At this point Giuliani asked "May I make a comment on that?
That is really an extraordinary statement. It is an extraordinary statement as
someone who lived through the attack on September 11th that we invited the
attack because we were attacking Iraq. I don't think I've ever heard
that before and I've heard some pretty absurd explanations for September 11th."
Loud and sustained cheering broke forth from the audience, which before the
debate had been admonished to stay silent.
Giuliani, following up, said: "I would ask the congressman to withdraw
that comment and tell us that he didn't really mean that."
Paul stood his ground however: "I believe very sincerely that the CIA is
correct when they teach and talk about 'blowback.' When we went into Iran
in 1953 and installed the shah, yes there was blowback. The reaction to
that was the taking of our hostages. And that persists. If we ignore
that, we ignore that at our own risk. If we think we can do what we want
around the world and not incite hatred then we have a problem. They don't
come here to attack us because we're rich and we're free; they attack us because
we're over there. I mean what would we think... if other foreign countries were
doing that to us?"
Giuliani wanted another round, but he was cut off by panelists.
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo), answering a subsequent question about global
warming, said the U.S. should reduce its dependence on petroleum products.
"If we do that we automatically reduce the carbon emissions that people claim
are causing global warming. And I'm all for doing that, and I'll tell you why,
it is a national security issue... for us to move away from the use of petroleum
products when they are coming from countries that want to kill us. And although
my dear friend Ron here, who I dearly love and really respect, but I'll tell
you: I just have to disagree with you Ron about the issue of whether ...Israel
existed or didn't; whether we were in Iraq or not, they would be trying to
kill us because it is a dictate of their religion—at least a part of it, and we
have to defend ourselves."
There were other criticisms leveled against militant Islam earlier in the
debate.
U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) suggested what the presidential campaign really
should be about is "Who's most prepared to lead in this challenge, this
transcendental challenge that we face called radical Islamic extremism. My
life, my experience, my knowledge and work in national security qualifies me
most to lead."
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, commenting on his pro-life stand in the
abortion controversy, added: I believe we should do everything possible to
protect that life because it is the centerpiece of what makes us unique as an
American people. We value the life of one as if it is the life of all ...
and it is what separates us from the Islamic jihadists who are out to kill us.
They celebrate death. They have a culture of death. Ours is a culture of
life."
Other candidates who participated in the debate were U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback of
Kansas; former Gov. Jim Gilmore of Virginia; U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of San
Diego, California; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and former
Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson.
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Jerusalem Diaries
Judy Lash Balint
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Jerusalem Day in the Old City
JERUSALEM —The amplified wail of the muezzin from the Al Aksa
mosque on the Temple Mount couldn't drown out the celebrations ringing out over
Jerusalem tonight.
From every corner of the Old City, youthful voices join in singing all the
classic Six Day War songs as the city celebrates the 40th anniversary of
reunification.
The sounds of prayer and thanksgiving at the Kotel rise up above the ancient
walls—no longer the 'wailing wall' of years when others ruled Jerusalem and
determined the Jewish fate here. Groups of teenagers clad in blue and white
dance in front of the Kotel and clog downtown streets.
The opening parade that takes place in the center of town is billed by the PR
department of the Jerusalem Municipality as “The Working Agricultural Settlement
marches in Jerusalem.”
Foreign reporters could be forgiven for thinking they were going back in time to
a Soviet-style parade. Spectators are treated to figures depicting various
aspects of kibbutz and moshav life, and tractors driven by kibbutzniks dressed
in those old Russian white collarless shirts, embroidered with red stitching
around the neckline.
The parade features contingents from every regional council in Israel, various
army bands, street performers and musicians who all wind their way through the
center ofthe city as tens of thousands of Jerusalemites start dispersing amongst
the myriad of events marking the opening of Jerusalem Day.
At the central event, a televised gala concert marking the opening of Israel
Song Week, thousands of celebrants of all ages throng Sacher Park. Young couples
with strollers; families with young kids; teenage girls and older couples all
mingle comfortably and spread out together on the grassy slope overlooking the
stage, while exuberant young boys pack themselves into the moshpit area
to be closer to the action. The food stalls selling kosher hamburgers, hotdogs
and French fries are mobbed and with barely any trash cans, the park soon
becomes an environmentalist's nightmare.
The program features an array of well-known Israeli entertainers including Yoram
Gaon, Shlomi Shabat, the Idan Reichel Project, Shlomo Gronich and Hadag Hanahash
who deliver traditional as well as new songs about Jerusalem. Hadag Hanahash
open their set by pronouncing a blessing on Jerusalem; Shlomi Shabat sings about
Jerusalem of peace; Haim Yisrael sings about King David's harp and Shlomo
Gronich delivers a haunting version of a verse from the Hallel prayer of
thanksgiving. Who says Israelis have forgotten their roots?
The main challenge of the day is getting anywhere. With roads closed
throughout the city center, driving is out of the question. Many bus
routes suspend operations for a couple of hours during the parade, and
getting close to the Old City is virtually impossible except on foot,
so thousands take to the streets in a jovial mass of Jerusalem humanity.
Beit Orot, the hesder Yeshiva on the Mt of Olives celebrates Yom
Yerushalayim in their usual festive manner, with an all-night event.
Traditionally known as THE happening Jerusalem Day party place for the national
religious yeshiva crowd, this year's festivities uphold its reputation. The
bands stop playing around 4:30 a.m. when the young crowd picks up their flags to
retrace the footsteps of the paratroopers of 1967. They walk down the same road
from the Mt of Olives, turning left at the Kidron Valley and following the
Jericho Road as far as Lion's Gate where they climb the hill to enter the Old
City, just like the soldiers in their tanks 40 years ago. The students generally
makes it to the Kotel in time for the Vatikin early morning prayers. Forty years
ago, it was midday as the IDF soldiers made their way down from their conquest
of the Temple Mount to become the first Jews in 19 years to gain access to the
Kotel.
For the Ethiopian community, Jerusalem Day has evolved into a memorial day.
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews who trekked through Sudan and the Ethiopian
countryside to take part in Operations Solomon (1991) and Moses (1984) died
before they saw Jerusalem. Their relatives mark the day with prayer and
ceremonies in the Holy City.
The festivities and commemorations continue all day tomorrow with the flag
parade culminating in a swirl of dancing and celebrating at the Kotel; the
official memorial ceremony at Ammunition Hill for the fallen soldiers who helped
liberate Jerusalem; the Mayor's annual open house reception at the Tower of
David and the Bereishit Children's Jerusalem Quiz. It'll all be topped off with
a series of outdoor evening concerts and a final fireworks display.
For one day, at least, we ignore the security concerns and political realities
(even though it's hard to swallow the fact that not a single country in the
world maintains an embassy in Israel's capital and that EU and US officials are
not planning on attending Jerusalem Day observances) and we focus on the miracle
that restored the Jewish people to the city that King David declared as his
capital so many thousands of years ago.
Chag Yerushalayim Sameach!
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Commentary
Arabs call for another genocide and the world simply yawns
By Morton A. Klein
National President, Zionist Organization of America
NEW YORK—A couple of weeks ago, the acting Speaker of the Palestinian
Legislative Council, Dr. Ahmad Bahar, called for the murder of every Jew and
American. In an address broadcast on Palestinian Authority (PA) television,
Bahar stated, "This is Islam, that was ahead of its time with regards to human
rights in the treatment of prisoners, but our people was afflicted by the
cancerous lump, that is the Jews, in the heart of the Arab nation... Be certain
that
America is on its way to disappear, America is wallowing [in blood] today in
Iraq and Afghanistan, America is defeated and Israel is defeated, and was
defeated in Lebanon and Palestine... Make us victorious over the infidel
people...
Allah, take hold of the Jews and their allies, Allah, take hold of the Americans
and their allies... Allah, count them and kill them to the last one and don't
leave
even one" (PA TV, April 20, translation courtesy of
Palestinian Media Watch,
April 30).
Why did
Bahar's remarks go largely unreported in the Western media? Why does
the U.S. continue to deal with, support, fund and urge concessions to the PA
when its elected officials call for genocide of Jews and Americans? Why are
foreign governments not protesting or demanding a retraction from PA
president Mahmoud Abbas? Where are the protests from intellectual and
religious leaders around the world? Why are several countries, including the US,
intending to give more funds to the PA?
It cannot
be because Bahar's comment is exceptional. To cite two other incidents
in recent weeks:
-
On 30
March 2007 Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan ended his "prayers to
Allah" in a sermon broadcast on the Palestinian Authority's TV saying, "The
Hour [of Resurrection] will not take place until the Muslims fight the Jews
and the Muslims kill them, and the rock and the tree will say: 'Oh, Muslim,
servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, kill him!'" He also asked
"Jihad-fighting worshippers" in " Palestine and everywhere" and Allah to
take away the oppressor Jews and Americans and their supporters!"
-
In an
article published on April 23, 2007 in the Hamas paper Al-Risalah,
its
author Kan'an Ubayd stated: "... the extermination of Jews is good for the
inhabitants of the worlds on a land, to which Allah gave his blessing for
the sake of the inhabitants of the worlds."
How is it
possible that there is no outcry, that such calls for genocide are not
deemed newsworthy, significant or relevant to current policy? To better
appreciate this question, imagine if the Speaker of the Knesset, Dalia Itzik,
delivered a speech in which she called for the genocide of all Arabs and
Muslims. Imagine if the Israeli Chief Rabbi or some other senior rabbinical
figure, speaking from a synagogue pulpit during a religious service broadcast
on Israel State Television, cited Jewish religious texts calling for the murder
of all Muslims as a religious duty. Imagine if a major Israeli daily newspaper
like Haaretz or Maariv contained an article by an Israeli
intellectual arguing that
the utter extermination of all Muslims would be a blessing for humanity.
Imagine these sorts of things happening, not once, but repeatedly.
Such
things, of course, have never happened in Israel. But if they ever did, there
would – quite rightly – be an international outcry. Newspapers around the world
would carry detailed reports on their front pages; parliaments around the world
would vote to condemn the words of a fellow parliamentary speaker and the
parliament that tolerated her words; human rights organizations would organize
petitions and rallies condemning Israel; international leaders would issue
statements of condemnation and the United Nations would probably be called
into a special session to consider the implications and cast votes condemning
Israel in the harshest terms. In fact, Israel is regularly condemned in the
harshest terms even though such things have never occurred in Israel.
It is
clear that when it comes to Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, a blatant double
standard and bias is operating all the time. No matter what Palestinian Arabs
say
about and do to Israelis, they and especially their leadership are rarely held
accountable or pay a price for fostering hatred and murder of Jews and others.
Conversely, Israel is regularly pressured, condemned and even the subject of
boycotts, no matter the attacks and dangers to which it is subjected and no
matter
how many concessions it makes. International criticism has not eased even after
Israel relinquished half of Judea and Samaria, all of Gaza and handed over
money, assets and even arms to the PA, all of which have assisted the terrorist
campaign it continues to sponsor against Israel. In fact, international
hostility to
Israel has grown in tandem with past Israeli concessions and efforts to be ever
more accommodating to the advice of foreign governments. Weakness and
seeking to be popular has invited more hostility and pressure.
Clearly,
the world is engaged in a mad rush to a Palestinian state, believing
against all evidence that it will be a civilized polity. They cling to the
delusion
that Palestinian statehood is the full answer to Palestinian Arab radicalism and
see Israeli concessions of historic Jewish land as the key to obtaining it. This
is
nothing but full-scale appeasement like that of Neville Chamberlain, who
believed that giving a chunk of Czechoslovakia, the Sudentenland, to the Nazis
would cause Nazi Germany to become peaceful. This ignored the key fact that
the Nazis sought to conquer Europe, not merely the Sudetenland – just as the
Palestinian Arabs do not seek merely Judea and Samaria, but all of Israel.
Pursuing this policy with the Palestinian Arabs will not bring peace, only more
bloodshed, as it did with the Nazis.
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Jewish education programming needed to catch up with Internet generation
NEW YORK (Publicity Release)—Adding time to the Hebrew school or day
school week may be easier than you ever dreamed. And the solution won’t
increase salaries or incur the wrath of parents and or students.
It’s as simple as giving children computer learning games, albeit ones
that are
interactive and fun, creatively combined with real content relating to
Jewish
concepts, bible study or Hebrew language. Replacing the games they
already
play or the TV they watch over the weekend with educational software
would
add hours of learning. The current crop of Jewish learning games isn’t
doing
the trick, claim the experts, because they’re badly designed.
In-class learning techniques need to change, too. Increasing scientific
evidence
tells us that children who have spent tens of thousands of hours playing
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games, IMing, e-mailing, and watching TV really do “learn differently.”
They
have what one educator termed “hypertext minds,” so that the linear
thought processes in current educational systems actually retard their
learning.
We’ve also learned that the fabled “short attention span” of this
generation’s
children applies only to the old ways of learning.
How these students – and their teachers – gather information also has
undergone
a transformation though the use of wikis, blogs, listservs, virtual
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and the like.
The new technologies and techniques to engage not only younger learners,
but
also Boomers looking to fill in the gaps in their Jewish knowledge and
toddlers
who have been exposed to educational software from the earliest ages are
some
of the hot topics being presented at the CAJE 32 Conference. This
year’s annual
conference sponsored by Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish
Education
takes place in August at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
From August 5 – 9, CAJE 32 will offer more than 300 sessions exploring
21st
Century Jewish learning and learners, as well as pedagogy, music, art,
history,
and text within the Jewish educational context. Additionally, there are
featured
forums on Hebrew language, Israel, experiential education and
anti-Semitism
scheduled. Also on the agenda is a grant writing seminar offered by the
Foundation Center and sponsored by the Covenant Foundation. In-depth,
collaborative programs also are being offered in family education,
diversity
training, adult education, Jewish service learning, and other areas of
interest.
With an increased awareness of the importance of early childhood Jewish
education in creating a stronger Jewish identity, growing the number of
children
continuing in Jewish education, and increasing families’ involvement in
the
Jewish community, CAJE will hold its annual Early Childhood Conference
concurrently with CAJE 32. The Early Childhood Conference, with a theme
of “Our Families, Our Children, Our Future, 21st Century
Early Childhood
Jewish Education,” will explore both theory and practical
applications. An early
childhood Pre-Conference program will focus on “Defining Excellence in
Early
Childhood Jewish Education.”
In
addition to being one of the foci of the conference, members of the next
generation also are active participants. The CAJE college program,
funded by
the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, allows students to
explore future opportunities in Jewish education, as professionals and
lay
leaders. The Teen Leadership Kallah exposes teenagers to the best in
Jewish
teaching and learning, as well as to Jewish ideas and values; it is
partially
underwritten by a generous grant from the Myra Reinhard Family
Foundation.
A
Shabbat program with scholars-in-residence and Pre-Conference
sessions
offering 10 -12 hours intensives in a number of areas will precede the
main
Conference.
The CAJE 32 EXPO, one of the largest Jewish malls outside of Israel,
will
feature Judaic textbook and trade book publishers, software and computer
applications developers, educational institutions, Jewish organizations
and programs, and ritual and fine art craftspeople and displays.
The Conference is co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of St. Louis;
ARMDI, American Red Magen David for Israel; and the Jewish National
Fund,
with local assistance from the Central Agency for Jewish Education in
St. Louis
and the St. Louis Hillel at Washington University. The Early Childhood
Conference @ CAJE 32 is partially underwritten by a generous grant the
Harold
Grinspoon Foundation.
Registration, as well as further information about the Conference, is
now
available online at www.caje.org. For questions, please contact
CAJE at cajeny@caje.org or (212) 268-4210.
The
foregoing story was provided by the Coalition for the Advancement of
Jewish Education.
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Like you, we're pleased when members of our
community are praiseworthy, and are disappointed when they are blameworthy.
Whether
it's good news or bad news, we'll try to keep track of what's being said in
general media about our fellow Jews.
Our news spotters are Dan Brin in Los Angeles, Donald H.
Harrison in San Diego, and you. Wherever you are, if you see a story of
interest, please send a summary and link to us
at sdheritage@cox.net. To see a
source story click on the link within the respective paragraph.
_______________________________________________________________________
*Joel
Bellman, an aide to Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaraslovsky,
said the Board of Supervisors will meet in closed session today to discuss the
case of a woman who died after officials at Martin Luther King Jr.—Harbor
Hospital ignored her as she writhed in pain on the floor in the hospital's
admitting area. The
story by Charles Ornstein is in today's Los Angeles Times.
*From his prison cell in Israel where he is serving 35 life sentences, Mohammed
Irman smuggled out a book, Engineers of Death, about his bomb-planting
Hamas cell that set off the explosions at the Cafe Moment and at Hebrew
University, killing 35 persons, including Marla Bennett of San Diego.
Dion Nissenbaum and Mohammed Najib of
MCT News Service have the
story in today's San Diego Union-Tribune. In San Diego,
Linda Bennett, Marla's mother, told San Diego Jewish World that she
was bewildered how someone could smuggle a book out of a high-security prison.
She added that she had not made up her mind if she wanted to read the killer's
words.
*U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) predicted the United States would
withdraw its military forces in 2008, even if it results in a "Rwanda-style
bloodletting." The
story by Eric Black is in today's Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St.
Paul.
*Former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss and actor Tom Sizemore have
settled out-of-court her harassment suit against him. The City News
Service
story is in today's Los Angeles Times.
*U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer
were on the dissenting side of a 5-4 decision restoring capital punishment
in a death penalty case that had been set aside by the U.S. Ninth Circuit of
Appeals. The
story by David G. Savage is in today's Los Angeles Times.
*The state Senate has approved a bill by Sen. Carole Migden (D-San
Francisco) which would award California's electoral college votes to whatever
candidate wins the most popular votes in the election for president. The
bill, intended to prevent a candidate who didn't win the popular vote from
becoming president, now heads to the Assembly. The
story by Steve Lawrence of the Associated Press is in today's San Diego
Union-Tribune.
*Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert planned to meet today in Jordan
with King Abdullah II to discuss the Arab peace initiative. The meeting will
take place against a backdrop of increasing violence in the Palestinian
territories between Hamas and Fatah factions. The Associated Press
story is in today's San Diego Union-Tribune.
*Israel's Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres was interviewed today on
the general Middle East situation by David Makovsky of the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy. Here is
a link.
*U.S. Sen. Charles
Schumer (D-N.Y.) was nonplussed by the resignation of Deputy Attorney
General Paul McNulty in the aftermath of the controversial firing of eight
United States Attorneys. He said it was "ironic" that McNulty, who tried
to level with a Senate committee investigating the firings, was let go, while
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who "stonewalled" the committee, remains in
power. A
story by David Johnston of the New York Times News Service is in today's
San Diego Union-Tribune.
*Prosecution witness Kathy Sullivan testified in the murder trial of
record producer Phil Spector that he once displayed a gun in her
presence, but didn't threaten her. She said the gun was so big, and
Spector so small, that he "looked like Elmer Fudd." Matt Krasnowski of
Copley News Service has the
story in today's San Diego Union-Tribune.
*Assemblyman Todd Spitzer (R-Orange County), who has sharply
criticized Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez
has been reassigned to the smallest legislative office in the State Capitol
Building, an office some have nicknamed the "doghouse." The Associated
Press
story by Samantha Young is in today's San Diego Union-Tribune.
*The board of the World Bank will decide the fate of its president, Paul
Wolfowitz, at a meeting today. Prospects for Wolfowitz's continued
tenure dimmed when a special panel issued a report saying he had broken the
rules in arranging a hefty raise for his girlfriend, Shaha Riza. The Associated
Press
story by Jeannine Aversa is in today's San Diego Union-Tribune.
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AUTHOR, AUTHOR—Journalist Dan Bloom, who lives in Taiwan, relies on the
Internet to keep abreast of Jewish news and we're delighted that San Diego
Jewish World is one of his regular stops. He passes on this
information about an old friend of his: "Massachusetts
author Daniel Klein and writing partner Tom Cathcart have recently
published Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy
Through Jokes, and the book has climbed to Number 3 in the Amazon.com sales
stats. Klein is also the author, with his Dutch wife, Freke Vuijst, of The
Half-Jewish Book: A Celebration, published in 2000."
BATTLE IN THE WILD—Hillel Mazansky, a member of San Diego's large South
African Jewish community, forwards some
amazing video of
a herd of buffalo at Kruger National Park rescuing a calf from a pride of lions.
Even a crocodile got into the action.
EDUCATION BEAT—The most recent issue of Adelante, the publication of the
Congress of History of San Diego and Imperial Counties, listed the winners of
various local history awards. Among them was Professor Abraham Schragge,
director of Dimensions of Cultural Programs at Thurgood Marshall College,
UCSD. Schragge teaches a course on the history of San Diego, and currently
is working on a book about the post-World War II history of San Diego.
