Link to Ongoing Jewish
Community Calendar
31. Thursday Evening, May 31
1)
Bush-Olmert meeting scheduled June 19; President says U.S. to remain on
'offense' in 'War on Terror'
2)
Anger
continues to build over Israel boycott by British University and College Union
3)
To
JINSA's surprise, some journalists think Lebanese-Palestinian hostility
something new
4)
Capture of Shawish near presidential compound puts lie to Mahmoud Abbas being a
moderate
5)
Jews in the News
6)
The Jewish Grapevine
7)
Team of
Polin, Oster, Bignell, Miller and Kornfeld
tapped for top UJF positions by Nominating Committee
8)
JFS Project SARAH sponsors hopeful drama on dealing with domestic abuse
9)
Jewish expat takes humorous look at Hong
Kong
30. Wednesday Evening, May 30
1)
British academics to boycott Israel universities;
U.S. Jewish leaders condemn action as obscene
2)
Elizabeth Levy: Blood
donation centers may be new
in-spots for patriotic Israeli teens
3)
Jews
in the News
4)
The
Jewish Grapevine
5)
Hebrew Free Loan Association ready to provide interest-free money to qualified,
needy applicants
6)
Sandy Golden: Mah? We
need foods to represent Israel at an ethnic fair? What should we cook for
visitors?
29. Tuesday Evening, May 29
1) Summertime...and
San Diego
County Jews are JUMPing
2)
Zionist
Organization of America finds Pew survey of American Muslims 'disturbing'
3)
Judy
Lash Balint: The Russians have
come! The Russians have come!
4) Jews in the News
5) The Jewish Grapevine
6) Donald H. Harrison:
Rabbi urges Jewish community to 'take responsibility' for
members' slavery roles
7)
Sheila Orysiek: What I
Expect From Music.. a reply to David Amos
28. Monday Evening, May 28
1)
Jewish War
Veterans call for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Korea, citing cooperation
between the North and the South
2)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice
to attend European parley on Middle East
3)
Israel Museum displays Greek stele; 'Silent Era' manuscript; 19th century
European views of 'Eden
4)
Jews
in the News
5)
The
Jewish Grapevine
6)
Israeli
entries well received at Cannes Film Festival
7)
David
Amos:
Just what do we
expect from music?
8)
Carol Davis:
I Left My Heart, a
tribute to Tony Bennett,
is a nostalgic success at Welk Resort Theatre
27. Sunday Evening, May 27
1)
Qassam
from Gaza explodes near car in Sderot
killing
Oshri Oz, 36, a computer technician
2)
Rep.
Wasserman-Schultz helps to collect
memories of U.S. veterans for archiving
3)
Baby less attentive to
playtime activities? It
may mean that he or she is learning to walk
4)
Hebrew University researcher finds way
to watch the development of brain cells
5)
Technion/ RPI team discovers a new
method for bonding using 'nanolayers
6)
Ben Gurion University of the Negev finds a method
to track pollution before it percolates into groundwater
7)
Jews
in the News
8)
Jewish Grapevine
26 Saturday Evening, May 26
1)
Donald H. Harrison:
An
interactive Jewish directory with more than 100 links, and still growing, to
serve you
2)
Berman introduces bill
to permit U.S. to prosecute
those who committed genocide before immigrating
3)
Jews
in the News
4)
The
Jewish Grapevine
5)
She learned
parsha in good time and afterwards explains it in rhyme
25. Friday, May 25
1)
Shoshana Bryen: This Memorial Day: Pick up a tab for a soldier
2)
U.S. Combined Federal Campaign Lists Israeli Charity
3)
Press Conference Gleanings
4)
Jews
in the News
5)
Jewish Grapevine
6)
Guardians 16th Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament
7)
Rabbi
Baruch Lederman: Nazirus, Greatness and Brit Milah by the Deathbed
8)
Roz Rothstein:
StandWithUs advocacy group
for Israel mourns passing of writer Tashbih Sayed
24. Thursday, May 24
1)
U.S. Reps Weiner and Wexler form coalition to
block sale of high-tech missiles to Saudi Arabia
2)
U.N. Special Envoy to begin round of
Middle East discussions in Israel today
3)
United Nations
Undersecretary Pascoe
outlines peacemaking problems of Mideast
4)
Bruce
Kesler:
U.S.
