San Diego Jewish Journal, December 2018

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THE ARTS ISSUE + THE OLD GLOBE,

LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE, SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY and More

SAN DIEGO OPERA

Hits Several High Notes in 2019

WHY HANUKKAH

is Not a One-Day Holiday

HERSHEY FELDER, BEETHOVEN

Give a y a d i l o H Gift of r e t h g Lau ng o S d an

december 12 – 30

By Ted Swindley Directed by Allegra Libonati Additional material by Ellis Nassour

january 9 – february 10

A dramatic musical theatrical experience, ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE has enjoyed great success all over the U.S. The show is based on a true story of Patsy’s friendship with a fan, Louise Seger, who continued a correspondence with Cline to the end of her life. The musical play includes many of Patsy’s unforgettable hits such as “Crazy,” “I Fall To Pieces,” and “Walking After Midnight.” Treat yourself to the play that will leave you humming these memorable songs.

Comic genius Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor), a master of old-fashioned knockabout farces, created MOON OVER BUFFALO. This is a laugh-a-minute show-within-a-show, with everyone in the wrong costumes and reading the wrong lines. An evening of mayhem filled with comic inventions and running gags, this is a wild and wacky comedy. Be prepared to leave the theatre exhausted from laughter.

Directed by Matthew Wiener

NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE northcoastrep.org Box Office: (858) 481-1055 | Group Sales: (858) 481-2155, ext. 202

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MAKING DANCE: THE FUTURE STARTS NOW January 19: the hub @idea1 Part of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra Festival: Hearing the Future.

THE ART OF DANCE march 23: the hub @ idea1

Fashion, Art, Dance, and Culinary experiences raise funds for

High strung

outreach programs.

maY 31 - JUNE 2: lyceum theater

A collaboration with Art of Elan, featuring Kontros Quartet and a thrilling choreographic experiment.

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Baruch ata Adonai, Elohenu melech ha-olam asher kideshanu be-mitzvotav, ve-tzivanu le-hadlik ner shel Hanukah.

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H E RS HE Y F E L DE R

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BY LUCAS HNATH DIRECTED BY SAM WOODHOUSE

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Arts: La Jolla Playhouse looks at “The

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Arts: Hershey Felder embodies the

world of Beethoven for the San Diego Repertory Theatre.

Year to Come.�

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Hanukkah: Check out our Hanukkah gift guide for those last minute ideas.

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Arts: The Old Globe showcases new plays and playwrights in The Powers New Voices Festival.

30

On the Cover: From "All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914" to "Carmen," San Diego Opera presents a full and varied season.

MONTHLY COLUMNS

12 The Starting Line 22 Personal

42 ARTS A preview of the Symphony's 2019 season.

47 BOOKS Review of "Fania's Heart."

Development and Judaism 24 Israeli Lifestyle 26 Examined Life 28 Religion 80 Advice

53 ARTS North Coast Rep's 2019 shows.

Around Town

Christmas tradition.

18 Our Town 20 The Scene 76 What's Goin On

In Every Issue

14 Mailbag 16 What’s up Online 74 Diversions 78 News 81 Synagogue Life

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

38 ARTS Cygnet Theatre's

offerings in 2019.

49 ARTS San Diego Junior Theatre's 71st year.

56 ARTS "Nosh With Tosh" and "The Big Schmear."

59 FEATURE JCC's New 60 HANUKKAH

The Hanukkah you didn't learn in Sunday school.

62 ARTS The uniqueness of JCompany.

64 TRAVEL Jewish

surprises in Asheville, N.C.

68 ARTS Lamb's Players 2019 season.

75 FOOD Hanukkah donuts.

82 HANUKKAH Why

Hanukkah is not a one-day holiday.

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FROM THE EDITOR

THE STARTING LINE

by Brie Stimson editor@sdjewishjournal.com

Fanatical Moderates s I am writing this, Democrats have gained 30 plus seats and have taken back the House of Representatives – and power will be shared once again. Two years ago, the Republicans took the presidency and kept their majorities in Congress.

A few years before that, Democrats held the presidency and ran Congress. Each time there’s been an election (at least in my recent memory) it seems both parties act like the results are set in stone. The party in power clings to it and refuses to share it and the party out of power does what they can to gridlock any progress from the other side.

At the risk of repeating what’s been said a lot recently, what happened to reaching across the aisle? What happened to compromise?

To hoard your power (and potentially abuse it) as if the other party cannot come back into power and do the same thing seems absurd and very short-sighted.

Now that Republicans and Democrats have to share the power of the government, they will have to compromise if they want to get anything done. But if the 2013 shutdown proved anything it’s that that may not be likely.

Maybe this polarization isn’t so new. Maybe we look at the past with rose-tinted glasses and tend to embellish the rare times we were able to agree. Maybe ceding power and giving of ourselves isn’t in our nature.

But that’s not true. Maybe politics is doomed to selfishness, but when you look 12 SDJewishJournal.com | December 2018

I feel sentimental seeing Democrats and Republicans standing up for each other, speaking civilly and occasionally putting their own egos and agendas aside to craft legislation to actually help the American people who are the only reason they have the privilege they have. at situations like the Pittsburgh shooting, the California wildfires, every day stories of our men and women in uniform or even our fellow citizens in times of crisis, there is one story of selflessness after another. How many times have we heard that the fallen ran toward the danger instead of away so that others could live? If they can make the ultimate sacrifice, perhaps our politicians could find it within themselves this upcoming January to look across the aisle and see where they could agree.

After all, the holidays are “the season of

perpetual hope!” as Catherine O’Hara yells at a befuddled airport clerk in one of my favorite holiday movies “Home Alone.” (She goes on to say she will sell her soul to the “Devil himself ” to get home to see her son for Christmas, but that’s beside the point.)

At this wintery season of the year when we are reflecting back and looking ahead, when we may tend to feel the urge to be a little kinder, to smile a little more, to see something from someone else’s perspective – we should expect just as much from our politicians. And whether they like it or not, if they want to keep the lights on for the next two years – let alone have a functioning country – they’re going to have to learn to give a little and (as all kindergarteners are taught) to share.

I may not agree with all politicians at all times, and I certainly have my own strong opinions about different issues. But I feel sentimental seeing Democrats and Republicans standing up for each other, speaking civilly and occasionally putting their own egos and agendas aside to craft legislation to actually help the American people who are the only reason they have the privilege they have.

There is much talk about fanatics on the left and right, but this new year let’s hope for some fanatical moderates.A

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Dear Editor, I enjoyed your piece “Giving Thanks” (November, 2018).

You mentioned the wonderful song “Count Your Blessings” as “the old Bing Crosby song.” Although Crosby did sing it in the movie “White Christmas,” I think it’s worth letting your readers know that the composer was Irving Berlin, who wrote it around 1954.

(I’m a musician and admittedly I’m a stickler when it comes to crediting composers!)

Thanks – and Happy Thanksgiving!

Leslie Summers, University Heights

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Tree of Life Synagogue in Our Hearts The San Diego Jewish Journal staff would like to honor the memory of those lost in the senseless shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in October and extend our heartfelt condolences to all those affected. It is a loss to us all.

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Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee died last month at the age of 95. Lee was a pioneer of the comic book industry, creating Spider-Man, Black Panther, Ant-Man, the Fantastic Four and Iron Man, just to name a few. He was born Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922 in New York, the son of a Romanian-Jewish immigrant father and what he once called a “nice, rather old-fashioned Jewish lady.”

SDSU artist-in-residence Yale Strom will perform songs from his new album “Shimmering Lights” at the Smith Recital Hall on Dec. 4 to celebrate Hanukkah. Joining him will be the collaborating musicians on the album known as his “broken consort,” including his wife singer Elizabeth Schwartz. Go to our website for more information.

Wildfires Synagogues, camps and day schools have all sustained damage during the latest devastating wildfires in our state. Check out our website to read the remarkable stories of a rabbi who ran into a synagogue to save its four Torah scrolls and a synagogue that helped ensure a family from an evacuated congregation could still celebrate their son becoming a bar mitzvah.

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BY LINDA BENNETT & EMILY BARTELL

Arts and Ideas The inaugural season of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Arts & Ideas series at the JCC is keeping us happily busy these days! The program represents a wide spectrum of art forms from podcasts to hip-hop to the Great American Songbook. Some of the programs we were lucky to attend were “Somebody Feed Phil in Tel Aviv,” world-renowned mentalist Lior Suchard and “Celebrating The Simpsons at 30.” In our various outings we saw Kathryn Schiller and Yuval Green, Karen & Warren Kessler, Leslye Lyons, Karen Rund, Lisa Nies, Ofek Suchard, Guy Mazor, Rachel & Mike Kulis, Tina Bernard, Marcia Reiss Franklin, Alice Reiss Malone, Steve Reiss, Stacie Bresler Reinstein, Ran Schenttar with his 11-year-old son, Rotem, Bonnie Stromer, Stacy Berman and Rebecca & Wayne Levin.

FIDF Gala

We recently attended another special event: The Friends of the Israeli Defense Force’s (FIDF) 8th Annual San Diego Gala – “70 Years of Heroes and Hope.” Event chairs for this extraordinary event were Carlos & Esther Michon. Kicking off the evening, FIDF Chairman Alan Katz welcomed the over 800 guests followed by a lovely program, which included FIDF Executive Director Oz Laniado, keynote speaker Noam Gershony and a musical performance by violinist Omar Ashano.

Some of those in attendance were Leonard Hirsch and Barbara Hoffer, Rick & Nancie Vann, Bob Rubinstein & Marie Raftery, Herbert Weiss, Renee Barnow, Stan & Mal Smiedt, Samy & Sarita Zands, Hilde Beyor and Charlie Rosen, David & Claire Ellman, Edith & Bernie Stein, Adele Beim, Vera & Robert Loreli, Sophie Nadler, Selina Munoz, Roxanne Katz, 12-year-old Maital Meltzer, Debby & Mark Slonim, Jordan & Debbie Alpert, Judy Alpert Sofer, Steven Larky, Esther Cohen, Yoni & Jessica Breziner and Bertie & Jackie Woolf. A

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Irwin Jacobs on celebrating his 85th birthday.

Marty Freedman on celebrating his 88th birthday.

Joan & Leon Kutner on their 56th wedding anniversary, Gadi Amster of Los Angeles on becoming a Bar Mitzvah on October 2nd. Happy parents are Ze’ev and Meira Amster.

Grandparents Link Kobel and Judy & Harvey Amster were looking on with pride.

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City Ballet’s 26th Anniversary Gala

City Ballet snared Mario Lopez (star of the popular Access Hollywood TV show – and one of Chula Vista’s favorite sons) to emcee its 26th anniversary gala recently. Although Lopez was nursing a heel injury, he was gung-ho about supporting the ballet company and posed for pictures with the crowd. The black-tie bash, held at the Hotel Del Coronado, featured a performance by the City Ballet dancers, along with a cocktail reception, lavish dinner and wine pairing and live auction. The reception was held in an indoor ballroom, instead of the usual alfresco atmosphere of the hotel courtyard, because of weather concerns, but that didn’t put a damper on the festivities. In fact, the party extended late into the evening, with dancing to the live music of The Mighty Untouchables.

Susan Lowrance & Bill Arthur.

Mario and Anna Scipione were honorary chairs of the festive affair, with a planning committee that included Charles Dorfan, Ann Hall, Susan Guthrie Lowrance, Lauren Scott and other staunch supporters.

Proceeds from the event were earmarked for City Ballet’s performances, education and outreach programs, which reach more than 20,000 children and patrons annually.

Artistic Director Steven Wistrich was rightfully proud of the strong support the company has received over the past 26 years.

This year’s largesse, which surpassed last year’s, amounted to $238,000. A Alicia Avila & Aileen Oya.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND JUDAISM

THIS WAY TO EDEN

by Rachel Eden rachel.s.eden@gmail.com

Greek Life was captivated by her maturity, thoughtfulness and optimism. She’s one of 25 students who participate in a weekly Jewish learning program I run for San Diego State University.

We were meeting over coffee for the first time.

Her hair wasn’t blow dried or curled. She didn’t wear makeup. Her clothes were simple and she spoke quietly. I hadn’t noticed her amidst the group of students, and yet, within the first 10 minutes of our coffee date, her brilliant inner beauty shone through. She was radiant.

I’ll call her Sarah. Sarah is in a sorority because she, like so many students in college, hoped joining Greek life would afford her social opportunities and friendships that she wouldn’t experience otherwise. The students I encounter have a healthy, balanced attitude toward school. They want to do well academically but they also understand the importance of successful living in general – from psychological health to spiritual connection.

As Sarah and I were talking, she mentioned a disturbing phenomenon that occurs on campus.

Only fraternities may throw parties (never the sororities) and no girl may enter the party without a digital “invite” displayed on her phone.

Fraternity brothers are stationed at the front door of the house to enforce this rule. Here’s the kicker: If the girl has no invitation, then the young men responsible for checking phones will look the girl up and down. Entry is only granted if the girl is pretty enough by the fraternity brothers’ standards. This is a known reality on campus. I was horrified.

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Greek philosophy of exalting the physical body.

Hanukkah’s miracle story of the Jewish revolt against the Greek occupation in Israel appears to be a physical war, but the deeper truth is more complex. The war was ideological and the Jewish view of the body, as a vehicle for greatness, directly contradicted the Greek perspective.

The military victory of the outnumbered Jews against the Greeks is impressive, but the spiritual victory of Jewish values over Hellenism is dazzling, as symbolized by the menorah’s glowing light.

A few hours after my coffee date with Sarah, I taught a class on vulnerability and identity through Judaism to my students. I mentioned that ‘finding yourself ’ in college is a misnomer: Between the suffocating social pressures, the constant academic demands, and the busy dorm life, who has time or quiet to find anything?

Least of all an identity? How can anyone be expected to ‘find themselves’ in a state of constant distractions and pressure? Even worse, those subjected to the culture of Greek life are exposing themselves to its dehumanizing, demoralizing atmosphere. My students cheered me on, agreeing with the upside down values they endured by simply maintaining a robust social life.

Evil, as I see it, is robbing a person of their intrinsic value (their soul) and measuring a person’s worth based on an arbitrary list of superficial qualities. Taking the evil past the fraternity example, this type of judgment is at the core of all discrimination, racism, anti-Semitism and hate crimes against humanity. This is the evil that can be found at the entry point of cattle cars and concentration camps where only gentiles with blonde hair and blue eyes could “join

the party” defined as the world, basic human rights and freedom.

By Ancient Greek standards, Sarah should be ignored, dismissed and excluded. After all, she doesn’t appear to spend a lot of money on trendy clothes and she’s not vain. Sarah is attractive but doesn’t seek to attract attention. By Jewish standards, Sarah is a gem to be cherished.

She’s compassionate, humble, authentic and deep. She’s a pleasure to talk to and easy to love.

Her innate value comes from who she is and not what she looks like. Now that I know her, she’s one of the first people I notice in a room.

Chassidic master of the 18th century, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, describes how each holiday corresponds to a different sense. On Passover, we taste the matzah. On Purim, we listen to the story of Megillat Esther. On Hanukkah, we see the light. We see the light! The beautiful light of Torah wisdom and values. The resplendent light of our internal essential selves.

The blinding light of our Creator. We see more deeply than campus Greek life (okay, maybe that doesn’t take much).

The Greek empire, influenced by the Hellenistic outlook, is described by Jewish sages as choshech, darkness. When we light the menorah, we aren’t changing any aspect of the room we illuminate, and yet everything suddenly looks different. We can see things for what they are.

We can see a quiet, non-descript, anxious, bullied Jewish girl as the stunning, beautiful queen she is. We can see the people in our lives as the perfect souls they are. We can focus our intention when we light the menorah, to light up ourselves and illuminate the world. A

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ISRAELI LIFESTYLE

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by Andrea Simantov

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Silver Lining nexpected memories from childhood occasionally surface without warning: the barely perceptible milky fragrance of a buttercup, the surprising strength of an orange salamander squirming in my childsized palm, gritty sand in my teeth as I bite into an egg-salad sandwich on the beach. I cherish these delightful glimpses into yesterday, revisiting a time when forever-and-a-day was a promise.

I experienced another sensile memory blast when I fell off of my bicycle this afternoon after being side-swiped by a more experienced cyclist. Just as when I was seven years old, pebbles lodged in my bleeding right knee, which poked through torn leggings. My right palm was scraped and oozing as well, pain rhythmically throbbed inside my rapidly swelling wrist. There were a few differences between childhood accidents and today’s clumsy collision. 1. Landing on grandmotherly bones at my current weight is a recipe for splints and ice packs. No amount of boo-boo kissing and cups of hot cocoa can soothe the brutality of such an accident. 2. The knee I landed on is a recent gift, courtesy of Hadassah University Hospital. I felt titanium plates and screws struggling to remain in place. 3. My 89-year24 SDJewishJournal.com | December 2018

old mother will not sit me on her lap and let me select the color plaster I’d like. She more likely will say, “What the hell were you doing on a bicycle at your age? Are you insane?!?”