Additionally, Schragge serves as the curator of the Veterans Museum and Memorial
Center in Balboa Park, and is at work on an oral history project with
ex-Prisoners of War. The award conferred upon him was the John Montgomery
Education Award for an individual or group contributing significantly to further
the actual teaching of local history by a professional teacher in the classroom.
MEDIA WATCH—There is a new magazine, Impact!,
hitting Chabad houses and schools as well as other Jewish places throughout
Southern California. Its editor is Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort of Chabad
of La Costa. The first issue focuses on Jewish camping with articles
written by Eilfort's fellow Chabad rabbis, congregants and even his wife Nechama
and daughter Rivka, 13. In an introductory essay, Eilfort reflected that before
accepting the editorship, he asked himself what readers really wanted. "The
answer [drum roll please] is meaning," he wrote. "People with meaning in their
lives tend to be happier. The full spectrum of life's experiences takes on
a completely different texture for someone who has purpose..." We at
San Diego Jewish World would like to express the wish that Impact!
will fulfill the purpose for which it was named. Mazal tov on a
good beginning.
IN MEMORY—Evelyn Gabai, a former school teacher in the Bronx, who lived
in retirement with husband Hyman in Encinitas, died May 4 at age 79. A
brief
obituary is in today's San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Regional and
Local News & Features |
Congressman Filner Supports the Elder Justice Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Publicity release)-- U.S. Rep. Bob Filner (D-San Diego)
today announced his support of The Elder Justice Act, (H.R. 1783),
legislation that establishes an Elder Justice Coordinating Council and an
Advisory Board to fight elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. "The passage of
this bill will bring a focus to this issue at the national level and will
provide a comprehensive, coordinated effort led by the federal government to
preventing and fighting elder abuse," said Congressman Filner.
This
comprehensive bill will require the Attorney General to develop policies and a
long-term plan for elder justice programs, focusing on prevention, detection,
training, treatment, evaluation, intervention, research and improvement of the
elder justice system. Examples of its provisions include:
·
aiding in
the development of forensic expertise pertaining to elder abuse
·
providing
incentives to train for employment in long-term care facilities
·
assisting
Adult Protective Services in providing leadership to state programs
·
improving
ombudsman capacity and the retention of qualified staff
·
requiring
immediate reporting to law enforcement of crimes in a long-term care facility.
Filner
had co-sponsored this bill in the last session of Congress. "It is past time to
enact this bill," he said. "The worth of a society can be measured by the
manner in which it treats and respects its elderly citizens."
The foregoing was
provided by the office of Congressman Bob Filner
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Arts,
Entertainment, Dining
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Jackie Silver to demonstrate how composers
are able to make music so memorable
SAN DIEGO (Publicity Release)—Pianist Jacquelyne Silver, with Silver Pathways
to Music, Inc. will lead the JFS College Avenue Senior Center on a musical
journey through “The Incredible Power of Music” at 1 p.m., Thursday, June 14.
This program explores why music is so incredibly powerful and what are the tools
that composers use to create that power. Music that was written hundreds of
years ago still retains its magic and extraordinary power throughout the ages.
What is that mysterious influence and how is it achieved?
 Silver received
her degree from Juliard School of Music in New York City. She has toured
extensively throughout the United States, appearing on both radio and
television. She has collaborated with such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein,
Marilyn Horne, and Luciano Pavaroti.
She created the
original series, Listen to the Art for the San Diego Museum of Art. She
has also presented series at the Athenaeum in La Jolla and was awarded
outstanding Instructor of the Year from UCSD. Today she serves as
director of
Silver Pathways to Music Inc., a new non-profit corporation that
provides music and dramatic arts to both children and adults throughout San
Diego and around the United States.
The cost for the
show is $3 for College Avenue Senior Center members $5 for non-members. At noon
before the concert a kosher lunch will be served at the Center, with the
suggested donation for seniors $3 and for all others, $5.
The Center is
located inside Beth Jacob Synagogue. 4855 College Avenue. For information and
reservations, call (619) 583-3300.
The foregoing story was provided by the
JFS College Avenue Senior Center
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