Senate should learn from Mexico's example
5)
Gary Ackerman opens hearings into U.S. aid to the Palestinians
6)
House Financial Services Committee
Approves Iran Divestment Bill
7)
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff says 'no-confidence'
resolution against Gonzales gains sponsors
8)
Jews
in the News
9)
The
Jewish Grapevine
10)
CBI Plans
Balboa Park History Walk
11)
Natasha Josefowitz:
Here
are ten conversation-starters
to learn about your adult grandchildren
12)
Sandy Golden: A special Shavuot study
session: Poring over Dead Sea Scroll texts with curator
13) Rabbi Wayne Dosick: God's Video Camera Never Turns Off
14)
Carol
Davis:
Trippin' through literature with Bunbury
23. Wednesday, May 23
1)
Spitzer announces $2 billion settlement to resolve 9-11 World Trade Center
claims
2) Ya'acov Liberman: Politicians, driven by
their own ambitions, ignore Israeli public
3)
Judy
Lash
Balint:
On Shavuot, Israelis have
urgent question:
'Where is the best lecture on the Torah?'
4) Dov Burt Levy: My
Grandson, the Israeli soldier
5)
Cardin, joined by Mikulski, seeks release of scholar
Haleh Esfandiari from Iranian prison on spying charge
6)
Coleman amendment would require law enforcement
officials to share information about immigrants' status
7)
Feinstein congratulates House for adopting her
bill upholding Senate confirmation for U.S. Attorneys
8)
House of Representatives adopts Kohl bill enabling
anti-trust suits to be brought against OPEC members
9)
Schumer introduces legislation to prevent funeral homes from selling the
tissue of corpses for transplantation
10)
Jews in the News
11)
The Jewish Grapevine
22. Tuesday, May 22
1)
American Jewish Committee reopens its emergency
fund to help build 'resilience center' for Sderot
2)
Shoshana Bryen:
Jewish
Institute for National Security Affairs provides primer for understanding
current Lebanese violence
3)
Bruce Kesler:
Yesterday's 'sweat
shops' have no place in
America; guest workers must be protected
4)
Heather Zeiden: Healthier, thinner, and
more self-confident,
Californian is back from Livnot Lehibanot
5)
Dov Burt
Levy: Israel Boasts a soaring economy, but a
yawning gap exists between rich and poor
6)
Simon Wiesenthal Center denounces anti-Semitic
vandalism at University of California Irvine
7) Quickly,
before fire season begins, make a
digital inventory of your belongings—Poizner
21. Monday, May 21
1)
Laurie
Baron: Night and Diary of a Young Girl switch places on all-time
best seller list of Holocaust books
2)
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, Michigan Gov. Jennifer
Granholm urge switch to alternative auto fuels
3)
Poll finds that Israelis no longer believe Palestinians really want to achieve
peace
4)
Jews
in the News
5)
Jewish Grapevine
6)
Gerry
Greber: Local Hindu leader tells Humanist Jews of the commonalities of the two
belief systems
7)
Donald H. Harrison: Two dead rabbis, father and son, symbolically reunited in
San Diego
8)
Sheila Orysiek: Stay the Hand: Malashock's work in progress
draws on biblical, other Middle Eastern roots
20. Sunday, May 20
1)
Donald H.
Harrison: Practice of Tikkun Olam key element
in JSU being SDSU's top student group
2)
The Iraq Debate: Coleman seeks shift of war to Iraqis
3)
Jews
in the News
4)
The Jewish Grapevine
5)
A poem for Shavuot
by Irvin Jacobs
19. Saturday, May
19
1)
Ira
Sharkansky:
Reoccupying Gaza not worth the
price
2)
The
Iraq Debate: Feingold tells reasons for urging Iraq pullout
3)
Jews
in the News
4)
The
Jewish Grapevine
5)
A Jewish Story Everywhere: Three newspapers serve Ocean Hills Country
Club
18. Friday, May 18
1)
Zionist
Organization of America says ex-CIA director
has changed his account of Jonathan Pollard and Wye
2)
The
Iraq Debate: Lieberman tells Republican Jewish
Coalition Iraq is 'frontline' against Islamist extremism
3)
Shoshana Bryen:
Arrest of plotter against Ehud Olmert
shows why U.S. should not arm Palestinians
4)
Jews
in the News
5)
The
Jewish Grapevine
6)
Rabbi
Baruch Lederman: Mind Boggling Statistics from the Exodus.
7)
Audrey
Jacobs:
Kindergartner explains to mommy how
people get that 'dent' under their noses
8)
Sheila
Orysiek:
A Nod of the Head: A Turning Point(e) in Artistic Time – 98
Years Ago this Month..
17. Thursday, May 17
1)
Donald H.
Harrison:
Yes, UJF annual fundraising will set record; but will it
also meet local San Diego goals?