As the year 2018 draws to a close, I can sheepishly admit that my behavior continues to be age-inappropriate. Just the other evening I used my government issued geezer-card to see Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in “A Star is Born.” Tuesday is Senior Discount Day in Israeli movie theaters and the husband and I felt ready for adventure. Only 10 shekels a person and discount coupons for popcorn and ice cream!

There was one couple in the small theater under 40. Everyone else was post-retirement and, despite unseasonably balmy Middle Eastern weather, dressed for a blizzard.

My husband, who is a bit older than me, asked the management to turn up the heat and I cringed with embarrassment. I’d rather lose toes to frostbite than admit a faulty inner-thermostat. People kept crawling over our feet to go to the bathroom during the film and even though I, too, had enjoyed a large soda, I refused to budge lest someone confuse my aged-bladder with those of other, feeble individuals.

Still, when the post-film credits began rolling, I leaped over several still-stationary electric wheelchairs and walkers and made a beeline for the powder room. Once relieved, I jauntily walked to meet my husband, adding a tad more bounce than necessary to deflect any outside opinions that I might belong to the same generation as other moviegoers.

Standing in line for our discounted two scoops, the husband pointed out several men he knew from his yeshiva days. With every third sentence he muttered, “He looks terrible! Do I look that old?” On cue I responded: “Nah. You look great!”

My knee is turning colors and resembles an extra-large falafel in pita. Nevertheless, I plan to ride again this week, traversing the hills and valleys of my beloved Jerusalem. If I must age (better than the alternative), ‘grace’ will have nothing to do with it. My doterage will be raucous, 10-speed, extra-spicy and fun. And if bandages and ice packs are part of the program, that’s fine.

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EXAMINED LIFE

OUR EMOTIONAL FOOTPRINT

by Saul Levine, M.D., Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry at UCSD slevine@ucsd.edu

A Nation of Two Solitudes: Speaking with Our Adversaries tend to be an optimist, usually retaining hope that things will turn out for the best. But I have despaired of late that…

We are becoming a nation of “Two Solitudes,”* each with widely different experiences in living, thinking, perceiving and believing.

There is palpable anxiety “in the air,” related to an increasingly prevalent atmosphere of fear, anger and hatred.

I fear that we have reached a point when civilized conversation between people has become difficult or even impossible whenever certain topics are brought up. The nature of the subject matter can vary, but bitter conflict and feelings can ensue even between family members and among friends.

So much so that topics are avoided, dinners or meetings cancelled, guests conspicuously not invited, all to avoid unseemly confrontations. Sound familiar?

The varied topics to be avoided can include taxes or guns, abortion or gender differences, immigration or race, drugs or health care, religion or other controversial subjects.

Whenever viewed through skewed personal political prisms, they’re no longer grist for the mill of civil discussion. Instead, they become inflammatory “fighting words;” Respect and courtesy are cast aside, and voluble anger and animus prevail.

We have become so polarized in our views of our worlds, that we have vastly different perceptions of the exact same experiences (reminiscent of the classic Kurosawa film Rashomon). We are even conflicted about what is (in fact) a fact, versus what is made up or mendacious.

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same views about us.

We are thus left with an intractable, sad and dangerous impasse.

Some suggest that we have to make concerted efforts to communicate, to “reach across the table,” to our adversaries. That we must “walk in their boots” in order to understand “where they're coming from,” so that we can empathize with our political opponents. Only then will we achieve amicable progress and calm the roiling social and political arenas.

Conversely, others say, “It’s too late” for respectful discussions or bonhomie. Opposing factions are too entrenched in rigid mindsets, intransigent in dogmas and hatred, to achieve understanding or amity. In the current climate of contempt, civil discussion is inherently provocative and futile at best, and dangerous at worst.

We are living in times of psychological and political separation and personal and social unrest. If we refuse to listen to different perspectives or cannot speak honestly with our adversaries, we are politically paralyzed and perhaps worse, we are emotionally and cognitively frozen.

By definition, we are stuck.

This is not merely theoretical musing: It encompasses the very ways we wish to live our lives and the future of our society.

Personally, I feel this very impasse within myself. Do I avoid the fray? Shall I remain silent? Should I seek vigorous debate? Should I become politically active? Must I become militant?

To increase militancy would accentuate our differences and increase conflict, which could invite outrage and even incur violence.

To throw up our hands in resignation or disgust, would be to turn the country over to the darker sides of human nature: Fear, anger and hate would prevail, and we could

descend into an authoritarian regime marked by repression and regression, as this world has seen before.

To reach “across the table” (or the aisle!) sounds wonderful, but we know that this would be very challenging: we would surely invite disagreement and debate, conflict and anger. But we would also increase at least the possibilities of understanding and empathy, cooperation and compromise.

I tried this recently with someone I’ve known for years at the opposite side of the political spectrum and we were both enhanced and ennobled.

(In the current acrimonious climate, I am not suggesting that we reach out to zealous or feral racists, anti-Semites, nativists, fascists or other violent haters).

If progressive and liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the late, doctrinaire conservative Justice Antonin Scalia could disagree so clearly, so articulately and so assertively, and yet still remain mutually respectful colleagues and even friends, there is hope for all of us.

We have little rational choice at this juncture but to appeal to our better angels, the benevolent parts of humanity. We can, indeed we must, listen and learn from our adversaries about their personal lives; we need to try our best to understand those with whom we differ: we must, peaceably and respectfully, listen and learn; we should discuss, debate and try to explain and persuade; and we have to be open to flexibility, compromise and cooperation, even camaraderie.

The alternative is too frightening to contemplate. A *Hugh MacLennan wrote “Two Solitudes” in 1945 about the English-French divide in Quebec, but this title is remarkably in tune with other political and personal divisions.

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RELIGION

POST-POLITICAL

by Rabbi Jacub Rupp rabbirupp@gmail.com

Getting on Top of the Workload s we begin to suffer under the horrific subzero San Diego temperatures (when it’s below 65 degrees) it always helps to remember that it didn’t have to be this way. In the generation before the flood of Noah, the temperature was always perfect. It was like Encinitas on a spring day 365 a year. The crops were plentiful, so much so that the midrash says that each harvest would yield enough food for 40 years!

Nature was like one big warm Costco.

G-d blessed the world with so much wonderful abundance, peace and harmony that humanity took a full-scale nose dive. And the end result of the flood was the complete redesigning of physicality and the human condition. We had to work harder for our food. We experienced things like fall and winter.

But our sages explain that rather than G-d being punitive, He is helping us reach our highest purpose by creating the circumstances on the ground that bring greatness out of us. Somehow the seasons and the challenges that we encounter are tailor made for us and we shouldn’t longingly look out our windows at the rain and wish for the lazy days of late summer.

The ever elusive but always important goal of "being present" requires us to consider the situation we are in and not long for better days. Let’s unpack this somewhat.

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There is a Jewish concept that the physical world manifests the present spiritual reality.

During spring, there is a renewal/reawakening that occurs in nature, but also occurs on a spiritual level that everyone can tap in to.

The task of winter, therefore, somehow has to follow with the weather. Winter is a time when days are short, nights are long and the weather is (somewhat) cold. Preflood humanity didn’t have such issues.

At that time in history, G-d saw it fit that mankind should never get cold, never have to deal with much concerning physical existence. But the net result was that people were not interested or capable of making the moral and upright decisions but instead sought to gratify themselves and continually push moral boundaries.

In our day and age, we, in so many ways, are returning to a pre-flood time, when we can custom craft temperature with our Amazon Nest, the amount of light we get with our smart lights, and a litany of other things that seems to suggest that man is above nature. The challenge though is to remember that G-d isn’t giving us this on a silver platter, but man is perfecting nature. It’s as if one could suggest that G-d still thinks we need seasons, even if we don’t.

The value of seasons is that it teaches us that life is a process and not a destination. That no matter how nice and warm

we may be at one point, not to think it will last forever. And similarly, when we encounter darkness, to know that it will pass.

This flexibility to change brings a person to appreciate that there’s never really a time to be fixed.

From a Jewish perspective, there is no such thing as getting on top of your workload. For as much as we want to seek out productivity gurus and “get it all figured out,” the seasons inevitably teach us that it’s not supposed to be always summer, bright, warm and comfortable. Aligning our expectations with reality is always step one for finding deeper fulfillment.

Of course, this is one of the deep secrets of Hanukkah. The holiday falls out right at the darkest of winter. We light a small candle to illustrate how even the smallest light can dispel a ton of darkness. Even in our most difficult moments we can expect and look forward to a small bit of light.

The depth then of the winter isn’t too long for summer. G-d in His Infinite wisdom realized that we need seasons to keep us productive. When humanity has been given a state of bliss in which to live, where the world is just perfect, we lose our sense of what our mission is. It is only through surfing the waves of life without an expectation of “when will we be there” do we realize we were already there all along. A

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All is Excitement (and “Calm”) at the San Diego Opera

BY PAT LAUNER

L to R: Chris Stephens, Jonathan Nussman, Chad Frisque, Timmy Simpson, Michael Sokol, Walter DuMelle in "All is Calm."

E

ver since David Bennett arrived four years ago to assume the role of general director, the San Diego Opera has taken some mighty interesting detours.

According to the dictionary, Bennett says, ‘detour’ means a path that’s other than the ordinary. “I knew when I accepted the job, that’s what I had to do.”

So, the d'tour series he initiated (as unique as its written form) is “opera, but on a different path.”

A lot has changed since he arrived. Back in 2014, the opera made international news by surviving a near shutdown, thanks to the enthusiastic support of the community. The reorganization that ensued focused on re-imagining the company for the 21st century.

The opera board re-worked the organization’s mission/value/vision statement, says Bennett.

“There’s now a lot of language about community, alternate venues and a nimble adaptation to the marketplace. I had to figure out how to put meat on those bones, with alternative productions and spaces, new and established work and engaging the community in a different way.”

The reconfiguration has worked out exactly as planned. The Opera has stabilized, and finished its 2017-2018 season in the black.

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tional grand opera,” says Bennett, “but there are other things that showcase the sub-communities of San Diego – with their own experiences and issues. We’re putting people onstage that look like the audience, so they can see themselves up there onstage. The only way for an opera company to survive is to reflect the community.

“I’m thinking a lot about ‘Who is San Diego?’” says Bennett. “A young community, somewhat transient, multi-racial/multi-cultural. I think about where we are in the country, what NAFTA means to us as a community. It’s a pretty porous border with a lot of cultural exchange. How can we be a funnel between the U.S. and Central and South America?”

The innovative, non-traditional d'tour Series was Bennett’s highly successful endeavor in that direction. Last year, two provocative chamber operas were featured: the sexy, Spanish-language “Maria de Buenos Aires,” and the two-person transgender drama, “As One.” Both were extremely well received by opera regulars, and welcomed a new, younger audience to opera.

The latest d'tour production (December 7-9) is an exciting collaboration with two exceptional local companies: the magnificent choral art group Sacra/Profana, and Bodhi Tree Concerts, a non-profit that performs

“random acts of kindness” by presenting music events and donating all profits to charitable causes.

For the past three holiday seasons, Bodhi Tree, in association with Sacra/Profana, and with support from the Opera, has been presenting “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914,” a choral/spoken word piece that commemorates an actual event when, during World War I, in the midst of battle, some 100,000 soldiers all along the Western Front laid down their arms, crossed the narrow No Man’s Land that separated them and spent Christmas Eve together – mingling, singing, drinking, exchanging gifts, playing soccer – and burying their dead.

The unprecedented event has been memorialized in song (from “Snoopy’s Christmas” to Paul McCartney’s “Pipes of Peace”); film (1969’s “Oh! What a Lovely War” and the 2005 “Joyeux Noël” in French, “Merry Christmas” in English); and a 2011 opera, “Silent Night,” adapted from the French film.

In 2008, “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914,” a musical drama first heard a year earlier on Minnesota Public Radio, debuted onstage in Minneapolis. Created by Peter Rothstein, artistic director of Theater Latté Da, with musical arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach, the piece offers firsthand accounts of the event, using

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"Carmen."

soldiers’ letters, autobiographies, poetry and graveyard inscriptions, complemented by patriotic tunes, trench songs and Christmas carols from England, Wales, France, Belgium and Germany.

The heart-rending, family-friendly a capella creation highlights the stark beauty of the human voice, the ability to turn even the most horrible situation into something extraordinary and the universal desire for peace, unity and camaraderie.

“I saw Bodhi Tree’s production,” says Bennett, “and loved the piece. It’s amazing, beautiful, profound and effective. For one night, these men took ownership over their history.

Sadly, at the end, they had to go back to the cacophony of war.

“It really is a choral opera,” Bennett continues. “It’s about the sound of the voice, choral and spoken. The expressive potency of the voice is the centerpiece of everything we do at the opera. Though this piece has been seen in theaters around the country, and in a recent Off Broadway run, we’re the first opera company to present it. “‘All is Calm’ is a great way to showcase some wonderful local singers and expand what opera can be. There’s a good deal of overlap between the opera chorus and Sacra/ Profana, which is an incredible chorus. I sang a lot of choral music myself, and I’m very im-

Ginger Costa Jackson is Carmen in Bizet's masterpiece, "Carmen."

pressed with their level of music making. It’s very refined.”

There’s a fourth collaborative element of this production. The director, Alan Hicks, recently assumed a shared position as assistant director for the San Diego Opera and Director of the Opera program at San Diego State University.

Back to the Mainstage Of course, SDO continues to present grand opera in grand style. Under Bennett’s aegis, there are now three annual mainstage operas at the Civic Theatre. The d'tour productions are at smaller, alternative venues.

The 2018-19 season kicked off with a stunning production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro.”

“It was a beautiful new production, beautifully designed and directed,” says Bennett. “A tangible representation of what we’re trying to achieve. The singing was excellent and traditional. But the set and lighting had a modern, contemporary sensibility.”

Next up is Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto” (Feb. 2-10). This heartbreaking story centers on the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s beautiful daughter, Gilda. A curse has been placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter the Duke

has seduced with Rigoletto’s encouragement.

The curse comes to fruition when Gilda falls in love with the Duke and tragedy ensues.

“This is a new production for local audiences, purchased from Seattle Opera,” says Bennett. “It’s a co-production with Opera Montreal, which owns the costumes. Very traditional, very beautiful. There’s a lot of grandeur, but some scenes happen in transitions, in front of the scrim. It ends with something of a surprise. I think people will love it.”

The director is Michael Cavanagh, a young Canadian making his company debut. Rigoletto is sung by Stephen Powell, making his tenth appearance at SDO since 1997.

In the spring (March 30-April 7), they will present another marvelous audience favorite, Georges Bizet’s “Carmen.”

“It’s a fabulous production,” says Bennett, “new to our audiences, rented from Lyric Opera Kansas City. It stars Ginger Costa-Jackson, the most important American Carmen right now. She’s very seductive and has a big plummy, distinctive voice. Expect lots of castanets and mantillas – and a very, very good all-American cast. All have sung their roles before.

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Jake Heggie's chamber opera, "Three Decembers."

– lends itself to ‘Carmen,’ with its large stage pictures and seductive dance.”

The opera, set in southern Spain, recounts the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy, Carmen. Completing the ill-fated love triangle is the glamorous matador, Escamillo.

Taking Another d'tour In March (8-10), SDO presents another d'tour production, “Three Decembers,” by Jake Heggie, whose “Moby-Dick” and “Great Scott” were previously seen at San Diego Opera.

“Our audiences know his musical vocabulary,” says Bennett. “The tunes are easy to follow, and they’re very moving. People find immediacy to his music, and this is an American story.”

The plot concerns a celebrated New York actress/singer who, upon receiving a prestigious award, traces back three decades of her life and her fraught relationship with her resentful, estranged offspring.

“This chamber opera, with three characters and 15 musicians,” Bennett explains, “is about accepting the family you have. There are lots of current, relatable themes: an alcoholic daughter, a gay son whose partner has HIV. It’s family dysfunction and reconciliation.”

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Stephen Powell in Verdi's masterpiece, "Rigoletto."

And it stars Heggie’s muse, the beloved mezzo-soprano, Fredericka von Stade, who helped launch his career years ago at San Francisco Opera. He wrote this role for her (she also appeared in “Great Scott”). Although she announced her retirement in 2010, she continues to perform, and has sung this role in various cities.

“Though this features the same cast as in the Bay area and Hawaii, this is a new production, with some new elements.

Also coming up next year is “One Amazing Night 2019,” a double-barreled concert by powerhouses Stephen Costello (tenor) and Stephen Powell (baritone), accompanied by the San Diego Symphony.

In its effort to engage the community, the opera is starting a wine club, “a way for us to gather people together to get to know each other in a small setting,” says Bennett, “to drink, talk about and purchase curated wines, and learn about opera.”

The first gathering was a trip to the Valle de Guadalupe in Baja, sponsored by the Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce.

Watch for a San Diego Opera wine label, coming soon.

There’s also Taste of Opera, community conversations that pair food and drink with the current production. Another planned ed-

ucational opportunity is Baritones and Beer, which will encourage folks to compare the language used to talk about beer – and opera.

