LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Comedian Carol Liefer, who has been a guest performer on various television comedy shows, will discuss her autobiography, When You Lie About Your Age, the Terroriosts Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror, at 7:30 p.m., Monday, May 10, at the Lawrence Family JCC. Admission is $14 for visitors, $12 […]
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Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison LAKESIDE, California –Lindo Lake’s name is a combination of English and Spanish meaning “Beautiful Lake” and no doubt exercise enthusiasts, water fowl admirers, picnickers, horseshoe pitchers, antiquarians, and automobile racing fans would agree that the description is apt. The water surface area is divided into two basins—the slightly larger
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Donald H. Harrison
When she saw this license plate, our license plate spotter, Melanie Rubin, was reminded of the spy who accompanied the biblical Joshua into Canaan. We have no comment on the first two initials, nor on the license plate frame, but seeing the name “Caleb” reminds us that many times in our history, Jews have encountered what
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Among the problems in the Jewish State are some of the Jews. The Supreme Court is hearing a petition concerned with the violation of a previous court order that an ultra-Orthodox girls school in Emanuel must integrate Ashkenazi and Sephardi pupils. Ashkenazi parents are keeping their girls away from school rather
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – San Diego REPertory Theatre will present the 17th Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival: A Joyous Celebration of Art and Soul, directed by the REP’s Associate Artistic Director Todd Salovey. This year’s festival will be held May 30 – June 21 and celebrates the richness of Jewish culture through
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO – Jacqueline Jacobs, whose works in textiles and on canvas are part of the collections of various synagogues in San Diego, has another medium in which she excels: Book Arts. She has been notified that her book entitle “Misunderstandings” has been accepted for the juried exhibition of San Diego Book Artists, to
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Travel and Food
LA JOLLA, California — Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, spotted this plate. Although “Schatz” is a family name, it also has a meaning in German and in Yiddish: “Treasure.” Ah, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all could feel that way about our cars? This license plate has been added to our online collection.
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – In celebration of Jewish Heritage Month (April/May) and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May), Union Bank, N.A., and KPBS have named four exceptional San Diegans as 2010 Local Heroes for their outstanding community service. This year’s Jewish Heritage honorees are Ellen Beck and Marjory Kaplan, and the Asian Pacific American
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California–There are gestures belonging to another time that we don’t use anymore. There were ways of functioning on a daily basis that would seem foreign today. We relied on objects now obsolete. We all have our lists of nostalgia. I remember those wire baskets for the washed lettuce. We
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By Alex Liff SAN DIEGO — Following is a letter sent to the President of the University of California, the Chancellor of UCSD, and the President of the Associated Students of UCSD regarding this afternoon’s expected vote by the Associated Students Senate on a resolution seeking divestment from companies doing business with Israel. I am writing
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—It was a ten-mile journey over a rutted wagon road from the tip of Point Loma to the area of San Diego known as Old Town, a distance that may sound inconsequential today in the age of automobiles. However, for Lighthouse keepers Robert and Maria Israel, who lived
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Steve Hofstetter NEW YORK–They prepare you to share your home. They prepare you to share your family. They do not prepare you to share your television. It might not seem crucial to read the TV shows that someone lists on their profile. But be it a prospective spouse on JDate, a friend on Facebook
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is profoundly disappointed with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s decision to sign what is the most reckless state immigration law in the country. The ADL was founded 97 years ago with the mission “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” With
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USA
By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California–At the time that his most popular songs were put together in a musical compendium called “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,” he was. But just a decade later he was dead of lung cancer at the age of 49, and his emotionally charged ballads had gone
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Cynthia Citron, USA