2)
Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warns
Gaza rocketing of Sderot "intolerable'
3)
Judy
Lash Balint:
Crowding the Kotel on Yom Yerushalayim
4)
Kahlid Amayreh: Arab journalist in Hebron says Christian
Zionist criticisms of the Quran mistaken
5)
Jews
in the News
6)
Jewish Grapevine
7)
Letter
to the Editor
16. Wednesday, May
16
1)
France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Poland
record increases in anti-Semitic attitudes
2)
Ira Sharkansky: Debating the Mideast by
e-mail
3)
Some
deaf infants may regain hearing
without need for surgery, researcher says
4)
Jews in the News
5)
The Jewish Grapevine
6)
May Their Memory Be A Blessing: San Diego area
obituaries
7)
Book on Jesus' crucifixion examines Christian attitudes toward Jews
8)
Spotty, but promising, Josephine Tonight at times brings Lyceum house
down
15. Tuesday, May 15,
2007
1)
Donald H. Harrison: Non-Intervention stand
of Rep. Ron Paul is angrily rebutted by Rudy Giuliani in debate
2)
Judy Lash Balint: Jerusalem Day in the Old City
3)
Morton A. Klein:
Arabs call for another genocide and the world simply yawns
4)
High-Tech
Jewish education programming needed to catch up with Internet generation
5)
Jews in the News
6)
Jewish Grapevine
7)
Congressman Filner Supports the Elder Justice Act
8)
Jackie Silver to
demonstrate how composers are able to make music so memorable
14. Monday, May 14,
2007
1)
Israeli and Turkish researchers find 'world's oldest wooden anchor'
2)
Want more Judaism in your household? Simply send a child to Jewish preschool
3)
Jews in the News
4)
Jewish Grapevine:
Art works of elementary school students now hang in museum
13 Sunday, May 13, 2007
1) Donald H. Harrison: Tempo of Interfaith Gatherings Quickens
As major Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit nears
2)
Jews in the News
3)
Jewish Grapevine
4) Letter to the Editor
5)
Sheila Orysiek: San Diego finally has a classical ballet
company that is worthy of the name.
6)
Lynne Thrope: Inside The Culinary Scene
12. Saturday
evening, May 12, 2007
1)
Donald H. Harrison: House of Israel in
spotlight as JACC members
shmooze
2)
Stand
With Us plans billboard campaign
to counteract Palestinians' propaganda
3.
Cantor Arlene Bernstein: Life-Changing, Living Waters: A Renewal
of Spirit
4.
Carol Davis: Bernstein wraps up San
Diego Opera
season in Mozart's
Marriage of Figaro
5.Carol
Davis: All In The Timing worth experiencing
6.Jewish Grapevine
7.
Jews in the News
11. Friday, May 11,
2007
1)
Ira Sharkansky: Israeli football fans, students and
anarchists
2)
Shoshana Bryen:
Turkish, French, Israeli demonstrators protest in favor of
better governments
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3)
Filner salutes 25th anniversary of Vietnam Veterans
Memorial
4)
Jews in the News
5)
The Jewish Grapevine
6)
Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal: The land is God's; we are only caretakers
7)
Rabbi Baruch Lederman: Second thoughts about a take-out meal
8)
Norman Greene: Father of the Bride: Mail Box Blues
9)
Natasha Josefowitz:
Things I don’t
understand ...
10)
Sheila Orysiek: Celebrating Lincoln Kirstein's
centennial
11)
Keshet Chaim coming to San Diego Jewish Music Festival
10. Thursday, May 10, 2007
1)
Donald H. Harrison: Jewish-American Chamber of Commerce set for
first anniversary gala at Westgate
2)
Shoshana Bryen:
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs ponders what
FBI means when it says Cherry Hill 6 unaffiliated.
3)
Rabbi Wayne Dosick: The death and resurrection of local Jewish news.
4)
Norman Greene: The 'little things' about a wedding
5)
Jewish Family Service salutes its
volunteers — and there are hundreds of mitzvah-doers
6)
Ayn Rand Institute urges abolition of 'hate crime' law
9.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
1)
Bruce Kesler: Americans
support Israel—with their words at least
2)
Young Russian readers learn to
read Hebrew quicker than Hebrew or Russian speakers.
3)
Gerry Greber: A photo exhibit impossible
to forget
4)
Filner joins 'Paycheck
Fairness' effort to aid women \
5)
Jews in the News.
6) Jewish Grapevine.
7) Norman Greene: Father of the Bride
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
1)
Double mitzvah: house
cleaning, then donating your old books to JCC auction
2) Sheila Orysiek: Islamic children’s programming in the PA is teaching hatred of
Jews
3)
Jews in the News
4)
The Jewish Grapevine
5)
Norman Greene: Mother of the Bride Selects A Gown
6)
Responsa: Can you make new choices each Omer period? 'Yes' ...
but preferably, 'No'
7.