On the Thursday of each mainstage production, there’s a free lunchtime concert, Opera on the Concourse (BYO bag lunch) in front of the Civic Theatre.

As he begins his fourth year here, Bennett says, “I feel like there’s updraft. Momentum and loft is the feeling I’m getting from the community. It’s all an experiment, trying to find the best way to produce works that include experiences and issues for audiences to see themselves and feel a vital connection to opera.”

And this month, looking at the big picture, Bennett says, “‘All is Calm’ reminds us that we all have the capacity to create peace.”

The collaborative production of “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” will be held at the Balboa Theatre downtown, Dec. 7-9.

It will be broadcast live on KPBS 2 (15.2, Cox 811, Spectrum 1277) on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. After the live broadcast, viewers will be able to watch “All is Calm” online at kpbs. org. A For Opera tickets and further information: 619-533-7000; sdopera.org.

HAPPY HANUKKAH

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/ La Jolla Playhouse

The Year to Come Literally

Florida to Princess Di to 2068 at La Jolla Playhouse

BY LEORAH GAVIDOR

W

hen La Jolla Playhouse Director of Artistic Development Gabriel Greene told me they were currently in rehearsals for “The Year to Come,” I thought he meant they were getting ready for the upcoming season. Turns out “The Year to Come” is the newest play from Yale School of Drama graduate Lindsey Ferrentino, onstage Dec. 4-30 at the Playhouse.

“Directors say it’s their wish that the next actor who walks in to audition will be the answer to all their prayers—I think of new plays in this way,” Greene said of reading scripts.

“We want it to be the next big thing.” Ferrentino’s reputation preceded her; her play “Ugly Lies the Bone” enjoyed a sold-out extended run at New York’s Roundabout Theatre and played to a 900-seat theater in London.

When Greene and Playhouse staff read Ferrentino’s newest work, the playwright warned that it was a “really raw” draft. “But all the sharpness, passion, comedy, pathos—it was already present,” Greene recalled.

The story takes place on multiple New Year’s Eves, at the family gathering in the backyard of their home in Florida. It’s “not an accident” that the family drama is set in that state—with so much happening there that is representative of our divided country.

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“Who they are as a family is like who we are as a country,” Greene reflected.

A swimming pool onstage—complete with water—represents the aspirations of the family who moved to the Sunshine State to begin a new chapter in their lives. Dips in the pool and the arrival of the famous onion dip punctuate the plot. As the New Year approaches and with it the promise of a new beginning, Ferrentino “turns time on its head.” The characters experience multiple New Year’s Eves going back in time, while the audience sees how the stories they tell about themselves shift and evolve.

The play examines “our motivations for crafting stories,” Greene said. “It’s about how we create what we need to tell ourselves about ourselves.”

Jane Kaczmarek, of “Malcolm in the Middle” fame, plays in the cast alongside Broadway actor Adam Chanler-Berat.

Greene was born and raised in Chicago, and Gary Sinise’s Steppenwolf Theatre was his hometown stage. Eleven years ago, he moved to San Diego to work at the Playhouse. He was already familiar with the theater’s reputation for eclectic offerings.

“It kind of terrified me,” Greene admitted.

But it was scary and exciting at the same time.

He is glad to be part of an organization that is a “safe harbor for the unsafe and surprising.”

“We love being able to choose plays that are perhaps a bit challenging,” said Greene.

Very new plays find a home—and often begin a journey to success—at La Jolla Playhouse, which began as a summer stock venue for Hollywood actors staying in the village of La Jolla. The DNA Series, which Greene curates, invites playwrights and directors to use the Playhouse’s rehearsal space, staff and resources to develop new projects. So far six plays that began in the DNA Series have gone on to full productions at the Playhouse, including Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar’s “The Who & the What.”

“My mom introduced me to the work of Ayad Akhtar, who I’m sad to say I hadn’t heard of—yet. She saw a play of his in Chicago and called to tell me I had to look him up to get him at the Playhouse.”

In 2019, the Playhouse returns to musical territory with the world premiere of “Diana,” on Feb. 19. Joe DiPietro and David Bryan (the Jewish guy from Bon Jovi), the team that wrote Tony Award-winning Memphis, reunited to write the show. “Diana” tells the fairytale story of the preschool teacher who married the Prince of Wales and became

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LEFT: The cast of "The Year to Come." MIDDLE: The cast of La Jolla Playhouse’s world-premiere musical "Summer The Donna Summer Musical." RIGHT: Jeanna de Waal plays the title role in La Jolla Playhouse’s upcoming world-premiere musical "Diana."

British royalty in 1981, only to find herself disillusioned by the world she wanted to be part of.

“It’s an interesting time to revisit her story,” said Greene, as Meghan Markle captivates the world with her own fairytale. The play explores how Diana herself was “an unlikely source of societal change.”

A rock-n-roll, classically tinged, contemporary score speaks the musical vocabulary of the independent Diana, loved by the people but belonging to the rigid monarchy. Greene tells of phone conversations with songwriter Bryan, calling in ideas while on the road with his band.

“What’s that sound?” DiPietro asked the musician on one occasion when Bryan called him with an inspiration for the show. “‘That’s 40,000 people,’ Bryan said. ‘I’m in Helsinki on tour.’” DiPietro and Bryan’s collaboration on “Memphis” began when they premiered the musical at the Playhouse in 2008, moved to Broadway in 2010 and subsequently won them four Tony Awards.

“It’s an exciting time to be developing new work here,” said Greene. In the past 18 months, six new Playhouse shows have gone on to Broadway and many have found reception all over the world. For the past five sea-

sons, Greene noted, almost all the works have been new to the stage.

Artistic Director Christopher Ashley is the “ultimate arbiter” of what gets selected from the multitudes of scripts that come to the Playhouse every year. But the entire artistic department reads the scripts and Greene emphasizes the collaborative nature of the art form—a team effort that includes the crew, the artisans, the prop and costume designers, and even the audience.

“Theater shouldn’t be a one-way conversation,” Greene said. “It’s not passive.”

Many are probably already familiar with the Page To Stage program, which engages audiences in witnessing the “birth” of a play.

During rehearsal and throughout the show’s run, the playwright and director make changes based on audience responses and feedback.

Then, of course, there’s WOW—Without Walls—a series of out-of-the-box traveling interactive theater experiences that change with the site and invite audience participation. San Diego residents might have seen “Model Home” at Horton Plaza, or encountered drama emerging from the ocean at La Jolla Shores during a previous WOW Festival. Stay tuned for announcement of the 2019 WOW Festival.

2019 also brings a new Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour to San Diego classrooms. Since 1987, the POP Tour has been traveling around the county to deliver theater experiences to students at schools, libraries and community centers. Next up is “Light Years Away,” the story of three fifth graders who accept the challenge of competing to be chosen to live on a newly discovered planet in 2068.

Greene is continually impressed—and heartened—by San Diego’s voracious appetite for theater. He works to ensure that the Playhouse is speaking with a wide range of voices that accurately reflect San Diego and the United States. The organization continually strives for balance, while remaining relevant and also maintaining that “daring” reputation.

“We are so lucky that the audience is hungry for adventure and is willing to go along with us for the ride.”

Like the characters in the upcoming “The Year To Come,” Greene said, “there is a real focus on what’s next.” A partnership with UC San Diego, where the Playhouse is located, brings constant renewal of ideas and a “stellar new generation of theater” to the institution.A

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/ San Diego Rep

A Preview of San Diego Rep’s 2019 SEASON

BY JACQUELINE BULL

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an Diego Repertory Theatre is “consciously and by design, purpose, intent and mission at the center of downtown,” according to Artisitc Director Sam Woodhouse. And even with the shakeup at Horton Plaza (which was sold in August), the theater is there to stay. And while it continues to thrive, why not have a few shows?

The Rep ends 2018 with “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” that plays until Dec. 16. The play is inspired by the original “A Doll’s House,” but as a unique sequel written over 100 years later. It has been nominated for eight Tony awards and is the most produced play in American regional theater this year.

“It is a sequel to the original ‘A Doll’s House’ by Henrik Ibsen, which was first presented in 1879, which became a very scandalous and notorious piece because it presented in what some call the first feminine heroine who was looked at as either a hero or demon.

Because in her mid-twenties she was married to a banker and had three children and she walked out and said goodbye to them all and went out on her own. This sequel imagines what happened to her.

‘A Doll’s House,' Part 1 ended with her slamming the door, a sound that was called the [door slam] heard round the world. And this piece, ‘Part 2’ is a sequel, which imagines what happened to Nora after she walked out that door and what it imagines is extraordinary,” Sam said.

In ‘Part 2,’ Nora lives alone for many years, trying to quiet the

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voice of her father and the voice of her husband in her head, so that she can hear herself. She later becomes an author and sets a precedent for other women to do as she did.

“She is an extraordinary woman, based on what I just said and her accomplishments, and her fiery, inspired and extremely eloquent case that she makes for independence and freedom and her smart and savvy critique of marriage as an institution,” Sam said.

Nora returns to her family that she left to ask for help and discord follows.

“In the play is a essentially a boxing match between these very passionate, opinionated characters speaking about independence versus commitment and versus partnership and what it means to be an independent woman and the joys and triumphs and challenges that that leads to,” Sam said.

Next in the season is “Winter Schminter: A Hanukkah & Winter Solstice Celebration,” a one night show on Dec. 21. It will feature klezmer favorites Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi and some music from “Yale Strom’s Broken Consort: Shimmering Lights.”

And into January and February is “Aubergine,” which Sam dubbed “a very unusual and delicious play,” running Jan. 24-Feb. 17.

“It is a Korean-American play about food and how food provides hope and healing and can transcend borders and boundaries. It is a gentle, loving meditation, if you will, on hope and family.”

Main character Ray takes on the duty of preparing a family soup

recipe to keep his father alive, but it is not science fiction, rather the perspective of “food as a healer and as a magnet for the heart and a comfort for the soul.”

Following “Aubergine,” is long-time San Diego Rep favorite Hershey Felder taking on Beethoven, his life and his music Feb. 21-March 24. The Rep and Hershey have had a symbiotic relationship for many years.

Hershey’s world premiere performance of “Our Great Tchaikovsky,” at the Rep surpassed his own previous record production and became the highest-grossing production at the Rep. “They are both geniuses – a one of a kind pairing,” Sam said.

“Well I’ve known the Rep for years. They’ve been very supportive of the things I do,” Hershey said. “And if I can bring them any kind of interesting thing and be helpful to them, of course I will be. And I’ve done in various ways over the years. It is pretty much natural for me to do something with them and for them ... It’s a nice group of people, so it makes it easy.”

“Hershey Felder, Beethoven” will be a revisit of an earlier version of the show initially at the Globe, but according to him, it won’t resemble that production.

“I played that one eight or nine times... and ‘I think I’m going to leave this for eight years and I think I’ll come back to it.’ And when I came back to it, a year ago, I was able to discover new things that I was just not ready to be able to portray earlier on. I

guess that makes growing as an artist fun ... Stuff that I wasn’t sure how to approach theatrically, that I became more savvy about as time went on, things like that. Things that made it easier for me to demonstrate what I wanted to demonstrate as I got older,” he said.

With the Composer Suite having a similar format, he said he tries to invent something new with each one.

“Of course there is the basics: I’ve got a piano, I’ve got music, I’ve got a composer, but I try to invent a different style of storytelling with each one. This one has a different style of storytelling in that through it all I’m playing three distinct characters. I think that makes it fun for the audience. It tells the story in a different way than one would expect,” he said.

This telling of Beethoven shows a true story from a person that knew him personally and uses his own words.

“I find that to be touching because it really is Beethoven in his time, from the perspective of one individual, and I think that what it does is really humanizes the person. Because you know we think of them as great composers and great artists, but they are all people.

The art is not that it is separate from who they are, but that the art comes from a real person and the art, of course, makes the icon ... but people are all people and they largely suffer and endure and enjoy the same things that all humans do,” he said.

“And, in the case of Beethoven, he was a genius – not to mention that he had a disability in terms that he couldn’t hear – so that made things really wildly interesting. And I think people sort of don’t understand that he really was deaf and sort of being confronted with that, to understand what that is is really moving for the audience.

We get a sense of what it means to be disabled in that way and yet at the same time produce some of the world’s greatest beauty and I think there is something to be said about it,” he said.

Into the spring is “Sweat,” which in addition to “A Doll’s House, Part 2” is being directed by Sam Woodhouse.

“Sweat is one of the most dramatic and insightful plays I have read in a very long time,” Sam said.

The playwright, Lynn Nottage, is the first woman to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. At the end of the recession, she went to the poorest town in Pennsylvania to try and figure out what happened to the citizens.

“She went to Reading, Pennsylvania with a director and interviewed scores and scores of residents about what happened to their town during the Great Recession. And wrote a play set in both 2000 and 2008, on either sides of that recession, about what happened to this manufacturing town in Pennsylvania that was a thriving middle class community that the recession led to the jobs being shifted out of the country and the traumatic, in essence, loss of the American dream of the people in this community faced,” he said.

The play takes place in a bar and follows a group of friends and the conversations they had and is all based off of the interviews that the playwright conducted. A For full information on the 2019 season, visit their website at sdrep.org.

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Arts

/ Cygnet

The Menu is Set

BY BRIE STIMSON

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he play happens to take place at Christmastime, but the story is about people who become isolated in their lives and become so disassociated with the people around them and the communities they’re in,” Sean Murray, artistic director at Old Town’s Cygnet Theatre says of why everyone should see “A Christmas Carol. " “It’s a fabulous lesson in warning absolutely everybody.” Scrooge, Sean says, “is left at the end of the play with the decision that you can change the future of your life if you change the actions of your life, and so the play is basically giving you the option to change the direction that you’re going.” He says the play opens up Scrooge's eyes to the role that everyone should be playing in terms of taking care of each other and their community. “The play does take place at Christmastime, but I think the message is really im-

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portant now. I think it’s even more important this year than it has been in the past, reaching out and taking care of each other and also being able to control your destiny as much as you can by being positive and charitable to mankind. Just by doing that it starts to open up new doors in your life. And leads to potentially a more happy and connected life,” he adds. “You can set this play at Hanukkah and it will be the same story – somebody’s reentering in the community, reentering their world.”

This is the sixth year Cygnet has produced their original version of “A Christmas Carol.” Sean collaborated with composer Billy Thompson on the musical. “When we were putting it up we were limited on time, and so there were some things that we wanted to put into the musical that we never really had time to put in.” He says this year they’re adding a new song “that we’ve been wanting to add for

five years” into the second act and they’re also reexamining a big chunk of the end of the play and “how to tell that part of the story in a lighter more clearer way,” he adds. “It’s been a lot of fun reworking the end. The cast is very excited about the new material.”

After the New Year, Cygnet has a full array of choices to fillout the rest of the year.

They start in January with the toe-tapping play “Marie and Rosetta” about a real and (forgive the pun) unsung pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll – and a nun no less. Sister “Rosetta Tharp was a gospel singer, a very well-known gospel singer who also played a really mean electric guitar,” Sean says. “In the evenings, in her convent, she would let loose with this guitar and there are many music historians who credit her with the development of the very first original rock and roll sound and her guitar playing inspired people like Chuck Berry , Little Richard.” Tharp was famous for

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moving her hips while she sang, which is said to be the inspiration for Elvis Presley’s famous hip swiveling.

The play is about Rosetta’s mentorship of a young singer named Marie. “It’s a lot of music, a lot of gospel, she would turn some of her gospel tunes into rock and roll tunes,” he says.

After “Rosetta and Marie” closes on Feb. 16, “Angels in America” will open at the beginning of March. “It’s hard to actually describe this play. It's such an amazingly beautiful and emotional experience to sit and watch the entire piece,” Sean says. “When it first opened, it was putting AIDS on stage and bringing AIDS to the forefront of the communiqué of the discussion of America at a time when it was really at its most horrible peak, and a lot of the play is about hope and fighting and challenging and change and the focus of the original production was on how AIDS affected the characters.” He says none of its resonance has diminished in the 25 since the play was written, and many of the political discussions in the play (including global warming) are still relevant today.

Lastly, in May the theater will hold the San Diego premiere of an updated, modern (in sensibility) version of “Pride and Prejudice” adapted by Kate Hamill. "It’s not your basic tea party Jane Austen,” Sean says as he’s struggles to define its accessibility. "When you see Jane Austen’s stories on BBC, it’s a lot of beautiful dresses and a lot of well spoken people and it’s has a kind of Masterpiece Theatre quality to it, but what Kate Hamill is bringing to this adaptation is she’s really bringing life to it. It’s very funny, it's a little bit of contemporary clowning because people play multiple parts. It’s a very theatrically funny story,” he says. “People have certain associations of clowning that is it might be more circus oriented, but this is a kind of clown-

David McBean and Tom Stephenson in "A Christmas Carol."

ing like Buster Keaton kind of rooted in truth.” He promises that while the adaptation is more modern in its storytelling, the play is very faithful to the book. “It is sort of a refreshing take on a story people know.”

