By David Amos SAN DIEGO–We know the great musicians of the past from the legacy of wonderful music they left us. But, we may not be familiar with their writing and comments. Some composers were quiet, shy, and introverted, while others were notorious conversationalists, humorists, writers, and commentators on many social issues of the time. […]
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Barack Obama was six years old when the Jordanian army opened fire on Jerusalem as its part in the 1967 war. Shortly after the fighting, Israel expanded the city’s boundaries. Four years later it began construction the Gilo neighborhood. Gilo was in the news early in the intifada that began in 2000, when
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USALA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I will be presented ny the J*Company December 3-13 at the Lawrence Family JCC’s David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre. The King and I is based on the true story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens, who came to Siam (known today as Thailand) as schoolteacher
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San Diego Calendar, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) – “Manny Farber: Four Decades of Painting and Drawing” will be exhibited December 14 through February 24 in the Gotthelf Art Gallery, part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS. A free opening night reception with a keynote speaker
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JERUSALEM (Press Release)– On Thursday, November 12, Israel took another step in the country’s long history of solidarity with the United States and global victims of terror as international diplomats, U.S. and Israeli politicians and religious leaders unveiled a monument dedicated to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Commissioned and built by
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM—More than 40 years ago I chose public administration as my specialty in political science. I still poke at it, despite being interested in other things as well. Here I will poke at the 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom published by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the
Compiled by Gail Umeham Pay Pledges Now! Urges Harry Snyder Southwestern Jewish Press December 25, 1953 Page 1 ** ** In an appeal for cash before December 31st Harry Snyder, Treasurer of the Fund urged all contributors to pay their pledges now in order to take advantage of tax exemptions for charitable gifts. “Uncle Sam”
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Adventures in SD HistoryVIENNA (WJC)–Iran could have several secret nuclear facilities across the country, according to a new report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. IAEA inspectors who visited the recently disclosed underground nuclear enrichment plant near Qom last month said the site was built to hold 3,000 centrifuges,
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Middle East, USABUENOS AIRES (WJC)–Israeli President Shimon Peres and Argentinean President Christina Fernández have met in Buenos Aires. “Argentina does not allow anybody to choose its friends, and it doesn’t choose the friends of others,” Fernández told reporters after meeting, referring to the influence of Iran in Latin America and Tehran’s close relations with Venezuelan President Hugo
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Middle EastNEW YORK (WJC)–A hundred mosques and synagogues throughout North America and Europe took part in the second edition of twinning. The annual event involves meetings between local Muslim and Jewish congregations aimed at launching joint activities. The New York-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, founded by Rabbi Marc Schneier, has been organizing the event, which this
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USAWASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, (Democrat-Illinois) released the following statement in response to proposals that Guantanamo Bay deatainees will be relocatoted to a prison in Illinois. “The Guantanamo Bay facility is a recruiting tool for Al Queda and a mark against the morals of the United States. In closing ‘Gitmo’ and moving some detainees to
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Some actors shy from the roles that made them famous. I remember, for example, how Henry Winkler practically growled at reporters at a United Jewish Federation event who wanted to talk about his role as Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli on television’s Happy Days. Not so with actor Armin Shimerman. He said he knows
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Compiled from the Southwestern Jewish Press by Gail Umeham U.J. Fund Winds Up Year’s Activity; Honors Founders Southwestern Jewish Press December 25, 1953 Page 1 Helen Schulman was announced as the “volunteer of the year” by the United Jewish Fund at the 20th Anniversary celebration held in the San Diego Hotel. Mrs. Schulman, mother of
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By Carol Davis BURBANK, California–History aficionados, those scholars who possess a fascination with Civil War History and Abraham Lincoln in particular, may know the best little secret about Cordelia Harvey, but others will not unless they make their way to the Colony Theatre in beautiful downtown Burbank to see the West Coast Premiere of Wayne
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