Monday, May 7, 2007
1) Physicians mobilize to fight proposed boycott of Israel Medical
Association
2)
Ira Sharkansky: Some Jewish education goes deep, but it is far too narrow
3)
Jews in the News
4.)The Jewish Grapevine
5)
Bruce Lowitt: The Deification of Sandy Koufax
6)
Norman Greene: Father of the bride to-be
6.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
1) San
Diego celebrates
Lag B'Omer
2)
Donald
H. Harrison: S.D.
Jewish World seeks volunteers for exciting positions
3)
Jews in
the News *Jewish Grapevine
4)
Lynne Thrope: Royal
India making a royal difference
5)
David Amos: Music of Handel, Mahler,
Copland and Enesco programmed at next TICO concert
6)
Carol Davis: Blinded by the lights again at
Full Monty
7)
Carol Davis: Chovick shines in Cygnet's Desire Under the Elms
5.
Saturday evening, May 5, 2007
1)
Donald H. Harrison: Bankruptcy notices
issued for San Diego Jewish Times
2)
Bone Marrow Registry in
Israel arranges joyful meeting of donors and recipients
3)
Jews in the News
4)
The Jewish Grapevine
4.
Friday, May 4, 2007
1) Donald H. Harrison: Republican presidential hopefuls weigh what they would do if Iran and
Israel went to war
2)
Ira Sharkansky: The calculations of Israel's political crisis
3)
Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal provides background on the approaching Lag B'Omer
holiday
4)
Rabbi Baruch Lederman: The Case of the Stolen Tefillin
5)
Jews in the News
6)
Jewish Grapevine
3. Thursday, May 3, 2007
1)
Donald H. Harrison: Monsignor says two
problems detract from Israeli-Vatican relations: taxes, border wall
2)
Judy Lash Balint: It's time for Ehud Olmert to resign
3)
Israelis, Palestinians
market olives in Italy
4).
Filner urges Americans to celebrate Jewish American
Heritage Month
5)
Filner call for dramatic expansion in health care insurance for children
6)
Bruce Kesler:
Now would be a good time
for Steven Spielberg to make a visit to Vietnam
7)
Rep. Susan Davis wants Post
Office to provide free mail for absentee ballots from home
8)
Sheriff Kolender attends ceremony to watch Gov. Schwarzenegger sign prison
reform bill
9)
Letters to the Editor
10)
Jews in the News
11)
Jewish Grapevine
12)
Cynthia Citron:
Play Review: Bain and Landau have the write stuff
13)
Gail Forman: Whimsy, art and pragmatism mark Zeisel
exhibit at the Mingei Museum
2. Wednesday, May 2, 2007
1)
Donald H. Harrison: A Jew and a Catholic want to marry; what will the Catholic priest
tell them?
2)
Forty activists attend inaugural meeting of Advocates for Israel, San
Diego chapter
3)
Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker broadcasts call to kill Jews,
Americans
4)
Public sector organizations in Israel, Slovakia prove more innovative
than most European firms
5)
Can a scientist be religious? UCSD scholar plans to answer in Coronado
6)
Natural History Museum schedules Israeli photo exhibit opening in June
7)
JFS and San Diego Rep bring Ackerman drama on abuse here
8)
Book 'em' will arrest performers' attention
when Steve Kader says it
*
1.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
1)
Howard Wayne: Battle of Super Stars Highlighted
Democratic Convention in SD
2)
Donald H. Harrison: Welcome to our San Diego Jewish World
3) ZOA issues summary of Winograd Commission Report on leadership failure in
Lebanon War
4)
Ira Sharkansky: When Israel's news depresses, Talmud enlightens
5) Bruce Kesler: Rep. Tom Lantos needs to recall history
6) DNC celebrates Jewish American heritage month
7) Filner backs Holocaust education grants
8)
Humanitarian who fought against genocide does again, from beyond the
grave, in Filloux play
9)
Jews in the News
10)
The Jewish Grapevine
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April
President George W. Bush declares May 2007 as Jewish-American
Heritage Month,
in LRS Newsletter
#32
2007-04-30
*An easy way to learn to speak Hebrew,
in LRS Newsletter
#32
2007-04-30
Filner backs plan to permit
undocumented workers to pay fine and earn citizenship,
in LRS
Newsletter #32 2007-04-30
Our
lives in first person: We experience The
Gift of the Magi,
in LRS
Newsletter #32 2007-04-30
August Wilson Recreates the 60s in Old Globe's Two
Trains Running,
in LRS Newsletter
#32 2007-04-30
Yom Ha'Atzma'ut Festival in San Diego: Photo coverage in
LRS Newsletter #31
2007-04-29
A governor, mayor and an admiral join San Diegans in a salute to
Gert Thaler for her work in behalf of Tel Aviv and Jaffa, in
LRS Newsletter #31.
2007-04-29
California Democratic Convention Report: For the Jewish community,
one Democratic presidential candidate is easy to dismiss,
in LRS Newsletter
#30.
2007-04-28
Columnist Ira Sharkansky in Israel
casts a critical eye on the Palestinian media campaign, in
LRS Newsletter
#30.