As far as next season, which should start next summer, Sean says they’re still trying to figure out which plays they’ll produce. "We’ve got a long list that is being shortened,” he says. “It’s sort of like Mick Jagger says, ‘you can’t always get what you want' ... It’s a bit like building a dinner party, yet I don’t know what food I can put on the table yet.” A

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8 Out of the Box Gifts

for Hanukkah

By Emily Gould The holidays are approaching and while we’re all looking forward to the cheerful atmosphere, the thought of finding a perfect (or at least acceptable gift) fills us with anxiety and dread. Fortunately, we’ve come up with this Hanukkah gift guide to aid you through your shopping nightmares.

1. Jewish Wisdom Ball from Modern Tribe

2. Ugly Hanukkah Sweater from Tipsy Elves

If you know someone sick of their relatives offering unsolicited (and unhelpful) advice, give them the gift of portable Jewish wisdom. This Jewish spin on the classic magic 8 ball is the perfect thing to pull out at parties, or if you’re alone and in need of a second opinion. moderntribe.com

Any Hanukkah sweater will do, but there’s something especially endearing about this particular Rabbi who can’t get enough Challah during the ‘challa-days.’ Don’t worry, it comes in men’s and women’s sizes! tipsyelves.com

3. Wine Glasses and Beer Steins For all the Hanukkah-celebrating wine lovers in your life, there’s nothing better than a funky, novelty wine glass to sip their favorite beverage out of. Or if your friends prefer beer, we’ve got their needs covered too! etsy.com

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4. Uber and Lyft Gift Cards Tis the season for parties and fun, but you don’t want to have to worry about who’s going to be the designated driver. Keep your loved ones safe with this thoughtful (and practical) gift! amazon.com

5. Novelty Pajamas from Tipsy Elves and Slippers Who doesn’t love to cozy up in the winter? A fuzzy pajama jumpsuit and soft slippers will delight anyone who’s a fan of the holidays. And the good news is that both sets are available in women’s and men’s sizes! wayfair.com

6. Dreidel Fidget Spinner from the The Dreidel Company Kids are all about the fidget spinner these days; these funky gadgets keep hands busy while minds stay focused. This dreidel spinner is a Jewish take on the now classic toy that will keep its recipient occupied and in the holiday spirit all year round. amazon.com

7. Judah and the Maccabees Board Game from Traditions Jewish Gifts Help the Maccabees retrieve enough oil to keep the Menorah alight in this fun and educational board game.

The quest is completed when the first person collects all 8 vials of oil and wins the game! traditionsjewishgifts.com

8. Yiddish Word Magnets from Modern Tribe Potshki-ing around with these magnets will bring hours of fun and put a smile on your bubbe’s face as you learn the language of your ancestors! moderntribe.com

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Arts

/ SD Symphony

Find The Music

A Preview of San Diego Symphony’s 2019 season

BY JACQUELINE BULL

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is a great connection. It makes a lot of sense in terms of our mission to bring really excellent jazz to the stage of Copley Symphony Hall,” Martha said.

Also new this season is something called Rush Hour 2.0 – one-hour weeknight concerts starting at 6:30 p.m.

“We’re really hoping people who live downtown will come. It is really targeted for who are already here and don’t have to fight the traffic,” Martha said.

So for those that work downtown, these concerts are an opportunity to grab a dinner from the food trucks they’ve scheduled, enjoy an hour-long concert, have a talk back with the performers and drive home after the traffic has cleared up.

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otted throughout downtown, there are banners for the San Diego Symphony that say in a big bold type “Find Your Music.” The same messaging is echoed on their website and press releases.

“People have a variety of different tastes. We have such a broad spectrum of music that we present that it is you can find your music in what we present. If you think it is only a certain kind of classical music and that doesn’t belong to you or it isn’t what you like, keep looking. Because there is really a lot of music that one can apzpreciate, whether it is broadway, or it is jazz... or film. You can find your music here,” Martha said.

In the summer, they had Blues and MoTown and Martha hints they are looking to gospel for next summer. They also have a series to introduce children to the orchestra and recreations of classic rock albums, (“We really do present the gamut”).

“The idea is it is a rich palate of music from many genres, but the commonality of it is we bring really, really fine performers every week to our stage ... The artistry is the common link,” she said. A Check out the entire 2019 season and sandiegosymphony.org for full details.

Alisa Weilerstein

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opley Symphony Hall sits on a quiet corner between the north end of downtown and Balboa Park, among tall banks with pristine lobbies and is accompanied by sidewalk with sparkle in the pavement. When a freshly showered and smartly dressed crowd walk past the Donut Bar and the Taco Stand and gather on that sparkly sidewalk, a show is on.

For the 2019 season, there are quite a few standouts to look forward to in the lineup.

“We’re really excited. We start the season with the first performance with our music director Rafael Payare, following his announcement so that is a great way to begin,” Martha Gilmer, CEO of the San Diego Symphony, said.

“Rafael grew up in Venezuela and now lives in Berlin. He is married to Alisa Weilerstein, the cellist, who has appeared here at San Diego Symphony many times and also at La Jolla Music Society and recital. She has been coming here since she was a very young girl. They are sort of a dynamic duo. Rafael will begin as music director in the fall of 2019,” Martha said.

Rafael Payare and Alisa Weilerstein will be at Copley Symphony Hall Jan. 11-13, during the “Hearing the Future” Festival.

“January is always a big month because we have our festival and that’s three weeks of programming around a theme in various places. January is always packed with concerts,” Martha added.

This year the festival is being curated by composer-conductor Matthew Aucoin who was recently awarded a MacArthur Genius grant.

“It sort of has an intellectual thoughtful component to it with speakers and music, so as a festival goes, it is for those audience members who are always curious and wanting to learn,” Martha said.

The festival fits nicely with the Jacobs Masterworks and Jazz at the Jacobs series at the symphony.

“Jazz at the Jacobs has been a huge series for us with a great following. I always say that Jazz acquires the same kind of adroit artistry [as classical music].

Many jazz artists are also classically trained, so there

Musical Director Rafael Payare.

The Jewish Community Foundation San Diego honors and celebrates our new Book of Life contributors. Individuals and families who have planned to leave a legacy gift, or who have contributed to an endowment for a Jewish organization, are encouraged to provide a personal statement to be included in the San Diego Community’s Book of Life.

C O M M U N I T Y- W I D E

Book of Life

These thirty-four excerpts from the full statements shared at our recent event detail the personal thoughts, life experiences, and philanthropic vision that inspired their gift.

Judith Abeles and Beverly Miller

Glen Brodowsky In the spirit of L’dor vador, one of the things I love most is seeing the grandparents and great grandparents handing down the Torah to the parents who, in-turn, hand down the Torah to the B’nai Mitzvot. I can do my part to ensure that we continue to thrive as a Jewish people, and as a vibrant Jewish community in San Diego County.

Our legacy is intended as a gift to the Jewish community in furtherance of the causes and institutions we believe will change the world for the better.

Renee Barnow As a child of Holocaust survivors, I learned early on the importance of supporting Jewish organizations to ensure Judaism survives. What a blessing to be able to honor my commitment to Judaism’s survival through JCF.

Marlene Bellamy and Don Maescher Although we come from very different backgrounds, we are united in our commitment to philanthropy that ensures the continuity of Jewish and Israeli organizations for future generations.

Steve and Deanna Bernsen We believe it’s vital to ensure a vibrant Temple Adat Shalom is available to all that seek a Jewish home well into the future.

Barbara Bry Because of my mom, I’ve devoted a large part of my life to empowering other women and paying tribute to my Jewish roots. This is why my estate includes a gift to the Jewish Community Foundation and other Jewish organizations.

Hannah Cohen and Elliott Edelstein We strive to be good role models for our family, and by becoming Legacy donors, we hope our children will in turn follow in our path and discover a new facet of their Jewish experience and identity.

Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah used to say, “If there is no sustenance, there is no Torah, but if there is not Torah, there can be no sustenance”.

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Rabbi Aaron* and Jeanne Gold

All of our synagogue and Jewish community involvement has led me to continue the legacy of Rabbi Gold z”l, our legacy, with a financial commitment to Tifereth Israel Synagogue and other Jewish organizations in San Diego. After Aaron died in 2001, I realized that putting this commitment into my trust was the best way to support Jewish tradition and the San Diego Jewish community. Now that is a legacy!

Judy Gumbiner Participation in the Book of Life is a way to acknowledge the importance of community involvement. I deeply appreciate the numerous blessings we all gain from our strong community.

Jewish tradition teaches that one of our key responsibilities is to make the world a better place for generations to come.

Wayne and Naomi Harris Soon after starting a family, it became clear that our participation in the San Diego Jewish community could make a real and lasting impact not just on us, our children and our community, but on our people as a whole. We consider it an honor to have the opportunity to leave a legacy that will impact the Jewish people for generations to come.

Sue and Jerry Hermes The best and most certain way to see that Tifereth Israel is financially sustained in the future, is through the Endowment Fund. It most certainly is the gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving.

Donna and Larry Dawson We made our decision to donate all of our estate upon our deaths.

We made this decision certainly with L’Dor v’Dor uppermost in our minds and in memory of our beloved daughter Rachel Gabriele z”l.

William and Diane Hillman We will never forget what our people sacrificed and went through to be Jewish – and how vital it is for us to stay united as a Jewish people.

Howard Jacoby My lifelong passion is to increase the vitality of the Jewish people because of their beneficial influence on the world.

This influence is remarkable comparing its extent to the small number of Jews.

Franklin Felber The Hand Up Food Pantry of Jewish Family Service offers food and other essentials. I’m grateful to JFS for the privilege to help those in need through this vital service.

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Marilyn and Leopoldo Kahn We want our children and grandchildren to know the importance of their Jewish identity and their connection to the synagogue life and worship. We decided to express this by leaving a legacy to the synagogues that meant so much in our lives. *of Blessed Memory

Mavis Kaplan I made this Legacy to honor my parents and thank them for the good Jewish life they instilled in me. I hope that Temple Adat Shalom will continue to grow, and that the young people will learn the importance of their shul.

Roxanne and Norm Katz We are honored to make a legacy gift to ensure that the San Diego Jewish community continues to thrive. We are signing this Book of Life to seal our commitment to our community and to continue the traditions our parents have instilled in us.

Jeanie and Hillel Katzeff We want to encourage Jews living in the diaspora to strengthen their connection with Israel. Hillel’s parents, Ada Katzeff z”l and Oscar Katzeff z”l, embodied this connection.

A legacy gift of any size will ensure that your family’s values live on in perpetuity.

What will your Legacy be?

Marcia Kern and James “Marty” Stern Volunteerism and Jewish life were part of the fabric of our families as we grew up. As a result, we feel very strongly about giving back to the Jewish community that helped us and our families along the way. Our parents were models of participation and giving; we want to continue that example to honor them.

David Koplar and Karine Seigel For us, one of the real pleasures in life is being Jewish and giving back.

The Book of Life More than 180 statements along with photos are kept on permanent display at the Jewish Community Foundation’s offices and website.

Please visit www.jcfsandiego.org/bol to view all the statements and a video from our recent Book of Life signing ceremony.

Yiftach Levy and Jennifer Tabak-Levy The San Diego Jewish Community is the backbone of all our relationships and connections. We are proud and honored to commit to supporting it throughout our lives and beyond.

Ron and Cathi Marx Our family has a rich history of Jewish survival, tenacity and love of life. It is our hope that the legacy we leave behind will create a beacon of homecoming, so that regardless of where they go, our children will always have a path that will lead them home to their own familiar Jewish traditions.

Eli and Susie Meltzer We both were raised in traditional Jewish families where we were educated to love our heritage from our beloved grandparents, parents, and extended family. As Hillel wrote: If am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?

As San Diego Jewish Community Foundation donors, we are pleased to support the Jewish connections that have so enriched our lives.

Lois Richmond It is my dream that the next generation of San Diegans will continue to keep alive our Jewish heritage and tradition of Tikkun Olam. Hopefully, my legacy gift will in a small way support their efforts to give back to this wonderful community.

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Irwin and Gloria Scarf We are from New York and raised our family in Phoenix, where we have been very involved in the Jewish community for many years. Our dream for the Jewish community is that it becomes more Jewish!

Ways To Leave A Legacy

Karen Joy Shaw and Gerry Weitz Giving to organizations and causes close to your heart is one of the ways a person can leave this world with a peaceful heart. For my wife and I, that means creating a legacy to “pay it forward” to organizations that profoundly impacted our lives.

Marni and David Sider When our kids were little we explored a few temples in the area as we knew we wanted to have our kids grow up with a Jewish identity. It is our honor being able to leave a legacy to Temple Adat Shalom.

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BOOK REVIEW: Fania's Heart

The Persistence of Fania’s Heart

BY PATRICIA GOLDBLATT

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our name is Sandy, but your mother prefers Sorale, a diminutive Yiddish version and you’ve just watched, unblinking, an episode of “Father Knows Best,” one in which the topic of adoption has been explored.

Lately you have been troubled and wonder if you too are adopted, so when your parents are busy, you carefully find your way into their bedroom, and you decide to go through their things – where from your father’s drawer, you unearth some sepia photos and documents of family, but only a few. But when you rifle through your mother’s drawer all your fingers discern is this hard shape, which turns out to be this little heart. You turn it over in your hands intrigued, but your mother finds you and admonishes you not to touch it. It’s obviously something very precious because it’s taken out of your hands and returned to its place in the dark drawer.

Years later you will be told it has been donated to the Holocaust Museum in Montréal and you will be upset because you believed the hard little heart was a family treasure that belonged to the family, kind of like their family jewels. By that time, however, you know about the Holocaust and the dark numbers incised on your parents’ wrists.

And so the story of Fania’s Heart begins to unfold.

I heard the story from Heidi, a fellow art student when she related her Yom Kippur break-fast this year, meeting her partner’s cousin Sandy for the second time. Her narrative focused on Sandy or Sorale as her mother affectionately called her, the daughter and Fania the more than 90-some-year-old mother who survived Auschwitz. Heidi is describing the backdrop for her telling, one we have known before, of young women from Czechoslovakia, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, some as young as 15, who were able to remain alive because

of their tiny hands. In Fania’s case, she too was put in the munitions section in the Weichsel-Union Metallwerke because her small digits could load tiny ball bearings and prepare weaponry for the Nazis.

Heidi explains that when the heart was donated, a Canadian filmmaker, Carl Leblanc, so interested in the tiny purple heart embroidered with an orange F, began to work on a documentary film entitled “The Heart of Auschwitz” in 2010; more recently in 2018 a children’s book, “Fania’s Heart” has been released showcasing Fania’s unbelievable story.

She was an adolescent, directed where she could help the war effort against her own people; a Jew imprisoned because she was a Jew. She had already been separated from her brother, Leybl, her sister, Moushka and her parents from Bialystok, Poland. In the film, Fania bitterly opines, “We [the girls at the munitions plant] did not go to the gas chamber … we were ‘privileged.’” To aid the Nazis in the destruction of their own was particularly troubling to the girls who sat 10 to a side so occasionally they would misassemble or spoil a part, adding a few pinches of earth, small but incredibly brave acts of defiance. At dusk they would be searched by guards for any smuggled items that could be used against them. It was an existence of lice-infested mattresses, often five to a bunk, lunches of nettles and weeds and shivering for hours in roll call. To survive, Fania imagined her mother’s fragrant chicken soup and attempted to take comfort in small things like the warmth of the sun, encouraging her workmates with smiles or even funny stories.

It was Fania’s 20th birthday and the women who lined each side of her table knew and wanted to commemorate the day, even in the bleakest impossibility of the camps. Bronia and Zlatka, also Polish, were Fania’s best friends, slightly older than Fania. It was Zlatka who originated the plan. Each of the 20 girls at her table contributed to an act that could have cost them their lives: paper, scissors, even a bit of torn cloth from Zlatka’s thin purple shirt hidden beneath her striped uniform. The heart they created underlines the bravery, posing the question, “ Why would you risk your life for birthday wishes?” The inmates were forbidden to talk, or move from their benches for 12 hours, their elbows touching as they worked. Discovered, this collaborative act could have cost them their fragile lives. Yet somehow, they managed: rubbing bread and water together in their fingers to make glue, scavenging threads.

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“Fania’s Heart” written by Anne Renaud, illustrations by Richard Rudnicki, Second StoryPress,2018. “The Heart of Auschwitz” film by Carl Leblanc, 2010.

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way towards her. A guard, observing bodies and heads brought too close together pulled the main instigator, the genius behind the amazing gift, away and beat her mercilessly, almost costing her her life.

Returning to the table bruised and hurt, Zlatka takes her seat again with her friends, their eyes now holding back their tears.

When the uproar settles, Fania discovers “ a small birthday cake my friends had pieced together from their precious bread rations…[t] ucked inside the bread was the heart.” In order to avoid detection, Fania hides it in her armpit, and only in the evening, back in her bunk she opens the heart to realize it is actually a birthday card in the shape of a heart about the size of a butterfly or a daisy inside, much like origami that folds in on itself. Each woman has added a tiny page, each contributing best wishes in her own language. During the days, Fania presses her treasure between the boards where she sleeps at night.

