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32. 30 April 2007—President
George W. Bush declares May 2007 as Jewish-American Heritage Month *An
easy way to learn to speak Hebrew *Filner
backs plan to permit undocumented workers to pay fine and earn citizenship *Our
lives in first person: We experience The
Gift of the Magi *August Wilson Recreates the 60s
in Old Globe's Two Trains Running * Jews in the
News *Jewish Grapevine
31. 29 April 2007—Yom
Ha'Atzmaut Festival Photo Essay *Salute to Gert Thaler coverage *Jews in the
News *The Jewish Grapevine
30. 28 April 2007— Easy to
dismiss one Democratic hopeful * The Palestinian media campaign * Jews in the
News *Jewish Grapevine.
29. 27 April 2007—Republican
Jewish Coalition spins its version of Democratic presidential confab
*Opinion: The need to codify Roe v.Wade *Filner calls for 'innovation agenda to
promote science, technology in schools *Jewish, Greek Orthodox, Muslim and Hindu
journalists form interfaith group *Why this Jew favors the Mt.
Soledad cross *Keyboard Conversation with Jeffrey Siegel heads for Jewish Music
Festival *Restaurant Review: 1500 Ocean now light, breezy and very modern *'You Shall be Holy'—But Exactly How?*D'var Torah: Koach Halashon—A
folk tale: On lyin' about a lion
28. 26 April 2007—
Haifa University study
indicates soldiers
leave Israel Defense Forces more dovish* Was the western media duped in its
2nd Lebanon War coverage?*Songs
of Leiber and Stoller delight in Welk Theatre's Smokey
Joe's Cafe
*
San Diego Rep tells schedule of Lipinsky SD Jewish
Arts Festival *Israel Contemporary String Quartet scheduled by Jewish Music
Festival
*Rhythms of Senegal, Jamaica to add
spice to Dor Hadash gala
27. 25 April 2007—Two
units of San Diego State University team with the Peres Peace Center in Israel
to promote joint Arab-Israeli crop development and marketing * Scholar Fred
Reiss provides background for the controversy surrounding Crypto-Jews. *Jews in
the News *Jewish Grapevine.
26. 24 April 2007—Some
wise sayings of Jewish people *Jews in the News *The Jewish Grapevine.
25. 23 April 2007—
Photographer Herb Targum takes us to San Diego's Yom HaZikaron commemoration *
Bruce Kesler essays: We grew up together, Israel and I. *Conductor David Amos to
share musical insights on this site in Music Notes column
24. 22 April 2007—Warm
comforting breeze blows over Yom Hazikaron rites in Jerusalem * Holding fingers'
for young woman who
embodies the Zionist dream *
When evangelical Christians invite Jewish dialogue, background helps
23. 21
April 2007— We found more than a dozen stories
dealing
with Jews who are making news, good and bad, in the daily media.
For those who didn't have time over Shabbat to read the newspaper,
we'll help you catch up.
22. 20 April 2007—
Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal ponders what media should do when the
news is lashon harah *Looking for adult Jewish education in San Diego?
AJE will help you find it * Carol Davis reviews Wozzeck, Enchanted April
and Wit * Rabbi Baruch Lederman retells the remarkable story of the
Straus brothers
21. 19 April 2007—Insecurity of South Koreans in
Virginia Tech aftermath parallels experiences of Jewish community *
Cho's known derangement brings
medical ethics issues to the fore *ZOA says intervention for Egyptian Jewish
family proved to be 'the real thing' for Coke
20. 18 April 2007—President
Bush outlines Darfur policy in speech at the Holocaust Museum in Washington *
When should children be taught the Shoah? *Jews in the News
19. 17 April 2007—Holocaust
survivor dies in Virginia Tech massacre * JFS Annual Meeting and Awards Session
Told * 200 Packages of Help Brightened Local Passovers *Letters to Editor *Jews
in the News.
18. 16 April 2007—SDSU
students mark Yom HaShoah by urging action on Darfur * Fear of Iran may be
fueling Arab peace gestures to Israel * Child of Survivor wonders how Holocaust
will be remembered after that generation passes * NJDC faults Republicans for
not rebuking columnist Robert Novak for anti-Israel columns.
17. 15 April 2007—Survivors
featured at Shoah commemoration in San Diego * 180 photos discovered of family
that perished in Shoah. Who are they? *Shoah and Israel eternally linked
*Holocaust children and grandchildren no more traumatized than others, study
shows * Why numbers matter for the Shoah *A Stranger's Act of Kindness Brings A
Family Back Together *Sunset, Sunrise: Print and the Internet. *Jews in the News
16. 14 April 2007—UCSD
stages its 29th annual cultural celebration * Columnist Donald H. Harrison
reflects at a traffic light on Yom HaShoah,
15. 13 April 2007—San Diego
Jewish Academy hosts survivors
at butterfly remembrance for Shoah victims. * Beware of Spreading False
E-Tales.*So why do Jews like to ask questions? *Israeli jazz musician Avishai
Cohen is San Diego-bound. *Jewish Grapevine *Jews in the News.
14. 12 April
2007—A Haifa University reports indicates Holocaust survivors suffered
terribly in 2nd Lebanon War. Yom HaShoah prompts events, memories. Democratic
presidential hopefuls to woo Jewish Democrats. Campers from locale of
Marjorie Morningstar film head for San Diego. Carol Davis reviews the
Old Globe's Hold Please. Plus today's "Jews in the News."
13. 11 April 2007—Ira
Sharkansky wonders what happened to Azmi Beshara, the missing Arab member of the
Israeli Knesset. IDF schedules a concert in San Diego. The Ayn Rand
Institute takes the UN to task on religion bill. National Jewish
Democratic Council chides Rudy Guiliani on world affairs. Congressman Bob Filner
returns to SDSU's History Department to lecture where he once taught. Gruss
Foundation and Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education contribute $500,000 to
local Jewish day schools. Carol Davis reviews Sailor's Song at the
New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad. Plus Jewish Grapevine, Jews in the News,
and a Jewish Directory for San Diego County.
12. 10 April 2007—U.S. Sen.
Barbara Boxer calls for participation in Holocaust commemorations. Author
Natasha Josefowitz debuts her column on the retirement age on this site. Plus
the Jewish Grapevine and Jews in the News columns
11. 9 April 2007—Chametz-hungry Israelis line
up at bakeries, attend Mimouna parties. Are those who turn a blind eye to
Israel bashing themselves anti-Semitic. Bruce Kesler things so.
Marty Block, president of the San Diego Community College board, explains the
notion of power sharing with teacher unions. Jewish political debate
follows House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Syria.
10. 8 April 2007—Hundreds help Rabbi Lawson mark milestone of 30 years in
the rabbinate. Lynne Thrope inaugurates her column on this site with a
review of Chef Axel European Bistro.
9. 7 April 2007—Ira Sharkansky,
in his "Letter from Jerusalem" column explains that for Israeli policy makers
there are rarely, if ever, perfect solutions. Donald H. Harrison says just
as Christians have their Easter bunnies, we Jews enjoy our mythic animals too.
Some Jews in the news: Alan Bersin, Bruce Kesler, and Sam Zell.
8. 6 April 2007—Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal of Tifereth Israel
Synagogue inaugurates a new column "Torah on One Foot." Some fun items
appear in our "Jewish Grapevine" column. JFS sets a program on mental
health featuring author Pete Earley
7. 5 April 2007—Rabbi Wayne Dosick,
who wrote for The San Diego Jewish Times, inaugurates his column on this
site with a discussion of why the attitude of 'whatever' does not fulfill the
Jewish mandate. Yiddish study is being offered by the Shalom Foundation—in
Poland. Carol Davis looks at three recent productions: Taking Flight, The
Piano Teacher and The
Adoption Project: Triad. Clarence Kaufman is remembered.
6. 4 April 2007—Courtesy of Western States
Jewish History, we explain how matzo was made—back in the 19th century.
Dance Writer Sheila Orysiek tells what made the City Ballet of San Diego's salute to
Tchaikovsky so good. And our newsletter sees its first advertisements-for
the upcoming JUMP (Jews United through Music Performance) Festival, and the Gert
Thaler tribute dinner.
5. 3 April 2007—Arts columnist Carol Davis reviews
Paula Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home; Jerusalem correspondent Ira
Sharkansky reflects on his days as one of the few Jewish students at Wesleyan
University; Renny's Story is reprised at Ohr Shalom Synagogue;
Clarinetist Marian Liebowitz in free concert and lecture; and Sheila Orysiek,
with a hilarious eye for detail, shares her remembrances of Passovers past.
4. 2 April 2007—Profile of Rabbi
Michael Berk, new senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel; music in the
concentration camps; The Jewish Grapevine; Jewish Community Calendar; Jewish
History Video Link: Assuring a daily Jewish community news voice; Jewish
Internet humor; Chag Samach to your family from four generations of ours. 3. 1 April
2007—Pesach preparations in Jerusalem; Editor's Reading file: Stu
Eizenstat (United Synagogue Review); La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club (San
Diego Weekly Reader); UN High Commission for Refugees (WIZO Review);
Seven play reviews by Cynthia Citron: Catskill Sonata; Miklat; On Second
Avenue; Mamaleh; Smokey Joe's Cafe; A Splintered Soul; Tip-Toes; more
Community Calendar listings. 2.
31 March 2007— Hillel vs.
La Jolla commentary; debate between Christian evangelist Dyan Salatino and
Chabad Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort; Advocates for Israel in San Diego, The
Journal of San Diego History features Louis Rose; Jewish license plates;
Community Calendar listings including dates for the San Diego Jewish Music
Festival.
1. 30 March 2007—San Diego Jewish
Times demise; Louis Rose 200th birthday; 'Generations Day' at Soille San
Diego Hebrew Day School; Brit Milah of Shor Masori; Yale Strom and Hot
Pstromi, Israel mood pieces from Kfar Saba and Jerusalem; Jewish license
plates, Eric Frydler profile. {Writers and Photographers: Muriel
Goldhammer, Donald H. Harrison, Nancy E. Harrison, Jerry Levens, Melanie
Rubin, Ira Sharkansky, Eileen Wingard.}
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