2007-04-28
Republican Jewish Coalition spins its version
of Democratic presidential confab,
in LRS Newsletter
#29.
2007-04-27
Opinion: The need to codify Roe v.Wade, in
LRS Newsletter #29.
2007-04-27
Filner calls for 'innovation agenda to promote science,
technology in schools, in
LRS Newsletter #29.
2007-04-27
Jewish, Greek Orthodox, Muslim and Hindu journalists
form interfaith group, in
LRS Newsletter #29
2007-04-27
Opinion:
Why this Jew favors the Mt. Soledad cross,
in LRS Newsletter
#29
2007-04-27
Restaurant
Review: 1500 Ocean now light, breezy and very modern, in
LRS
Newsletter #29 2007-04-27
Keyboard
Conversation with Jeffrey Siegel heads for Jewish Music Festival, in
LRS Newsletter #29.
2007-04-27
'You
Shall be Holy'—But Exactly How?
in
LRS Newsletter #29
2007-04-27
D'var
Torah: Koach Halashon—A folk tale: On lyin' about a lion,
in
LRS Newsletter #29
2007-04-27
Haifa University study
indicates soldiers leave Israel Defense Forces more dovish,
in LRS Newsletter
#28 2007-04-26
Columnist Bruce Kesler asks 'Was the western media duped in its
2nd Lebanon War coverage?" in
LRS Newsletter #28 2007-04-26
Songs of Leiber and Stoller
delight
in Welk Theatre's Smokey Joe's Cafe. Review by Carol
Davis appears in
LRS Newsletter #28. 2007-04-26
Two units of San Diego State University join the Peres Peace Center
to promote Arab-Israeli cooperation on agriculture, in
LRS Newsletter #27.
2007-04-25
Dr. Fred Reiss, a Jewish scholar, presents the background on the
controversy over crypto-Jews, in LRS
Newsletter #27.
2007-04-25
Sayings from some of our famous sages: Woody Allen, Albert Einstein,
Golda Meir and the Jewish folk, in
LRS Newsletter #26.
2007-04-24
Herb
Targum takes his camera to Yom Hazikaron ceremonies at the Lawrence
Family JCC, in
LRS
Newsletter #25
2007-04-23
Bruce
Kesler tells his thoughts on
turning 59 with Israel, in
LRS Newsletter
#25.2007-04-23
Conductor David Amos debuts his
music column on this website, in
LRS Newsletter
#25.
2007-04-23
Judy Lash Balint reports a warm breeze comforted attendees of
national Yom Hazikaron ceremonies in Israel, in
LRS Newsletter #24.
2007-04-22
Ira
Sharkansky tells of how Israelis are "holding their fingers" (in
Israel people don't cross them) for a bone marrow recipient, in
LRS Newsletter #24.
2007-04-22
Sheila Orysiek suggests that Jews background themselves before
dialoguing with Evangelical Christians in
LRS Newsletter #24
2007-04-22
We found more than a dozen stories in the daily papers about Jews
making news. If you were unable over Shabbat to read your
daily newspaper, we'll help you catch up, in
LRS Newsletter #23
2007-04-21
Reflecting on the Virginia Tech Massacre, Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal
ponders what the media should do when the news in leshon harah,
in LRS
Newsletter #22
2007-04-20
Looking for adult Jewish education in San Diego. Sandy Golden
reports that AJE can show the way, in
LRS Newsletter #22
2007-04-20
Carol Davis reviews Wozzeck, Enchanted April and Wit
in today's Arts in Review column, in
LRS Newsletter #22
2007-04-20
Rabbi Baruch Lederman tells the remarkable story of the Straus
Brothers, in
LRS
Newsletter #22
2007-04-20.
Insecurity of South Koreans in Virginia Tech aftermath parallels
experiences of Jewish community, suggests columnist Donald H.
Harrison in LRS
Newsletter #21
2007-04-19
Retired
forensic pyschiatrist Dr. Joel Moskowitz ponders the legal issues
that prevented officials from committing gunman Cho Seung-Hui to a
mentalLRS
Newsletter No. 21 institution, in .
2007-04-19
Zionist Organization of America persuades Coca-Cola to give serious
consideration to plight of former Egyptian Jewish family, in
LRS Newsletter No.
21
2007-04-19
President Bush outlines Darfur policy in speech at the Holocaust
Museum, in LRS Newsletter #20. 2007-04-18
Ira Sharkansky essays on when is right time to teach children about
the Holocaust, in LRS Newsletter #20. 2007-04-18
A
Holocaust survivor dies protecting his students in Virginia Tech
massacre, in
LRS
Newsletter #19 2007-04-17
Jewish Family Service tells results of annual meeting, awards, in
LRS Newsletter #19
2007-04-17
Rabbi Dow Marmur says fear of Iran are fueling Arab peace overtures
to Israel, in
LRS
Newsletter #18
2007-04-16
Judy Lash Balint expresses concern over how the Holocaust will be
remembered after the survivors pass on, in
LRS Newsletter #18
2007-04-16
Herb Targum provides a photo essay of survivors featured at San
Diego observance of Yom Hashoah, in
LRS Newsletter #17 2007-04-15
180 photos discovered of family that perished in Shoah. Who
are they? Bruce Kesler has a commentary,
in LRS Newsletter
#17
2007-04-15
Commentator Ira Sharkansky notes that the Shoah and Israel are
eternally linked, in
LRS Newsletter #17
2007-04-15
Guest commentator Dr. Alex Grobman tells why numbers matter when
discussing the extent of the Shoah, in
LRS Newsletter #17
2007-04-15
Rabbi Baruch Lederman tells how a stranger's kindness after making a
chance discovery helped bring a family together, in
LRS Newsletter #17 2007-04-15
Dance critic Sheila Orysiek weighs what Internet criticism will mean
for the Arts, in
LRS Newsletter #17
2007-04-15
UCSD holds its 29th annual cultural celebration at Thurgood Marshall
College. Sandi Masori's story in LRS
Newsletter #16.
2007-04-14
Columnist Donald H. Harrison reflects at a traffic light on a
Holocaust lesson, in
LRS Newsletter #16
2007-04-14
San Diego Jewish Academy to honor Holocaust Survivors at ceremony
remembering those who perished. Story in
LRS Newsletter
#15
2007-04-13
So, why do we Jews like to ask questions? Isn't that
Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal asking, in
LRS Newsletter
#15?
2007-04-13
Haifa University reports Holocaust survivors suffered
terribly in 2nd Lebanon War. Story in
LRS Newsletter No.
14 2007-04-12
Democratic presidential candidates —all the
major ones—courting the Jewish vote at NJDC confab. Story in
LRS Newsletter No.
14. 2007-04-12
Remember the campers in Marjorie Morningstar?
They're 50 years older and coming to San Diego. Story by
Geri Kuscher Pizzi, in
LRS Newsletter No.
14. 2007-04-12
Carol Davis reviews Hold Please, an Old Globe
play examining the office from four women's perspectives, in
LRS Newsletter No.
14. 2007-04-12
Ira Sharkansky speculates on the
disappearance of Azmi Beshara, an Arab member of the Knesset, in
LRS Newsletter No.
13 2007-04-11
Congressman Bob Filner (D-San Diego) draws mixed
reactions in return to history classes at SDSU. Story by
Donald H. Harrison, in
LRS Newsletter No. 13. 2007-04-11
Carol Davis reviews John Patrick Shanley's
Sailor's Song, in
LRS Newsletter No. 13.
2007-04-11
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) calls on community members to
participate in Shoah commemorations, in
LRS Newsletter No.
12 2007-04-10
Author Natasha Josefowitz debuts her
column with a look at the generational gap in
retirement homes, in
LRS Newsletter No. 12
2007-04-10
Israelis rush to Mimouna celebrations and bakeries as Pesach ends.
Story by Judy Lash Balint in
LRS Newsletter No.
11
2007-04-09
Turning a blind eye to Israel-bashing is a form of
anti-Semitism, commentator Bruce Kesler says in
LRS Newsletter No.
11 2007-04-09
Sharing power with unions is good governance, San
Diego Community College District Board President Marty Block says.
Story by Donald H. Harrison in
LRS Newsletter No.
11 2007-04-09
Five
hundred crowd Lawrence Family JCC to fete Rabbi Martin Lawson. Carol
Davis reports in
LRS Newsletter No. 10 2007-04-08
Restaurant
critic Lynne Thrope debuts her column on this site with a review of
Chef Axel European Bistro, in
LRS Newsletter No.
10
2007-04-08
Ira Sharkansky, in a letter from Jerusalem, observes that Israeli
government always has to choose from imperfect alternatives, in
LRS Newsletter No.
9
2007-04-07
Just as Christians have their Easter bunnies, so too do we Jews have
our mythic animals, reports Donald H. Harrison, in
LRS Newsletter No.
9
2007-04-07
Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal of Tifereth Israel Synagogue inaugurates a
weekly "Torah on One Foot" column, in
LRS Newsletter No.
8.
2007-04-06
In his debut column on this site, Rabbi Wayne Dosick tells why the
attitude of "whatever" fails to live up to the Jewish moral mandate,
in LRS Newsletter
No. 7.
2007-04-05
Shalom Foundation devises a challenging summer program for people
who want to learn Yiddish—in Poland.
Newsletter No. 7
2007-04-05
Drama critic Carol Davis looks back on three Southern California
productions.
Newsletter No. 7.
2007-04-05
Ever wonder how they made matzo in the 19th Century? Western
States Jewish History in its current issue revives a story about
how it was done, in
LRS Newsletter No.
6. 2007-04-04
Dance writer Sheila Orysiek tells what made the Salute to Tchaikovsky
performed by the City Ballet so special last weekend at the Lawrence
Family JCC, in
LRS
Newsletter No.
6. 2007-04-04
Popular "Arts in Review" columnist Carol Davis, formerly of San
Diego Jewish Times, premieres her column on this site with a
look at Paula Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home in
LRS Newsletter
No. 5
2007-04-03
Ira Sharkansky, our esteemed Jerusalem correspondent and professor
emeritus of Hebrew University, reflects on his days as one of
the few Jewish students at Wesleyan University in
LRS
Newsletter No. 5 2007-04-03
Sheila
Orysiek, with a hilarious eye for detail, shares her remembrances of
Passovers past, in
LRS Newsletter No. 5
2007-04-03
Rabbi Michael Berk, new senior rabbi for Congregation Beth Israel,
is profiled in
LRS
Newsletter No. 4 2007-04-02
Jewish Music Festival to screen We Want Light
in kickoff for San Diego Jewish Music Festival.
Reported in LRS
Newsletter No. 4 2007-04-02
Although times are somber, Jerusalemites follow some light-hearted
customs in preparation for Pesach. Column by Judy Lash Balint in
LRS Newsletter No.
3 2007-04-01
Editor's reading file: Stories in recent issues of United
Synagogue Review, San Diego Weekly Reader and WIZO Review
caught our editor's eye. The gleanings may be found in
LRS Newsletter No.
3 2007-04-01
Los Angeles theatre scene: Cynthia Citron brings us up to date on
some recent and current plays, particularly those of specific Jewish
interest in LRS
Newsletter No. 3 2007-04-01
March
'Birds of Prey' near UCSD Hillel House. Donald H. Harrison
comments on latest exclusionary tactics of the La Jollans in
LRS Newsletter No.
2 2007-03-31
Theological Debate: Chabad Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort takes on
Christian evangelist Dyan Salatino in
LRS
Newsletter No. 2
2007-03-31
Advocates for Israel form a new chapter in San Diego.
Story by Donald H. Harrison in
LRS Newsletter No.
2 2007-03-31
San Diego Jewish Community Calendar: We begin a 'clip and save'
series of listings for your own desktop calendars in
LRS Newsletter No.
2 2007-03-31
Eric Frydler the musician is a Renaissance man. Jerry
Levens profiles him in
LRS Newsletter No.
1 2007-03-30
One thing always changes in the Middle East—the weather, reports
Muriel Goldhammer from Kfar Saba. Story in
LRS Newsletter
No. 1
2007-03-30
Africa deserves the world's attention but Middle East has the oil.
Ira Sharkansky's commentary in
LRS
Newsletter No. 1 2007-03-30
Louis Rose Birthday celebration, personal celebrations stir thoughts
of our responsibility to history—Story by Donald H. Harrison in LRS
Newsletter No. 1
2007-03-30
Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi serve up meaty performance—Story by
Eileen Wingard in
LRS Newsletter No. 1
2007-03-30
San Diego Jewish Times
folds with Passover edition—Story in LRS
Newsletter No. 1.
2007-03-30
2006
2006-12-13--Navy
considers modifying swastika barracks following inquiries from
Congresswoman, ADL (Story by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-12-08—Baker,
Carter and Gates and the scapegoating of Israel (Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky)
2006-12-08—Children
and Borat: unwise viewing choice (Commentary by
Marsha
Sutton)
December
8, 2006—Expert explains 'Capgras Syndrome'; that
underlies
The
Echo Maker (Story by
Dr. Joel Moskowitz)
2006-12-01—Changing
of the guard at San Diego State's Jewish Studies Program (Story
by Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-11-28--This
Day of Atonement is Jewish, but it's not about Yom Kippur
(Play Preview by
Jerry
Levens)
2006-11-28—Remembering
Chanukah's Real Religious Meaning (Commentary by
Rabbi
Yeruchem Eilfort)
2006-11-26—The transcendent importance of Oy Vey Iz Mir
(essay
by
Sheila
Orysiek)
2006-11-20—Defining
Israeli reality while enjoying luxury in Eilat
(Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky)
2006-11-18--Enjoy
gourmet food? Well here's a very 'wizo' choice (Story by
Jerry
Levens)
2006-11-18—Wishful Drinking...Carrie Fisher tells her
tragedy with lots of laughs (Play review by
Cynthia
Citron)
2006-11-15--Good
news for Jewish politicians (Story by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-11-11—Two
license plates that really belong together (Story
by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-11-11—Reading In My Mother's Kitchen will make you wish
you were there too (Book review by
Jerry
Levens)
2006-11-09—Dangers to Jerusalemites come from many different
directions (Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky)
2006-11-09—Borat
won't bore you, but it may disgust you (Movie review by
Cynthia
Citron)
2006-11-09—Camiel
takes readers on happy hike through the canyons of memory
(Book review by Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-10-30—Attack