In the pages that fold out from the heart, Giza inscribed, “A lot of luck and freedom.” Mazal scrawls, “May your life be long and sweet.” Irena writes,” I wish that all wishes should be fulfilled.”

From these sentiments we can imagine they revisited in their heads a relaxed clump of laughing, chattering ingénues, ready to set out on their discovery of the world, love interests and delicious endeavours.

The words carefully written by each friend last even now; the fourth petal of the heart held Fania’s favorite line,” Freedom, Freedom, Freedom.” Fania later explains, "My friends wanted to prove that despite all that was inflicted upon us, we could still treat each other with humanity,” adding, “ Their words saved me...”

And even in 1945, when the Red Army approaches and the Nazis empty the concentration camps, putting 60,000 on the roads with only a bowl and a spoon, somehow Fania kept her illicit gift, again hiding it in her armpit as she walked the death marches.

Naysayers, even the Jewish supervisor of the girls sorting bullets at the factory who was interviewed by the filmmaker, are adamant that such an incredible subversive feat could not have taken place.

Turning her head from the camera, angry, she says, “It’s not a reality.”

The interviewer points out that, in fact, the heart does exist.

How do we talk about the deep and haunting introspective looks that appear on Sandy’s face as she walks through Auschwitz with her daughter? Or the daughter of Bronia who almost whispers, “ She [her mother] had the biggest heart for everyone but me,” but told me nothing about the years of imprisonment in Auschwitz. Vivian Rakoff and Helen Epstein have written of the devastating effects on the children of survivors, those who relived their parents’ horrors vicariously. We can observe in Sandy’s face the traumatizing pain as she confronts her mother’s life in Auschwitz and struggles to keep her emotions private, away from the camera that seeks to document and record the trajectory of her mother’s birthday gift so many years ago.

Words. The words in the little heart, incandescent perpetual flames that guide us back to the time of our forbearers, and the unknowable times of terror, when girls were torn from their homes and thrust into hell. We, the observers, can never know the complete narratives, but the words of the heart, the words of the school children in Montreal in Leblanc’s film attempt to establish a balance perhaps, providing hope.For the school children have listened and are the living words that will go forward with this terrible story from the past, remembering the little heart made for a birthday. Fania writes, “I read the messages my friends had written. Their words gave me strength and carried me through each day until the war ended, and I was free once again.” A

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A Well-Balanced Meal of a Season San Diego Junior Theatre in its 71st Year

BY LEORAH GAVIDOR

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t’s like asking kids what they want to eat for dinner—most of the time they’ll say McDonald’s.” So says San Diego Junior Theatre Executive Director Jimmy Saba. The students don’t usually have the final say on which productions they put on for the season, but the kids do have an influence, as do educators and staff.

“We like to have a well-balanced meal of a season, to make sure our program is creating well-rounded students.”

That means selecting a mix of classics, comedies, fun productions, serious dramas, and new plays.

“We want to make sure we respond to those students who are looking for a challenging project to set them apart. That’s the kind of thing that looks good on a resume.”

And graduates of San Diego Junior Theatre do have impressive resumes: alum Brian Stokes Mitchell won a Tony for his performance in “Kiss Me, Kate” on Broadway and is current board chairman of Actors Fund of America. Casey Nicholaw codirected “The Book of Mormon” and choreographed “Spamalot,” among other shows, on Broadway. Mona Mansour, who writes plays about the Middle East, has shows on stage in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Louisville.

Jimmy himself is an alumnus—he joined in 1977 and stayed in the program for 10 years. Then the organization hired him as artistic director. After three years in the job that was supposed to last a year, Saba moved to New York to pursue his professional acting career. Ten years later he came back to his hometown to take the position of execu-

tive director at SDJT. Even more important to Jimmy than impressive resumes, he said, “is the educational environment” he and the rest of the staff work to foster. “Our goal is to teach skills and provide experiences that help those who go through the program come out as more capable citizens.”

Behind-the-scenes skills count, too.

SDJT is unique in its crew program that allows students to take the reins during show time. Jimmy is happy to relinquish control to the all-kid crews that keep the show rolling while their peers are on stage.

“Once the show starts, they’re in charge.”

They learn self-reliability, teamwork, responsibility, problem solving, how to deal with pressure—in other words, preparation for life.

When called for, performances include a live orchestra—another unique feature of San Diego Junior Theatre and another opportunity for the students to practice collaboration. Additionally, SDJT designs and builds all of its own sets, allowing kids to witness the sets taking shape from start to curtain.

When past performances of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “Mary Poppins” required flying, the students got to see how to set up a fly rig.

“It’s very rare,” Jimmy said of the “flying” experience.

Next up at SDJT in January, “Peter and the Starcatcher” tells the backstory of how an orphan boy became Peter Pan. The play was originally presented in 2009 as a Page to Stage workshop production at La Jolla

Playhouse.

Coming up in 2019, SDJT will pilot “Disney’s Moana Jr.” on stage. Disney selected SDJT to put on the new play as a basis for discovery before introducing the work on a larger scale. As they prepare and rehearse for the show, staff will answer questions and provide feedback about the script—from casting, to materials, to whether the songs are in the right key register for kids to sing.

“Suessical the Musical”—with all new sets and costumes—“shows how SDJT is innovating with every production,” Jimmy said. April 26-May 12. Come in pajamas May 3!

For another fun production, check out the lovably irreverent “Pippi Longstocking,” June 28-July 14.

Then, SDJT will present “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in August. With no junior version of the play, the cast will take on the full weight of Victor Hugo’s 1831 classic novel.

Saba is happy to be part of the 70-year legacy of San Diego Junior Theatre, the longest-running youth theatre program in the nation. He is honored to welcome audiences into the beautiful space SDJT calls home, Casa del Prado Theatre in Balboa Park. For many who attend SDJT productions as their first theatre show, the experience offers all the thrills, fantasy, storytelling magic and professionalism of traditional theatre— made more amazing by the fact that kids are on stage.A

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Tomorrow’s Classics

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The Old Globe brings new plays and new playwrights to their audiences in The Powers New Voices Festival

BY JACQUELINE BULL

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hen you think of the behind the scenes (if you’ll pardon the pun) of theater, you might think of directors, stage hands, or costume designers, but you probably wouldn’t think about what happens before the script gets handed out.

This is Danielle Mages Amato's domain as both the literary manager and dramaturg (like a theater’s literary agent) for the Old Globe.

“At the Globe, because I’m both literary manager and dramaturg, it can be hard to separate and sort of the jobs by title, but I am involved in season selection process, I bring in new scripts I think the Globe should consider, I help the Globe track down plays that it’s interested in doing (so I correspond a lot with agents and writers and directors who are the source of a lot of work that we do), and I also work with the plays when they come in,” Danielle said.

Susan Chicoine, Public Relations Director, chimed in tongue-in-cheek, “She is the goddess of art.”

“It’s about helping actors, audience and creative team to find pathways into the world of the play is how I like to describe it,” Danielle said.

And on the dramaturg side, she handles what they call the humanities programming.

It could be an exhibit in the lobby or a film screening – any number of different ways to help the audience learn more about the world of the play.

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FROM LEFT: Edred Utomi, Jacque Wilke, Joy Osmanski, Kevin Hafso Koppman, and Samantha Quan in the reading of Jiehae Park's "Peerless," part of the 2016 Powers New Voices Festival.

we commission a playwright to sort of brainstorm with them what work they might write for the Globe, to developing a work that we might not ever do (but that we want to explore and form a relationship with that writer), to developing work that we are actually in rehearsal with and definitely planning on performing and producing in our season.”

New plays and new playwrights are highlighted and celebrated in the Powers New Voices Festival.

“New plays are what keep the future of theater alive. These are the classic plays of tomorrow. So we definitely have a strong commitment to doing new work. And because we want theater to matter to more people, doing that work in as accessible a way as possible is important,” Danielle said.

Commissioning new work is a big part of the Globe’s passion for new, contemporary work. New work commissions can come from many different starting points and ultimately involves working with a playwright to develop a play that the Globe would have the first option to produce.

So far, they have produced almost every single play they’ve commissioned in the last five years, which is fairly unusual. Danielle credits that with how hands-on they are with the playwrights from the beginning of the process.

“We want them to write a play that we can produce, not just write any play, but for us, for our spaces, for our audience and so we are very hands-on from the idea of it to absolutely giving feedback,” she said.

The amount of feedback and involvement

depends on the playwright and the play, (“Every relationship is different; every play is different.”)

“We are sort of a sounding board and artistic partner ... ‘What kind of play do you want this to be? This is how I see what you are doing’ – like an editor in the prose world,” she said.

But in theater, the playwright holds more final decision making power.

“Unlike other performance fields (like you could call film similar in the way that it involves actors and directors), the writer in film is not the central artist… That is where theater brings together literature and the pleasure of writing,” she said.

Danielle says the complete immersion and totality of many different arts coming together is addictive.

“You get passionately committed to the work, to the value of the work, to making theater matter and you just want to do more and more ... The Globe is never dark. We are in operation 12 months a year,” she said.

“The Globe has always premiered work; a home for new musicals is one of its big reputations and also new plays, but I think in recent years what we have been wanting to do is bring the development of that work to the audience. They don’t get to see when we do a workshop in New York of a new musical, they don’t get to see when we do a development week on a new play here at the Globe. So the New Voices festival is our one time every year where we welcome you into the process – here is how it works, here are some actors standing in music stands reading

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a play and maybe you haven’t seen a play that way before, but this is your peek into the process of planning and choosing and doing work,” she said.

The New Voices festival is in its sixth year and will be Jan. 18-20.

(The dates are chosen by literally looking at what two weeks the Globe had nothing on the stage.)

“We try to do a blend of commissioned work that we are developing and new plays that already exist, that we want a relationship with that playwright and we want a chance to introduce their work to our audiences,” she said.

“There can be in the theater a sort of fetish of the world premiere ... A play can have its world premiere, and it maybe it didn’t land, or it didn’t have all the things in it the playwright really hoped it would have, but it can be hard to get a second production because it is not a world premiere, so it doesn’t have the same jazz or pizzazz or marketing potential always of a world premiere. Plays need second productions. They need third productions. They need to keep developing through second and third productions and the Globe has always been committed to giving plays that continuing future life and continuing to launch them into the American theater, sort of stepping it in, ‘OK, we are going to keep it going, keep the life of this thing going a little.’ Bring it to a new audience, give it a chance to grow a little more and keep it going,” she said.

And though audiences might be tempted to only attend shows that they recognize, contemporary plays are instrumental in shaping our culture.

“In classic plays, they are universal and timeless in that way, but it is just like if you only read classic novels and didn’t read anything written in the last 25 years, you would be missing amazing insights in the world that we live in. And that is what contemporary plays and new plays give us, they are able to respond to social issues, to cultural issues. They are able to speak to us in our own vernacular about the things that we face, just like picking up a contemporary novel, coming to a contemporary play, gives you an insight into your moment, your life of 2018.”

At press time, the selections for the New Voices Festival were not announced. One night will be just for local playwrights, part of the arts engagements initiatives. The second night will include a variety of existing plays and original commissions. A

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Record Performances

North Coast Rep Ushers in 2019 Shows

BY BRIE STIMSON

One of the Hottest Playwrights in England After “Moon Over Buffalo” closes on Feb. 3, the West Coast premiere “Gabriel,” written by English writer Moira Buffini, opens on Feb. 20. “Moira Buffini has become sort of one of the hottest playwrights in England now.

This is an earlier play of hers and kind of one that brought to international attention.” Ellenstein says. More recently, Buffini has written “Handbagged” and “wonder.land.” The story is about the Nazi-occupied English Channel island of Guernsey in 1944. “It’s the story of a household of women, a mother, a daughter, a daughter-in-law and a housekeeper and how they deal with the occupying Nazis who are there,” Ellenstein explains.

Play Within a Play As North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach finishes out the year, they are preparing for five varied shows that will fill evenings from January through May next year.

Opening on Jan. 9, Ken Ludwig’s “Moon Over Buffalo” tells the story of a has-been theater couple “who are now fallen on hard times playing at a not as good theater than they’re used to,” North Coast Rep Artistic Director David Ellenstein tells me. The writer, Ken Ludwig, is best known for his play “Lend Me a Tenor.”

“He’s like one of the foremost comedy writers in the theater in America today, and this is an earlier play of his – probably one of his two best plays in my opinion,” Ellenstein adds. He calls it a backstage comedy. “You see them putting on parts of two different plays and the company doing it and all the things that go wrong.

It’s very, very much fun, so it’s kind of a comedy bordering on farce – really a fun show."

Live From North Coast Rep “Gabriel” closes on March 17 and the comedy “All in the Timing” opens April 10. Author “David Ives has become again another internationally known person, but this is the play that actually brought him prominence,” Ellenstein says. The play was originally produced by the Old Globe in the early 1990s and Ellenstein says he thought it was time for a revival. “It’s kind of like an intellectual Saturday Night Live because it’s six short plays strung together and each one is somewhat different but they’re all word-based cause he’s a great wordsmith and writer of sarcasm and irony,” Ellenstein explains. The play will consist of a cast of six. “The comedy is more based on language than it is on slapstick. It’s a language comedy. In fact, most of them even deal with language and the fact that language is such an imprecise way to communicate sometimes.”

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Relevant “A Walk in the Woods,” which opens on May 29th after “All in the Timing” closes on May 5, was originally produced by the La Jolla Playhouse in the late 80s. “Then it went on to Broadway and went on to be a staple in the regional theaters in the 80s and 90s and everybody did it,” he says. “And nobody’s done it in a long time and it is so timely again because it is about a relationship that develops between a Russian diplomat and an American diplomat.”

The two-character play chronicles six meetings between the two men over a period of two years “and how their relationship develops as they attempt to represent their respective countries and their points of view,” Ellenstein adds. “And it is as timely as it was back then – if not more so. It is kind of a bittersweet story of two men trying to negotiate big problems of the world and through that how it affects their relationship personally.” “A Walk in the Woods” closes on June 23.

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Lastly, opening on July 10 is “Another Roll of the Dice” written

by Mark Saltzman. The world premiere-musical will reunite the late “Guys and Dolls” music and lyrics team of Frank Loesser and Damon Runyon, intertwining three classic Runyon stories with Loesser classics like “Heart and Soul” and “Two Sleepy People.”

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cake, which is where a lot of Guys and Dolls takes place, but yet the characters are different and the stories are different,” he says. “We’re hoping for big things after it’s done here, that it’s going to go on and have productions all over the place because it’s got a lot of surefire things going for it.” Saltzman had to get the rights from both Loesser’s and Runyon’s estates, “but they have all signed off on it so it’s a big deal,” Ellenstein says. “It’s got the potential of being a play that gets done everywhere so that’s a very exciting thing to be starting.”

Peppered throughout the season are NCR’s various variety night shows, including their Tuesday night comic series, a onenight performance of “Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus,” starring San Diego native Ryan Drummond, several long form improv comedy performances from LA’s Impro Theatre, they are bringing back the sold-out “Seger” about Pete Seger, and actor and ventriloquist Jay Johnson of “Soap” will perform “The Two and Only.”

As for the next season that will open late in summer 2019, Ellenstein is still doing the nitty-gritty of rights and contracts, “but it’s already shaping up to be a really fun, exciting season with surprises in it and also some old familiar friends.”

“We did a little research,” Ellenstein tells me, “and we discovered that of single-stage theaters in this country, in other words, theaters that only have one stage, we are the second most performances per year of any theater in the country. Because we do so many of these variety nights our Mondays and Tuesdays are taken up with stuff. We’re the second highest use theater in the country.

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re you a podcast person or a vlog-viewer?

Whether you prefer to get your info by ear or by eye, there’s something delicious on the internet waiting for you.

You don’t have to be a foodie to enjoy learning about ingredients, recipes, Jewish traditions or techniques. Everyone’s gotta eat, right?

Two delightful NJGs (Nice Jewish Gals) would love to enter your home, metaphorically speaking, to further spark your culinary interest.

Natasha Feldman is the producer and star of “Nosh with Tash” and Beth Shenker hosts and produces “The Big Schmear.” One is video, one audio, but you’re sure to enjoy them both.

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the Portland environs at age seven.

“It was my first direct experience with summer fruit,” Tash enthuses. “Marionberries, boysenberries. My hands were bleeding from picking them off the vines.”

The fruit was more plentiful than the Jewish community. In Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland, there were so few Jews that Shabbat services were held in a local church, “with the star of David slung over the cross,” Tash recalls. And that’s where she had her bat mitzvah.

She describes her younger self as “very, very shy.” But then she found theater and it changed her life and personality.

When she moved back to San Diego during high school, she performed in many musicals with the J*Company at the JCC and served on the youth board of the La Jolla Playhouse.

In 2005, she performed at Diversionary Theatre in “Looking for Normal.”

She wasn’t particularly interested in food as a kid, but she recalls, “the produce in California was great, but the level of interaction with the food was so much higher in Oregon.”

When she became inspired by gastronomy, she was thrilled to learn that her great great grandmother was a caterer in the Old Country (Poland). Before the pogroms came, she would bake for the whole community on holidays and special occasions.

Tash was a theater major at Loyola Marymount University in L.A., and she spent her junior year in London, studying Shakespeare at the British American Drama Academy.

There she discovered the Borough Market, one of the largest and oldest food markets in London, dating back to the 12th century.

“It’s a phenomenal market,” she says. “The heartbeat of London. I totally fell in love with it. I started cooking for everyone, and I realized that, maybe I can be a performer of a

different kind.”

When she moved back to L.A. to finish school in 2009, she started a food blog and began “making the transition from traditional theater into food.”

She went to culinary school and soon found “an amazing job” teaching cooking classes. She rapidly progressed from assistant teacher to teacher and that turned into catering for private parties and various events and starting a production company with a friend.

She took joy in cooking for an audience.

“The most important thing I share on ‘Nosh with Tash,’ I think, is to embrace the sloppiness and genuineness of cooking. Like theater, if you mess up, you have to fix it right there. Same with my cooking show. If I mess up, I fix it on camera. I want people to fall in love with the imperfection of the experience.

“What I’m presenting,” she says, “is honest food for weeknight cooking. I’m not Martha Stewart, with people behind the scenes arranging the food with a tweezer so it’s perfect.

I want to help busy working people.”

For her first production company, Cinema and Spice Productions, she combined her culinary skills with her friend’s film school abilities. They inventively paired film and food, creating videos on YouTube and Yahoo.

For “Annie Hall,” they served cocktails with Dr. Brown’s cream soda, black-andwhite cookies and bagels. “It was a fantastic, New York-style West Coast brunch.”

For “Raising Arizona,” they suggested “baby-sized portions of Southwestern food.”

They dressed up (in spandex for “Dark Knight Rises,” for example), showed clips of the movie, and “gave people a creative way to have fun.”

Now, for ‘Nosh with Tash,’ she hosts and produces, working in a large rented kitchen.

She has appeared as a guest on radio programs, KTLA-TV, and the Hallmark channel’s Home and Family talk show.

“I’m spreading the word that food doesn’t have to be perfect or look like a restaurant meal. You can nourish yourself and your family with food that tastes good, doesn’t have too many ingredients and doesn’t take too much time.

“All these cooking shows that spend so much time making the food beautiful make home cooks feel inadequate. My mission is, I want people to re-evaluate what they think makes their food successful.”

Though she takes food seriously, on camera Tash is lively company; she may sing and dance around the kitchen or say ‘Thank you, chickens, for your service,’ as she cracks an egg.

On her show about matzo balls (“I like them golfball size”), she said she was making “love in a bowl, Matzo Balls to Make Your Bubby Proud.” She even asserted that “your matzo balls taste better if you talk like an old Jewish lady.”

Her website (noshwithtash.com) offers enticing recipes, regular YouTube videos and lots of info, tips and recipes shared on her hip Instagram feed.

Not all her food is Jewish, but when it is, she strongly feels, “If there’s no joy in Jewish food, the whole mood is killed for me.”

She embraces a broad definition of the word ‘nosh.’

“The dictionary would say ‘to eat enthusiastically.’ Your grandma would call it a nibble between meals. I’m trying to give little pieces of information – about noshing on food, but also about becoming a better cook. Come to the site, learn a little something, nosh on that, then come back and learn something else.

“My goal is to have a good time and try to make people feel like they can do exactly what I’m doing. It’s not about me or what a good cook I am. I want people to watch me make the food, then get the recipe and try it themselves.”

She has exciting new projects coming down the pike in 2019; follow her on Instagram to keep up (@noshwithtash).

Her hope is to someday become “a household name you go to when you want cooking at home that’s easy, quick and totally attainable. Right now, I’m always available as a resource for fun food content that feels really honest and helps people live better.”

Jewish Food by Ear Tash likes the video route, but Beth Shenker prefers an audio podcast. She started “The Big Schmear” in 2016.

She grew up in New Jersey and then Tucson. Her family was “very observant” and kept a kosher home. Her mother, she admits, was “not a great cook,” but her aunt was “an amazing baker and cook.”

“At age 10, the first thing I made was a fried egg. Nobody died,” she deadpans.

It wasn’t until she had her own family that she really got interested in food, and in Jewish food in particular.

“Growing up, we didn’t have a very sophisticated palate. I was the oldest of five, and both my parents worked. So I had to cook for the family. Cooking for me wasn’t fun, but I always gravitated to baking.”

When she left home for the University of Arizona in Tucson (majoring in interior design), she took an apartment with her sister,

Beth Shenker.

and together, they baked.

One of Beth’s early jobs was dressing manikins in a department store. Later, she became executive director of a nonprofit organization focused on community arts. That gave her “a taste of arts administration.”

When she moved to New York City, she worked for a friend who managed performing artists. She became a radio producer and sent arts-related documentaries to National Public Radio.

By this time she was married and she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska for her husband’s work at a public radio station.

“There weren’t a ton of Jews in Lincoln,” she reports. “So I paid particular attention to holidays and holiday food, which to me meant Ashkenazi food. It was my way of introducing my daughter to Jewish cooking and eating. The reform Temple in Lincoln was a big part of our life. I liked the cultural connection.”

In 2000, the family relocated to Chicago, where they remain. When actor/writer/ composer Hershey Felder came through to perform his “George Gershwin Alone,” Beth produced his first CD. For the past dozen years, her full-time job has been associate dean for public and non-credit programs at Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. In that capacity, she programs films, lectures and conKislev • Tevet 5779 SDJewishJournal.com 57

certs. She loves her work, but she craved an artistic/creative outlet.

Tapping into her radio expertise, she came up with a food show in an audio format.

"At that time, podcasting was still kind of a new thing,” she recalls. “It bore similarities to radio, but it required a new way of thinking – and a big learning curve: working with audio files, developing a website, distribution.”

“The Big Schmear” segments average 20 minutes in length. Beth serves as host and producer and she invites a wide range of guests to share their conception of Jewish food.

She produces two episodes a month. Her guests are often in Chicago on book tours.

Her listeners come from around the U.S., as well as Japan, Australia, Canada, the UK and Israel.

“I love talking to a wide range of people about their passion,” says Beth. “That’s really fun and it feeds my passion."

“Interested in food? Listen to what my fascinating guests have to say. Sometimes they share recipes. Sometimes we talk about the holidays. I was interested in creating something to lighten people’s day – and my own.

Jewish food just felt comfortable to me.

“I’ve learned a lot from the people I’ve interviewed. But the purpose isn’t for me to cook; I’m just the instrument to give information.”

RECIPES

Some of the recipes on her website (thebigschmear.com) sound exotic and foreign (at least to me): like zchug (a spicy Yemenite condiment) or Shtritzlach (blueberry buns).

“There are so many talented, passionate people who are focusing their energies on this thing we call Jewish food,” Beth asserts.

“It gives me confidence that this niche food is safe for many generations to come. Some are keeping original, traditional recipes intact; others are trying to bring the food into the 21st century. It’s a great adventure.” A See Recipes from “Nosh with Tash” (noshwithtash.com) and “The Big Schmear” (thebigschmear.com) below.

COCONUT “LATKES” COOKIES

From “The Big Schmear” from Chef Laura Frankel and Jamie Geller.

HORSERADISH AND ARUGULA SALAD

The only thing better than having latkes during a meal is having them twice. All the crispy, crackly, crunchy goodness of a latke smashed into a chocolate dipped coconut dessert! See ya never macaroons.

Horseradish is often an ingredient that makes it into at least one dish for a Hanukkah spread... but rarely, if ever, is it fresh horseradish, which is about 1,000 times more delicious than the kind in the jar. I highly recommend you give it a go this year. It’s an unassuming little root that packs huge flavor and can last in your fridge for quite some time. In this recipe, the combination of mustard, vinegar, citrus juices, arugula and horseradish makes this the perfect simple salad to stand up to whatever else you’re serving (i.e., short ribs or your main protein, and latkes). A great, crisp, simple green salad with a zingy dressing balances out the delicious unctuousness (my boyfriend’s favorite word) of a dish like short ribs or beef bourguignon.

Ingredients:

From “Nosh with Tash”

• 1 - 14 ounce bag of sweetened coconut • 2 egg whites • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • Pinch of salt • 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate • Sprinkles • Sea salt to taste • Makes about 16 cookies

Directions:

Ingredients:

Dressing: • 1/4 cup fresh horseradish, zested • 1/4 cup olive oil • 1 tablespoons fresh lemon juice • 1 tablespoon fresh tangerine juice • 1/8 teaspoon sea salt • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper • 1/2 teaspoon stone ground mustard • 1 1/2 teaspoons honey • 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar Salad: • 3/4 pound baby arugula • 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped • serves 6

Directions:

1. Combine all salad dressing ingredients in lidded jar.

Shake well.

2. Taste to make sure you don’t want to add any more salt, sugar or acid.

3. Grab your favorite salad bowl.

4. Toss all salad ingredients together before serving or slightly salt the arugula, dress the greens, sprinkle with a big

pinch of salt and the parsley.

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1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

2. Cover your largest baking sheet in parchment paper and generously coat in canola oil.

3. In a large mixing bowl whisk together the eggs, vanilla and salt.

4. Pour in the coconut and combine well with your hands.

5. Roll a packed tablespoon full of coconut into a ball and flatten it with force between your hands. Make sure the coconut is uniformly flat and is holding together.

6. Lay the coconut cookie onto your sheet pan and continue until you’re finished with all of the “dough.”

7. Bake for 15-17 minutes until the edges are truly golden brown - you want them to be crispy once they cool.

8. Let the cookies cool for at least 15 minutes before moving on to the next step.

9. Microwave 6 ounces of bittersweet chocolate for about a min ute until the chocolate is melted and shiny.

10. Dip half of each cookie into the chocolate, or spoon chocolate over half of each cookie.

11. Generously sprinkle chocolate dipped side of cookie with sea salt and sprinkles.

12. Lay the cookies on a new sheet of parchment paper to set.

If you’d like to speed up the process, you can refrigerate the cookies for 20 minutes.

FEATURE: JCC

A New (Jewish) Christmas Tradition

BY BRIE STIMSON

“N

ecessity is the mother of invention,” Betzy Lynch, CEO of the Lawrence Family JCC says of the modern American tradition of Jews eating Chinese food on Christmas.

For the first time this year, the JCC will be hosting a Jewish Christmas event on Dec. 25, complete with glatt kosher Chinese food brought in from LA and a theatrical showing of “Funny Girl.”

Rather than have everyone spread out across San Diego, “we thought it would a great way to grow community among our Jewish friends to do it here at the J,” Betzy says. “And who doesn’t like glatt kosher Chinese food, right?”

The idea came from Betzy’s past experience at five other JCCs where they held events on Christmas, including “anything from kosher Chinese food to a pancake breakfast and different things where we’ve served the community on Dec. 25.”

While many eateries are now open on Christmas, many Jews still indulge on Chinese food. “It’s definitely of our North American context,” Betzy adds on the origins of the custom. “It’s a really sort of fun

community-building tradition and ritual that doesn’t come from any Jewish religious context but strictly from communal context, which is what’s so amazing about being Jewish, right? Is that we have this context around peoplehood as much as we do about Judaism itself and so much of the way that people, particularly in San Diego, participate in Jewish life is within that peoplehood or cultural context and so that’s why we felt like it was a great opportunity to bring people together around something that’s really sort of fun and sort of a new tradition in Jewish life.”

Betzy says due to the success at the other JCCs and the robustness of San Diego as a cultural center – and it is the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture – the idea of adding film, which they had not done at her previous JCCs made sense.

They will be showing “Funny Girl,” a musical starring Barbra Streisand, based on the life and career of Broadway star and comedian Fanny Brice. It includes famous songs like “People” (who need people) and “Don’t Rain on My Parade.” The movie, which came out in 1968, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

“In terms of popular icons and new Jew-

ish traditions, Barbra Streisand obviously is one of the prouder members of the tribe, and so I think it was an opportunity to highlight – first of all it’s hard to believe that “Funny Girl is 50 years old – but to highlight an iconic classic that has deep ties to our Jewish community, but also something fun and light for the holiday.”

While they have a capacity of 500 in the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre, “we have absolutely no idea what to expect because we’ve never done it before,” Betzy explains.

“We’re really hopeful that people come and we have a lot of flexibility with the caterer.”

She guesses attendance will be anywhere from 150 to 300 people – similar in numbers to most of their inaugural event crowd sizes.

“Our goal this year – we’re not going to judge success based on attendance – we’re going to judge success based on people’s experience because if we do a great job with this this time I’m sure it will be something that will build.”A “Funny Girl” with catered Chinese food will be on Dec. 25 at 5 p.m. The full menu is available at sdcjc.org and registration is required by Dec. 18. Tickets start at $35 (including food) for members.

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The Hanukkah You Didn’t Learn in Sunday School

BY RABBI JACOB RUPP

F

ar from our version of Xmas with eight crazy nights of fun and presents, the story of Hanukkah is by far one of the most compelling and most modern of Jewish celebrations. It is important to note that this holiday does not appear in the Torah, but rather it is mentioned in the Talmud and was established by the rabbis as a contemporary lesson to an ancient struggle.

The great irony of the holiday is the actual message it stands for; and perhaps if we knew what it was all about, it would not only fundamentally change how we relate to the season, but how we relate to America and our world as a whole.

The protagonists in the story are the Seleucid Greeks, one of the three successors to Alexander the Great who conquered much of the ancient world. From the beginning, this conquest was not military in its roots but philosophical and political. The Greeks sought to promote Greek culture through the city-states, which stressed the assimilation of the different nations and people into a panGreek identity. The focus was not to make the Jews abandon their religion at the outset, but to see themselves as effectively another sect in the Greek kingdom.

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against the Jewish people were: the outlawing of the study of the oral tradition, celebrating Shabbat, the New Month (Rosh Chodesh), circumcision, the laws relating to Jewish marriage and the decree that we must write on our money, "We do not have a share in the G-d of Israel." The Greeks also sought to put idols in our temple and level tremendous taxes.

Naturally, the saying two Jews, three opinions held up in those days as well and, as such, the Jewish community was split on how to respond to the new decrees. Many of the Jews loved the Greeks and longed to become Hellenized. To them, the Greeks were seen as the liberators of mankind, celebrating the beauty and function of the human body and the tremendous logical and philosophic development of the mind. Many Jews were attracted to their sports, their beauty, their fashion and their lifestyle.

Then there were some Jews, specifically under the auspices of Mattisyahu and his five sons, who saw the Greek threat differently.

This family was of the priestly caste (the Kohanim) who were tasked with the mission of maintaining the ritualistic integrity of Judaism. And while we may be, thank G-d, used to the modern Israeli soldier who is capable and powerful on the battlefield, these people were, in all likelihood, not warriors – their

lives had been dedicated to serving G-d in the Temple.

Now of course, we know the end of the story; for a brief period the Maccabees were successful in repelling the Greeks and pushing them from our land, but the story of Hanukkah is hardly celebrated as a military victory, despite the fact that it certainly was.

What truly set the stage for the holiday was the miracle after the holiday.

When the Temple stood, there were many laws that dealt with spiritual purity and impurity. These laws extended to people, garments, liquids and much more. In the Temple, there was a menorah, which was a seven-stemmed golden candelabra crafted and designed through G-d’s instruction, which symbolized spiritual wisdom. In deciding to restore and rededicate the lighting of the menorah with pure oil, they were acknowledging that there are times we need to strive to be pure, despite the fact that we don’t have the wherewithal to ensure we will stay that way or whether we will be able to sustain it.

Thus, the Kohanim lit the menorah with the faith of today, and didn’t concern themselves with tomorrow. The miracle that ensued – that the menorah burned for eight nights instead of one – was symbolic of the tremendous symbolic battle that had been waged.

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When the Greeks outlawed the various practices, they sought to destroy the inner essence of Judaism and leave us only with externals. They sought to make us ‘human’ and hollow of our Divine spirituality. The Oral Torah is the soul of the Torah; it is the thing that explains and makes relevant all the teachings in the Five Books of Moses. Without it, we are left with just another book!

Shabbat symbolizes the soul of time, that each week we can desist from work and focus on our spiritual essence. Rosh Chodesh symbolizes the Jew’s ability to infuse the calendar with sanctity, the same way circumcision infuses the body with sanctity and the Jewish laws of marriage infuse sanctity into our intimate lives. Jews are also taught, that even our worldly possessions and our money are part of our Divine tools to express ourselves in the world.

The Greeks sought to make us human, so they sought to destroy the elements of our Jewish lives that make us Divine. When we fought against their superior battle force to protect our spiritual essence, we saw the Divine hand manifest. Military prowess and battlefield strength alone does not guarantee success when it comes to the Jewish people (study the wars fought by the modern state of Israel for more evidence of this).

When we extended ourselves in faith to protect our spiritual uniqueness, G-d gave us a ‘kiss’ that was more powerful than the military victory. The number seven represents physicality: there are seven seas, seven colors in the rainbow, seven days to the week, etc.

