid-game break. This year’s Kosher Halftime Show broadcast featured singer/songwriter Eli Begun, composer of such songs as In Our Darkest Times and Shabbos Hayom. Why does Nachum Segal provide this halftime program for Jewish football fans? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
Jewish Trivia Quiz: Super Bowl Read More »
Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
The tuba soloist, William Nakamura, did a fine job making the tuba, that elephant of the orchestra, sound beautiful and negotiating the hopping, kangaroo-like leaps with agility. As the printed program notes explained, the work was inspired by the kangaroo-rat of Death Valley. [Eileen Wingard]
Tuba Soloist William Nakamura Featured in TICO Concert Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Classic musical Hello Dolly at San Diego Musical Theater is a joyful celebration of dance and song. It will make you want to get up and dance and hum along. [Sandi Masori]
Hello Dolly, It’s So Nice to Have You Back Read More »
San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
The first night Seder of Passover comes this year on Saturday, April 12. To introduce children who have never tasted unleavened bread before, Charlotte Offsay has authored a book of rhymes about matzah. [Donald H. Harrison]
Matzah is Subject of Rhyming Book for Children Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food
Richard Martin Wilstätter was born in Karlsruhe on August 13, 1872. His father was a cloth merchant. In From My Life Wilstätter writes about his origins: “My forefathers were Jews. They had made their home in Karlsruhe since 1720. […] Rabbis, teachers, and a physician were among my ancestors.” Since childhood, he has been fascinated by the natural sciences: “At the age of twelve, I had decided on chemistry and natural sciences in general.” [Alex Gordon]
Jewish Biography: Richard Wilstätter, Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist Read More »
Alex Gordon, Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors
In a desperate attempt to make money, she goes to work for “The Milky Way,” a breast milk dairy that provides rich mothers with the best-quality breast milk from poor mothers. [Cailin Acosta]
‘The Milky Way’ Examines the Breast Milk Industry Read More »
Business & Finance, Cailin Acosta, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
This graphic novel intended for Middle Schoolers tells the story of a boy who can’t do anything right, even though his intentions are good. At fault may have been the evil eye that a woman, bitter about the abduction of her own son, put on Mendel’s mother while she was pregnant. [Donald H. Harrison]
Eli Sharabi, 52, Or Levy, 34, and Ohad Ben Ami, 56, were released from Hamas captivity Saturday morning, Feb. 8, after surviving 491 days in hell. Gaunt and emaciated after being starved by their barbaric captors, the three men were forced to participate in another despicable PR parade staged by Hamas terrorists. [Cory Meyer, AIPAC)
Home in Israel at Last: Eli Shabari, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami Read More »
Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Here Lived shown Thursday night, Feb. 6, at the San Diego International Film Festival is a documentary film directed by Jane Wells who follows conceptual artist Gunter Demnig in laying Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) in Holland. [Cailin Acosta]
‘Here Lived’ Tells of European Memorial Stumbling Stones for Holocaust Victims Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Trump’s suggestion of offering Gazans the choice to temporarily relocate with international support breaks away from old paradigms, much like the child’s truth encouraged those around the emperor to see clearly for the first time. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
Trump’s Gaza Proposal and ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
It’s really the story of friendship. In this version, Glinda, whom we know as the “good witch” from the original 1939 movie starring Judy Garland, and Elphaba, whom we know as the “wicked witch,” become friends in college. [Sandi Masori]
‘Wicked’ at Broadway San Diego is a Story of Friendship Read More »
Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA