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Playing Shylock, playing Saul Rubinek: It’s all in the telling
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (604+ words) Virtually the first sentence actor Saul Rubinek said to me when we met on a Friday last November in one of the very few kosher Manhattan establishments open before an early Sabbath was: "You know I'm unabashedly self-serving." I wish…...
Shakespeare, Hasidic sage Zusya, shared belief in unique purpose of each human being
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (679+ words) By Betzy Lynch in La Jolla, California As this week of Purim celebrations came to a close, I had the pleasure of taking part in one of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture's more delightful traditions: Shabbat Shakespeare. The…...
Thought on the preservation of memory
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (188+ words) Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding " Albert Einstein By Jacqueline Semha Gmach in San Diego Recently, I discovered that my name appeared among more than 885,279 selected entries in Grokipedia, Elon Musk's AI generated…...
Love’s labors found and bound
1+ week, 4+ day ago (255+ words) Director Samuel Young has done an outstanding job with this group of very talented actors. The story flows smoothly, following a timeline from Shakespeare's passing to the arduous task of locating and compiling a bound book of all of his…...
The movie ‘Leviathan’ counters the biblical Book of Job
2+ week, 1+ day ago (12+ words) The movie "Leviathan" counters the biblical Book of Job'San Diego Jewish World...
An apology to a Shabbat Soul
2+ week, 4+ day ago (542+ words) By Betzy Lynch in La Jolla, California To My Shabbat Soul, I owe you an apology. For years'you stood at the corner of my week,'softly waving, while I sprinted past with grocery lists, deadlines, and the mistaken confidence of…...
Documentary about life of Doron Almog premieres
3+ week, 1+ day ago (261+ words) BEVERLY HILLS, California (Press Release) " From October 6 to October 7"a documentary chronicling the life of Major General (Res.) Doron Almog, Chairman of the Executive at The Jewish Agency for Israel"made its international premiere Feb. 15 during the 37th Israel Film Festival…...
Would That Going Bacharach Went Somewhere
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (234+ words) Walking out of Going Bacharach, the musical revue now playing in Manhattan, any members of the audience who are not die-hard devotees of the eminent American-Jewish songwriter, Burt Bachrach, and his long-time lyricist, Hal David (also Jewish), would realize more…...
Something neither of us could build alone
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (676+ words) By Betzy Lynch in La Jolla, California There is a tale from Midrash Rabbah about a group of people traveling together in a boat. One of them takes a drill and begins to bore a hole beneath his seat. His…...
With Support from Adelson Family, Bar-Ilan University Establishes Israel’s First Institute for the Synthesis of Smart Materials
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (298+ words) Bar-Ilan University President Prof. Arie Zaban: "Science contains countless dimensions that we have yet to fully grasp'and that is the story we are building here today. The ability to produce multidimensional "smart" materials represents a transformative step forward. [PRESS RELEASE]…...