Eight is the number that extends beyond spiritual and speaks to the Divine within our physical midst (think: 8th day for circumcision).

Hanukkah was the ultimate showdown between physicality and spirituality. A person needs both a body and soul to live, but the order in which they are manifest is crucial. When the body leads, the soul is weakened. When the soul is primary and the body is a vessel that serves the soul, we have sanctified ourselves and defeated the ominous ‘darkness’ of a world void of spirituality.

The modern centuries can attest to what a world without the morality of spirituality can become – dark, deep and painful. Like the dark of a winter night, the pain subjugated on the world by the nations that reject light and decency is profound. But a still small candle can dispel even the deepest darkness. Our jobs in this season, and always, is to strive to be the candle and expect the miracles to transpire once we do. A

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The Uniqueness of JCompany

BY EMILY GOULD

A

s the only theater in town that is centered around the inclusion of Jewish youth in the arts, JCompany is a San Diego institution that encapsulates life through a Jewish filter in every production.

While the theater does not exclusively cast Jewish actors, it keeps kosher and allows for Jewish kids and teens to participate by refraining from holding rehearsals or shows on Shabbat. Artistic Director Joey Landwehr explains that it’s important to “give opportunity to Jewish youth to be able to be a part of theater” because there are so few other places that cater to the needs as well as artistic desires of religious Jewish youth. Landwehr’s 13 seasons at JCompany have given him the experience and credentials to ensure that he is accommodating of both the needs of the children as well as the theater itself.

There are two main sets of players at JCompany: the main stage, which is occupied by actors from 7 to 19 years of age; and JCompany Jr., for 4, 5 and 6-year-olds who are able to create “mini shows” three to four times per year. “During season, we usually have the older kids’ show so that they can tackle more adult themes,” explains Landwehr, “while the younger children put on their own productions so that they can have the opportunity to be the leads in a show of their own.”

While “most everything in musical theater is written by a Jewish composer or play-

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wright or originally produced by a Jewish team of people, it’s difficult to find good Jewish content,” says Landwehr. As JCompany’s mission is to “explore the Jewish experience through the arts,” this can sometimes make Landwehr’s job challenging. However, he manages to tackle this by choosing at least one expressly Jewish work every year, and producing more classic shows through a lens of Judaism. For example, the theatre has just finished putting on their rendition of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame;” the production is centered around the idea that “empathy is disappearing from our world, which is a huge piece of Judaism. We need to treat others well, and that’s what we try to infuse into the show.”

Landwehr and his team try to focus on themes that are not only relevant to Judaism, but also on track with current events. Since JCompany is a youth theater, Landwehr thinks it’s important to “keep kids up on everything that’s happening in the world,” which has led him to select “Disney’s Newsies” as their next show.

“Newsies” is inspired by the newspaper strike of 1899, when thousands of newsboys boycotted the selling of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst’s publications.

Poor newsboys made a living by purchasing newspapers in a bundle of 100 papers for 50 cents, and selling each paper for 1 cent, earning a profit of half a cent per paper sold.

Because the wealthy publishers increased the price of a bundle from 50 to 60 cents, newsboys boycotted for weeks in a (successful) attempt to force Pulitzer and Hearst to drop their prices back down.

The musical ‘Newsies’ however, uses the strike as a backdrop for the plot and focuses more specifically on the influence of a newsboy, Jack Kelly, and a young female reporter, Katherine, on the strike, as well as how the secrets of Jack’s past are manipulated by his employer to coerce him into doing what he wants. “It’s all about fake news,” says Landwehr, and in an age where facts are constantly misconstrued to reveal a convenient truth to bipartisan audiences, this musical is astoundingly relevant.

The company will also be performing a production of the musical “1776;” a work about our founding fathers. Historically a primarily male cast, JCompany is putting a modern spin on things and casting an all female cast. “It’s a play about our founding mothers, if you will,” jokes Landwehr.

JCompany keeps its young players informed and privy to societal controversies by choosing thought provoking plays that brings such issues to light. A “Disney’s Newsies” will run from Jan. 11-27 and “1776” will run May 11-19 at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre. For tickets and Information go to sdcjc.org/jc/.

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LEFT: The world famous Moog synthesizers are celebrated and still manufactured at this factory and museum in Asheville.

RIGHT: Alan Muskat takes a break, while foraging with a “No Taste Like Home” tour in the mountains of Asheville,.

Surprises in the Jewish South: Asheville, North Carolina

BY JUDITH FEIN

here are a lot of reasons to love Asheville. It has easy access to nature, great food, art, music, spirituality, healing, shopping, characters galore and off-thebeaten path, out-of-the-box experiences. But what may surprise you most is the quirky, unexpected, very varied Jewish story that most of the city’s visitors don’t even notice.

They walk by Chicken Alley, which is a small, narrow street located between North Lexington Avenue and Broadway Street in Downtown Asheville. They probably stop to take a photo with the huge, arrogant male who dominates the large mural by local artist Molly Must, and his smaller, more submissive female mate. Mr. Big is a rooster, and his little lady is a hen. And besides providing bold local color, the painted chickens are a reminder of the area’s past, when

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poultry ruled the roost, so to speak, in the early l900’s. According to Asheville Jewish historian Sharon Fahrer, “Chickens used to be sold and slaughtered there. Bessie Rosen sold chickens and had the largest grocery store on the street. Jake Rosen, her husband, was the shochet, or slaughterer. He had been in the Russian army.”

The rest of the mural tells the story of those poor poultry, who used to run freely up and down the street; they hang from their feet, lifeless, waiting to make their way into kosher chicken soup.

And which of the tourists who flock to Asheville for its cool art scene and counter-culture vibe would think of exploring Jewish music? They would, if they knew that Robert Arthur Moog, who invented the Moog synthesizer, was Jewish and is buried in a Jewish cemetery in the city. Which musicians used his synthesizer? The Beatles, the Beach Boys, Bon Jovi, U2, Jeff Beck, the Byrds, the Doors, ABBA and an endless list of others.

In the Moog Music Factory, at 160 Broadway Street, you can learn all about Bob Moog (1934-2005), the genius who revolutionized rock, taught some of the most famous rockers and created an effects pedal called—what else?–– the moogerfooger. He invented a modular electronic synthesizer that had a keyboard and was compact enough to be portable. At the factory, you can try out instruments, and see workers making synthesizers today. Even if you aren’t a big music fan, you will learn, enjoy and even make a few sounds that will surprise

you. Be sure you call ahead for a tour (828251-0090), or just drop in and enjoy the experience with synthesizers in the lobby.

If gorgeous bodies appeal to you, you’ll want to stop in at the Antique Car Museum, where you’ll learn the story of Harry Blomberg, who owned a gas station, motor inns and a car dealership. He drove notables who were visiting Asheville around in a Cadillac, and his clients included President Franklin Roosevelt, Bob Hope and Gene Autry, the singing cowboy. His father Lewis told him, “You will never amount to anything. You have wheels in your head.” Well, half of it was true; he did have wheels in his head, but he did amount to something, and his antique car collection is proof. Visitors gawk in admiration at beauties like his 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, 1928 Chandler Sedan, l915 Ford Model T, 1940 Packard Coupe, 1925 Dodge Touring and 1928 Pontiac Sedan.

If you sign up for a walk and “forest bathing” with No Taste Like Home in the lush, mountainous countryside around Asheville, you may not realize that a nice Jewish boy named Alan Muskat owns the company. Far more than a hobby, foraging is a lifestyle for Muskat, who is probably the most famous ecological citizen of the city. He is also a mushroom maven, and he teaches people to live close to the land, forage and grow wild plants. During the tour, you will set out to meet, greet and then eat wild plants after a cooking lesson. For a special treat, you can take your basketful of edible herbs, plants and mushrooms, and deliver them to Mar-

LEFT: A mural commemorates “Chicken Alley” in downtown Asheville, NC. RIGHT: A small Jewish historic cemetery in Asheville

ketplace Restaurant where the chef will transform them into gourmet dishes when you dine later that night.

On the subject of food, a very popular and wonderful Indian restaurant named Chai Pani serves Indian street food. Prepare your palate to be delighted with new taste sensations. The owner and chef, Meherwan Irani, is married to a Jewish girl from Asheville, and she may pop in while you are eating there. And in West Asheville, Bim BeriBon serves feel-good food. You can go there for rutabaga latkes and Russian borscht. It’s not kosher, but it’s food with a modern spin from the Eastern European homeland.

And if you are in town on a Friday night from April to October, after dinner stop by Pritchard Park on Patton Avenue at College Street. Locals gather there for a Drum Circle, with drummers and dancers of every size, shape, age and ethnicity drumming and dancing. It has no Jewish connection, but it’s good for the soul.

Sharon Fahrer says that out of a population of 90,000 in Asheville, there are about 3,500 Jews; they are secular, Reform, Chabad and Conservative. “In early 2000, a friend said we had to document Jewish history in the area, so I became a Jewish historian,” Fahrer explains. “At the University of North Carolina Asheville, The Center for Jewish Studies is a bridge between the local community and the university and brings programs and lecturers relevant to Jewish content. Six of the university’s buildings are Jewish related, which is a testimony to the local involvement of the Jewish community

with the university. We put up 3x5 foot panels at each, telling its Jewish relevance. For example, one is the track that was named for Karl Straus, a German Jewish estate lawyer.

He was a runner himself and on the university board.”

As a fascinating side note to her research about Asheville, Fahrer and project partner Jan Schochet went to Sylva, a small town with a population of 2,500, about an hour away from Asheville. Sol Schulman was closing out his clothing store, and after 71 years of business, they figured Sol would have a lot of stories. They put a notice in the newspaper that they were doing a story about Sol, and “people lined up to tell us Sol stories,” Fahrer reports. One example concerns Sol hiring architect Charles Parker, the man who built the famous Grove Arcade in Asheville, to design his home. Sol figured he might need money because it was the Depression. And he was right. Charles Parker agreed to build Sol’s house. Then he wanted the best builder and pursued him until he said yes. He gave the builder a suit when the house was done, and he stuffed the suit pockets with money because he did such a good job. The delighted builder said, “You know any other Jews who need their houses built?”

Fahrer and Schochet also undertook a project called The Family Store, A History of Jewish Businesses in Downtown Asheville from 1880-1990. They found over 425 Jewish businesses on the downtown streets.

They examined and put panels in the windows of 11 of those businesses. “We went on

a right wing radio show to contact people we couldn’t get to,” Fahrer recalls. “People started calling up with stories of the Jewish businesses. Panels went into stores, we made a brochure, and the exhibit went up three times in the downtown area—in places like the public library, the Lifelong Learning Institute and the Asheville Art Museum.

The panels were about streets, people, and stores.”

On her 90-minute Jewish walking tour of Asheville, Fahrer makes one unexpected stop: Basilica St. Lawrence. She leads guests through the spectacular, elliptical-shaped interior, and points to a plaque between the images of Popes John XXIII and Paul VI. The plaque is from Rabbi Sidney E. Unger, who served in Asheville from the 1940’s to the 60’s. He was friendly with the monsignor of the church, and he donated the plaques for the two popes who told their flocks to stop blaming Jews for the death of Christ.

In the Montford historic neighborhood, you may want to visit the Victorian-style, rural Riverside cemetery. Notables who are buried there include writers William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry and also Thomas Wolf. A sign with the words “Beth ha-Tephila cemetery organized 1891” designates the small Jewish area. Among those interred is Carrie Long, who was part of the Coen Mills family. They made denim for Levi Strauss and had mills all over North Carolina. Her husband, M.L. Long, was one of the founders of Congregation Beth ha Tephila in 1891; it was Asheville’s first synagogue.

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LEFT: Zebulon Baird Vance monument stands as a landmark in one of Asheville’s most lively dining and entertainment districts.

MIDDLE: Harry Blomberg’s collection in the Estes-Winn Antique Car Museum in Grovewood Village.

RIGHT: Plaques donated by Rabbi Sidney E. Unger.

According to Fahrer, Asheville is at an altitude of 2,200 feet. Back in the day, the roads were very bad and access was difficult. But once a toll road was built, it became a busy trade route, and some Jews were probably involved in trade. According to one source, local Cherokee Indians called Jews “egg eaters” because they wouldn’t eat meat.

One of the first documented Jews came to Asheville in 1860 to escape the Civil War that was raging in Charleston, South Carolina. It was much calmer in Asheville, because there weren’t a lot of slaves, and those that were slaves didn’t work as field hands. They were skilled and made bricks, shod the horses and worked as domestics.

During and after the war, one of the most prominent citizens was Zebulon Baird Vance, who served as a Confederate military office and became governor. He befriended Samuel Wittkowsky, a Jewish merchant and gave a speech that became significant to Jews in North Carolina and around the country. Referred to as the “Scattered Nation” speech, it was a plea for respect and tolerance for Jews and illustrated the governor’s commitment to justice. “He liked assimilated German Jews, and advocated for them,” Fahrer says of the governor. “He wasn’t so nice about immigrant Jews. B’nai Brith and the United Daughters of the Confederacy did a joint ceremony at his monument on his birthday.”

Later on, in the 1930’s, a self-proclaimed American Hitler, William Dudley Pelley, was a vocal anti-Semite. He organized the Silver Shirts, modeled after Hitler’s Brownshirts, and their headquarters were in Asheville.

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They wore silver shirts and had a printing press. How did the local Jews mobilize against him? They got together with the sheriff of Asheville and eventually ran him and his underground fascist organization out of town on the pretext that Pelley was bad for local business.

In 1880, the railroad came to Asheville and population grew exponentially. Immigrants, which included Jews, followed the rail lines, but people also came to the area for their health. Asheville was home to the first tuberculosis sanitarium in America, and people who fled from the plagues of malaria and yellow fever also arrived. It is documented that some Jews came from Alabama to escape yellow fever.

By 1891, there were enough Jews in Asheville– more than 60– to form a congregation.

They called themselves Conservatives even though they weren’t Conservative; it was a move to get them all together. In 1899, an Orthodox congregation was established.

They made chicken soup for people with tuberculosis. By 1906, there was a Zionist organization. In 1916, a YMHA was established.

The Jews of Asheville were in touch with and plugged into the Jewish world outside of their city and state. Merchants traveled to New York and business dealings with other Jews were widespread.

In Asheville, people readily did business with Jews, but Jews couldn’t stay in some hotels, live in certain neighborhoods or belong to country clubs to socialize with important people. “So they made their own country club,” Fahrer reports. “Jews were OK to do

business with but not after 6 p.m.”

With great ingenuity and inventiveness, Jews continued to excel and they made a mark in industry, performance, the arts, textiles, philanthropy, health, education and even clothing. Bob Bayer, for example, introduced disposable clothes with the Mars company. Under the “Wastebasket Boutique” label, he developed a paper dress, foil evening gowns, bathing suits, and even paper football jerseys and kids’ clothes.

Other clothiers were active in improving the health of locals. The Vanderbilt shirt factory, for example, was owned by three forward-thinking Jewish guys. They saw that many of the Appalachian people who worked in their factory were losing their front teeth, so they brought in someone to teach them about nutrition.

And entertainers like Ira Bernstein, from Long Island, arrived in Asheville. He specializes in Appalachian flatfooting and performs all over the world—doing clogging, flatfoot and step.

“Jews are so interconnected with Asheville,” Fahrer says, adding with pride, “We have even had three Jewish mayors. Asheville’s Jewish community has made contributions well beyond the proportion of its numbers to the Asheville community.” A Sharon Fahrer: history-at-hand.com or 828777-1014. She is also the author of Shalom’ville.

For further information about Asheville, and to plan a trip: exploreAsheville.com. A Award-winning travel journalist, author, and speaker Judith Fein is a former resident of San Diego. Her website is: globaladventure.us.

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open on Jan. 11. The show was supposed to run last summer, but the musical “Once” was so popular it was extended and ran for 16 weeks, so they moved “A Jewel in the Crown City” to January. “It’s kind of a super cabaret that looks at a lot of the work that we’ve done over the 25 years and uses music to kind of be the marker for that,” Robert says.

Next “Chaps,” about a cowboy singing group at the BBC during World War II, will open March 1. The Tex Riley Radio Round-

up is coming to London to perform on the radio and for the troops, but “only their manager gets through, a young woman, because of a bombing raid, and so all the guys at BBC kind of have to pretend to be Tex Riley Radio Roundup. So it’s funny, but it’s also an interesting look at that period in time and it’s got cowboy music in it so it’s kind of different from stuff you see nowadays,” he says.

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es the amazing food that they’re being served. And you Just in time for su first time on June 21. e th r fo o discover that this woman used to be one of the leading ad on or C in en tape” will op at the chefs in Paris.” ow to sold-out audiences Just in time for summer, Lamb’s long running hit Lamb’s produced the sh show is a ago. The “Mixtape.” s ar ye l “Mixtape” will open in Coronado for the first time on ra ve se er at he T Grand s.

June 21. Lamb’s produced the show to sold-out audienc- Horton politics to music to movie es at the Horton Grand Theatre several years ago. The nostalgic look at the 80s from show is a nostalgic look at the 80s from politics to music yone who remembers the an r Fo !