and counter-attack in corruption case against Olmert (Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky
2006-10-28—Souvenir:
Memories of a big heart, terrible voice (Play review by
Cynthia
Citron)
November 2006
2006-11-28--This
Day of Atonement is Jewish, but it's not about Yom Kippur
(Play Preview by
Jerry
Levens)
2006-11-28—Remembering
Chanukah's Real Religious Meaning (Commentary by
Rabbi
Yeruchem Eilfort)
2006-11-26—The transcendent importance of Oy Vey Iz Mir
(essay
by
Sheila
Orysiek)
2006-11-20—Defining
Israeli reality while enjoying luxury in Eilat
(Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky)
2006-11-18--Enjoy
gourmet food? Well here's a very 'wizo' choice (Story by
Jerry
Levens)
2006-11-18—Wishful
Drinking...Carrie Fisher tells her tragedy with lots of laughs (Play
review by Cynthia
Citron)
2006-11-15--Good
news for Jewish politicians (Story by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-11-11—Two
license plates that really belong together
(Story
by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-11-11—Reading In My Mother's Kitchen will make you wish
you were there too (Book review by
Jerry
Levens)
2006-11-09—Dangers to Jerusalemites come from many different
directions (Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky)
2006-11-09—Borat
won't bore you, but it may disgust you (Movie review by
Cynthia
Citron)
2006-11-09—Camiel
takes readers on happy hike through the canyons of memory
(Book review by Donald
H. Harrison)
October 2006
2006-10-30—Attack
and counter-attack in corruption case against Olmert (Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky
2006-10-28—Souvenir:
Memories of a big heart, terrible voice (Play review by
Cynthia
Citron)
2006-10-25—Katzav
et al: parade of Israeli politicians may face charges (Commentary by Ira
Sharkansky)
2006-10-25—Do I hear a song?
(Review by
Cynthia Citron of Musical of Musicals: the Musical)
2006-10-25 — In this one, Salome sings ( Review of Leipzig
by
Cynthia Citron )
2006-10-25—San
Diego Jewish Times singles columnist
is engaged: her own romance revealed (Story by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-10-08—Jewish
license plates: Decoding Khai 18 (Story by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-10-07—Arthur
Miller's Broken Glass examines the effect
of Kristallnacht on an American Jewish family (Play Review by
Cynthia
Citron)
2006-10-07—No
Escaping It: Fleischman's 'Houdini' Will Handcuff Kids to the
Reader's Chair (Book review by
Joel
Moskowitz, MD)
2006-10-07—George
Gershwin Alone, an Old Globe concert-play
deserves audiences packed with music lovers (Concert/play
review by
Jerry
Levens)
2006-10-06—Our San Diego Alef Bet
News of Jews of San Diego County (compiled by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-10-06—On
walking counter-clockwise to Isaweea—is clockwise too dangerous?
(Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky)
2006-10-06--
Eleventh Hour Before Iran Gets the N-Bomb (Commentary by
Ya'acov Liberman)
2006-10-05—Time
for the Jewish community to speak up against Escondido's racism
(Commentary
by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-10-04—Palestinian
civil strife: good or bad for Israel? (Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky)
September 2006
2006-09-26—San
Diegan's sexually charged novel paints gritty picture of Israel
(Book review by Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-09-22—Israeli
news makes few ripples for vacationers in Leiden (Commentary by
Ira
Sharkansky)
2006-09-22 —
The eruv and the cross: what are the rules for separating church and
state? (Commentary by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-09-18
— Some post-Lebanon reflections on the Holocaust and Israel (Essay
by Solly
Ganor)
2006-09-16—Zayde the Student:
Why I like being a 'San Diego
State student,' but not an 'Aztec' (Commentary by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-09-16 —Talley's Folly poses
the question 'Should a Christian marry out?' (Play review by
Cynthia
Citron)
2006-09-13—One
billion people live in slums—can we help them, before it's too
late? (Commentary by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-09-12—Learning
something from Khatami's visit to Harvard (commentary by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-09-11—Another
Judge's Cross to Bear (Link to story by Daniel Strump on the Voice
of San Diego website)
2006-09-11—How
the late Congressman Clair Burgener
handled running against a Klansman (Story by
Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-09-10—Surveying the
organizations helping Israel in the wake of war (Commentary by
Rabbi
Yeruchem Eilfort)
2006-09-10—On
DVD: Akeelah and the Bee—Spell it i-n-s-p-i-r-i-n-g.
(Review by Donald
H. Harrison)
2006-09-10—Proud
mothers cruise the roadways (License plate update by
Donald
H. Harrison</
