Volume 3, Number 43
 
"There's a Jewish story everywhere"
 

Today's Postings:

Thursday, February 19, 2009

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INTERNATIONAL
The contest among Likud, 'Likud Light' and 'Likud Stout' ... by Rabbi Dow Marmur
JERUSALEM—There are those who say that Israel has, in fact, three Likud (right-wing nationalist) parties. Apart from the one led by Binyamin Netanyahu, there’s Kadima, which former Prime Minister Sharon formed when he broke away from Likud and which includes such prominent former Likud members as Tzipi Livni, Ehud Olmert and many others (Likud Light); and there’s Yisrael Beiteinu (Likud Stout) the leader of which Avigdor Lieberman also started out as a Likud member
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The Jews Down Under... A roundup of Australian news by Garry Fabian in Melbourne

Maccabiah Games to go ahead despite financial crisis READ MORE

School teacher's pornography case adjourned READ MORE

Complaint over Nazi trinkets READ MORE

ARTS
Waltz With Bashir is stunning visual art form, but willit give viewers a biased view of the Arab-Israeli conflict? ... by Heather L. Zeiden
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—There’s still time to see and form an opinion about Ari Folman’s  film, Waltz with Bashir, before this Sunday’s 81st annual Academy Awards.  What grabbed my attention first was the genre of this film, the animated documentary.  Second, was my new interest in foreign film, Israeli foreign film to be exact, and Folman’s delivery of his own personal narrative through this form. 
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Thursdays With the Songs of Hal Wingard:

#1, Lady Godiva READ AND LISTEN

#252, What They Do READ AND LISTEN

#191, Jolene Come Home READ AND LISTEN


Gilbert and Sullivan meet the Brothers Grimm at Lyric ... by Carol Davis in San Diego
SAN DIEGO—Myron Fink is a prolific composer/librettist, pianist and teacher. He was the composer in residence at the San Diego Opera from 1993 to 1997. In March 1997 the world premiere of his latest operatic work, The Conquistador was performed to mixed reviews. Set in Mexico, the opera is about Conquistador Don Luis de Carvajal - "a devout Catholic and founder of the city of Monterey, Mexico - who is discovered to have had Jewish lineage and is destroyed by the Mexican Inquisition.”READ MORE


ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
September 18, 1952, Southwestern Jewish Press:

United Jewish Fund Raised $205,000 To Date States Fund Report READ MORE

A New Year’s Message READ MORE

Young Jewish Couples Club READ MORE

Torah Convocation at Naval Training Center October 1-2
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JEWISH INTERNET FAVORITES
We continue our exploration of Jewish singers from around the world:

Bette Midler sings "From A Distance" VIEW VIDEO

Sophie Milman sings "Ochie Chernye" (Dark Eyes)
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Yael Naim sings "New Soul"VIEW VIDEO


COMMUNITY WATCH/ ADVERTISERS' NEWS
San Diego Jewish Academy:
San Diego Jewish Academy’s New Director of Admission brings experience to position READ MORE

Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School:
Awesome Chemistry at Soille Hebrew Day READ MORE

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STAFF BOX
We welcome Heather L. Zeiden, a graduate art student at Lesley University, to our ranks of writers. She debuts with a review of the Academy Award-nominated Waltz with Bashir

DEDICATIONS
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