V T M y m t an w “I to movies. Think: “I want my MTV!” For anyone who Think: ld be evocative ou sh s it’ s, 80 e th r be em remembers the 80s or wants to remember the 80s, it m 80s or wants to re should be evocative of a simpler time of cordful phones, , teased hair and shoules on ph l fu rd co of e tim teased hair and shoulder pads. of a simpler Lastly next season, Lamb’s will produce “Ring Around r pads. the Moon” in October. Playwright Christopher Fry de ing Around the “R e uc od pr ill w b’s m La , adapts Jean Anouih’s classic “Invitation to the Castle” for Lastly this season her Fry adapts Jean op ist hr C a “delightful romantic adventure” about love and money. ht rig w ay Pl . er ob in Oct htful Lamb’s has (just like other theaters) been trying to en- Moon” to the Castle” for a “delig tice younger audiences to the theater, and Robert says Anouih’s classic “Invitation oney. their efforts are paying off. “‘Once’ was fabulous for that. venture” about love and m We had tons of younger people coming in and we’re get-romantic ad ters) been trying to entice ting younger people to even become season ticket hold- Lamb’s has (just like other thea ers, which is a big move that’s pretty rare and our Under and Robert says their ef r, te ea th e th to s ce en di 35 club has like quadrupled in size. So we’re pleased withyounger au e that . We had fo us lo bu fa as w e” nc all of that. I think it’s partly the way we do the marketing “O forts are paying off. and partly the material that we’re putting on.” He says he e’re getting younge w d an in g in m co le op pe was surprised by how many young people came to seetons of younger t holders which is a bi ke tic on their musical version of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” at the as se e m co be en people to ev e qua end of season 18. d out under 35 club has lik Aside from their 25th anniversary milestone in Coro-move that ‘s pretty rare an of that. I think it l al ith w nado, their touring group starting in 1971 and they spent d se ea pl e e’r w So size . i 17 years in National City, starting in 1978. When I askdrupled in ting and part of the mater him about how he feels about Lamb’s prospects he sayspart of the way we do the marke modestly, “the doors stay open.” That’s an understatewas surprised by how man he ys sa e H .” on ng tti pu that we’re ment. A rsion of Jane Au

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For more information on season 19 go to lambsplayers.org/young shows.

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Arts

What’s Going on at Malashock Dance?

BY EMILY GOULD

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alashock Dance is a locally owned, award-winning dance studio that has graced the San Diego area with its productions for 30 years. Founded by Artistic Director John Malashock in 1988, Malashock Dance has been committed to creating original, musically varied works that touch audiences by focusing on intimate character relationships. While the studio is fully professional, Malashock’s company functions around three main pillars: the professional dance company which creates and produces its own shows, the Malashock Dance School for kids and teens and youth and community outreach programs. One of Malashock Dance’s most significant partnerships in the way of youth outreach is their Math in Motion program, which helps students conceptualize algebraic and geometric patterns in real life –particularly, dance and the arts.

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The company has won six Emmy Awards for its original dance films, and the founder himself won the Bravo Icon Award in 2017. Malashock Dance has also worked in conjunction with UCSD TV to create dance films in various San Diego locations, with KPBS to produce stage shows, as well as with the Jewish Arts Festival to create a number of projects.

The studio has many collaborative projects with composers, musical organizations, the opera, the symphony and the Museum of Art as John Malashock enjoys “seeing how dance [and his own choreography] mixes with other art forms, and how they can enhance each other.”

While most might classify the primary genre of Malashock Dance’s productions to be contemporary in nature, Malashock insists that the studio is “not all that genre specific because, at some point, creativity is creativity.” The styles of dance employed vary greatly from project to project, as some are heavily story based, while others are about creating a physical interpretation of the music.

Just like the styles of dance, Malashock also uses a mélange of musical genres: classical, contemporary and pop, to name a few. “The show we just did, [“Eye of the Beholder”], was made up of 14 short pieces; all the music was quite different.” The artistic director also loves to coproduce new works with composers whenever possible in order to come up with something unique but still accessible. Malashock prefers to work with music that is appealing on a large scale, in order to satisfy audiences’ musical cravings rhythmically and harmonically. He also tends to employ live musicians for his performances; for instance, the company is “doing a big project this spring with the Art of Élan featuring a string quartet.”

Malashock’s own 10-year career of performing with various companies in locations all over the world (including Europe, Asia, South America and Mexico), led him to found Malashock Dance and influences his production choices today. “The company sort of grew organically,” Malashock explains. He halted his own performance career because there “was a point where the amount of touring plus having a family became too much,” so the Malashocks moved back to California. But the “need to be back in the studio making work, led to pulling a group of people together to produce, which grew to a new organization and company.”

Malashock choreographs most everything that the company puts on, which is typically one show in the fall, a more “major show” in the spring and a sprinkling of smaller events and collaborations. His studio also hosts a large fundraiser each year, which Malashok describes as being a “fun intersection of dance, art, music, fashion and food.”

What’s next?

The studio’s winter production of “Making Dance: The Future Starts Now” will be exhibited at the San Diego Symphony Festival. It will give the audience a totally unique look on the behind-the-scenes process of creating choreography, as they will get to witness John Malashock himself produce a show from scratch right in front of their eyes. He will generate a production by “developing the partner work” of his dancers to music that is chosen by the festival director, and performed by a live musician. The “beauty is that the people get to see [the production of the show] from the inception.” It’s one night only, but the artistic value will last a lifetime.

“Making Dance: The Future Starts Now” premiers Jan. 19th at Idea 1 in the East Village at The San Diego Symphony Orchestra: Hearing the Future. For tickets and information go to malashockdance.org/events/ the-future-is-now/. A Kislev • Tevet 5779 SDJewishJournal.com 71

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C r e a t i v i t y

A Mix of Experiences at New Village Arts in Carlsbad

PHOTOGAPHS BY DAREN

BY LEORAH GAVIDOR

Casts of “Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley” and “Smokey Joe’s Cafe.”

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t New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad, the focus is on the artist. The intimate 100-seat space allows the audience to be close to the actors and musicians on stage while experiencing a full-scale stage performance.

Focus is on the visual artist as well. Patrons and the public alike can browse the Foundry—a studio/gallery space where 17 local artists make art come alive –– Just stroll into New Village Arts during business hours.

Kristianne Kurner, now executive artistic director, founded New Village Arts 18 years ago. Kurner was a member of the first grad-

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uating class at James Lipton’s Actor’s Studio in New York, where she earned an MFA in acting. She moved to LA and found the theater scene there was not thriving. Then the family moved to Carlsbad, where her parents and grandparents live.

“I wanted to start a theater company in Carlsbad, where there wasn’t one. I thought the community could sustain a theater,” said Kurner.

Turns out she was right. New Village Arts started life in a repurposed chicken coop that could accommodate an audience of 25.

When shows started selling out consistently,

they moved to a larger space in the Jazzercise warehouse. Now on State Street in Carlsbad Village, the theater is a staple of North County and has been a catalyst in the revitalization of the neighborhood.

Each year brings six shows to the New Village stage, with eclectic musical acts interspersed. Klezmer musicians Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi will entertain the crowd on Dec. 2 and a festive Christmas Cabaret whets the holiday appetite Dec. 9 and 10. Then for something completely different—four-part folk harmony Berkley Hart Selis Twang on Jan. 12.

“We work to provide a mix of experiences,” Kurner said of the theater’s programming.

“Our patrons say it’s like going to a completely different theater every time they come to a show.”

This effort is definitely evident in the plays Kurner and her staff selected this season.

From a romantic comedy set in 1815 to a big rock-n-roll revue to a tall tale of the Wild West, the next few months of shows boomerang backward and forward in time and cover a breadth of topics.

“Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” is a sequel (of sorts) set two years after the end of “Pride and Prejudice,” in 1815. A comedy by two contemporary female playwrights, the story follows the romantic aspirations of

middle sister Mary, quiet and bookish in Jane Austen’s novel.

Kurner is the director of the holiday play, running Nov. 16-Dec. 23. She said it was especially fun to watch the costumes take shape in the iconic Regency style of the time—empire waistlines for the ladies, tailcoats for the gentlemen.

Playing Jan. 25-March 17, “Smokey Joe’s Café” is a toe-tapping, thigh-slapping tribute to two songwriters who “invented” rock-nroll: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The two Jewish guys met and began writing together in LA in the 1950s, penning such hits as “Hound Dog,” “Stand by Me” and “Jailhouse Rock.” The show features 40 of their songs against a backdrop of the classic themes of love lost, won and imagined—in a rollicking yet compelling piece of musical theater.

Coming in April, Kurner is excited for the premiere of “The Servant of Two Masters,” a modern adaptation of an old Italian favorite

by Carlo Goldoni.

Kurner calls it “A big, bold comedy.” Hilarity ensues when trickster Truffaldino signs on to work for two bosses, in hopes of double wages and double dinners. Look forward to laughter, music, wisecracking and “every trick in the theatrical rucksack.” Starring Samantha Ginn as Truffaldino.

Next in line and last in the season is “Bella:

An American Tall Tale,” from May 24-June 30. Kurner herself is in awe of the “crazy creativity” that her staff is exhibiting in bringing the production to life. New Village Arts worked hard to get the rights to the West Coast premiere of the new musical, which debuted in Dallas in 2017 and was onstage off-Broadway in 2018. Set in the “wild” west of the 1870s, Bella follows an African-American heroine as she attempts to escape a scandalous past and find her buffalo soldier.

Audiences can look forward to scenic set projections, fabulous, flouncy costumes and a robust score.

But it’s not just formal spectator experiences in the theater that Kurner strives to bring her audiences: off-stage, out-of-theater experiences of the art form are equally important.

In January, the theater’s community outreach effort, Teatro Pueblo Nuevo, takes the show on the road to bring three Carlsbad middle schools “Cinderella Eats Rice and Beans,” a bilingual (English/Spanish) reimagining of the classic fairy tale. Kurner estimates that 2,500 children who don’t have theater programs at school will see the play.

Talk-backs and sneak peeks allow actors and audiences to interact and appreciate each other. Kurner hopes to foster a collaborative approach that honors the work of the actors and values input from all those who put on

the show—lighting designers, set designers, costumers, crew.

Kurner is especially gratified by New Village Arts offerings of community outreach programs for seniors and special needs teens.

Monday Night Live! pairs teens who have autism or Down syndrome with neurotypical peers to explore artistic themes through different forms of acting—like movement, show hosting, stand-up, music, scene work and more. Students acquire acting skills based on their individual interests. The program concludes with an on-stage performance, of course.

Mindful Theater is a new program for seniors designed to help mitigate the effects of Alzheimer’s and dementia through performance and improvisation. Studies show that theater and improv improve cognition, memory and brain function for individuals with cognitive challenges. Kurner hopes the program will contribute to the well-being of community members. Now in its formative stages, the program is recruiting participants.

For Kurner, improving the quality of life in her community is what New Village Arts is all about. She sees theater as a shared experience: a collaboration between artists and audiences that allows us to engage with relevant and inspiring stories while going on an adventure together. A

New Village Arts on State Street, a catalyst in Carlsbad Village’s revitalization.

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DIVERSIONS: The Waverly Gallery

‘Manchester by the Sea’ Director’s Latest Broadway Play Follows a Jewish Family Dealing With Tragedy

BY CURT SCHLEIER VIA JTA NEWS

“The Waverly Gallery,” which runs through Jan. 27 at the John Golden Theatre in New York, has been quickly and widely hailed as a triumph. Elaine May, who stars as aging Jewish family matriarch Gladys Green, has made many headlines, for good reason — her tear-jerking performance, her first on a Broadway stage in over 50 years, could earn her a Tony Award.

Kenneth Lonergan, 56, is best known for his 2016 film “Manchester by the Sea,” a slow-burning drama that earned him an Academy Award for best original screenplay and a nomination for best director. But he had a long and successful career both in film and on the stage well before that. He has been involved in everything from sensitive indie films (he wrote and directed “You Can Count on Me,” which earned an Oscar nomination for best screenplay) to period pieces (he co-wrote Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York”) to comedies (he co-wrote “Analyze This,” which starred Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal).

Despite his varied and acclaimed output, nothing can really prepare the viewer for the power of his latest Broadway production. It is in fact a revival of a 2000 play that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize — but likely flew under the radar for many since it was off-Broadway.

In the play, Gladys lives alone in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, where she runs a small art gallery and is starting to show signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Her grandson, Daniel (played by Lucas Hedges, who broke out in “Manchester by the Sea”) lives next door, and Daniel’s mother and stepfather host her for a weekly dinner. As the Gladys they know slowly slips away, the Jewish family deals with a range of feelings, from frustration to compassion.

Most of the play is autobiographical, lending the story extra emotional punch. In real life, Lonergan is Daniel. Ellen Fine (Joan Allen) is in fact Kenneth’s mom and her husband, How-

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ard (David Cromer), is Lonergan’s stepfather.

Lonergan, a Bronx native who was born to a Jewish mom and Irish dad, both physicians, had a “secular Jewish” upbringing. His parents divorced, and his mother remarried and moved to the Upper West Side.

“More religious people might call us ersatz Jews,” he said. “I was raised in an environment where most people I knew were Jewish. Some were bar mitzvahed, some were not. Some of my [step] siblings were bar mizvahed. I don’t think it’s unusual.”

May, now 86, also is Jewish: She was born Elaine Berlin and performed with her father’s traveling Yiddish theater company as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1950s with her then-comedy partner, the late Mike Nichols — who was Jewish as well, and would go on to direct films such as “The Graduate” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” May was last seen on the Broadway stage in 1961 as part of “An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May.” Lonergan was close to his grandmother, “pretty much as in the play,” he said, noting that they had dinner weekly and lived in the same building. That made the play difficult to write.

During the writing process, his parents weren’t aware of what Lonergan was putting together.

“When I did show it, it was with some trepidation,” he said.

“They said it was very difficult to go through it again, but they always came to the readings and saw it performed.” “[My grandmother] was very important to me. I was watching her fall apart. I remember her [healthier] from when I was young,” he said. “I wrote it not long after she died. It was a tremendously painful experience for her and the rest of us as well. It wasn’t easy, but I thought it was something I needed to do.” A

FROM MY KOSHER JERUSALEM KITCHEN

FOOD: Sybil Kaplan

by Sybil Kaplan Sybil Kaplan is a journalist, author, compiler/editor of 9 kosher cookbooks and food writer for North American Jewish publications, who lives in Jerusalem where she leads weekly walks of the Jewish food market, Machaneh Yehudah, in English.

One of the things I have enjoyed the most as a food writer is learning the food customs of Jews from around the world.

When it comes to doughnuts, all of the communities make a dough dessert fried in oil. If you, too, want to celebrate Hanukkah with food, try some of these interesting doughnuts.

Hanukkah Doughnuts

TALIA’S SUFGANIYOT FOR JUNIOR COOKS Dov Noy (z”l), renowned Israel folklorist and ethnologist, relates a Bukhharian fable, which says the first sufganiya was a sweet given to Adam and Eve as compensation after their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. He says the word sufganiya comes from the Hebrew word, sof (meaning end), gan (meaning garden) and Ya (meaning G-d). Thus the word means, the end of G-d’s garden.

According to Noy, this fable was created at the beginning of the 20th century, since sufganiya was a new Hebrew word coined by pioneers.

Some say sufganiyot, which means sponge-like, are reminiscent of the sweet, spongy cookie popular along the Mediterranean since the time of the Maccabees. Hebrew dictionaries say the word actually comes from the Greek word, sufgan, meaning puffed and fried.

These are the traditional Israeli doughnuts which can be filled or left plain.

Talia was 5 ½ years old when she gave me this recipe. Today she is grown, a mother of four, a tour guide married to a photographer and living in the scene of the Hanukkah story, Modiin.

3 ½ cups flour 1 ½ cups plain yogurt 2 eggs 2 T. sugar Pinch salt ½ tsp. vanilla oil

1. In a mixing bowl, supervised by an adult, combine flour, yogurt, sugar and salt.

Add eggs and vanilla and blend.

2. Heat oil in a deep pot (with an adult’s help). Drop dough by tablespoon into oil. Fry until brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels.

When cool to the touch, fill, using a tube or a large syringe, with your favorite jelly.

Roll in confectioners’ sugar.

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what’s goin’on? | BY EILEEN SONDAK |

The Symphony’s Fox Film Series will feature “Love Actually in Concert,” a screening of the holiday classic accompanied by the full orchestra, on Dec. 14. The Family Concert Series is set to perform “Noel Noel,” a program that includes a holiday music sing-along and activities for the kids. That event is coming this way on Dec. 16. On Dec. 15, 21 and 22, you can see Sameer Patel conduct the orchestra for traditional holiday music – accompanied by the San Diego Master Chorale.

The San Diego Opera has a family-friendly opera this month,

“Truce” at the SD Opera.

“Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”

The Old Globe’s kid-friendly holiday favorite, “Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” is on the Main Stage welcoming the small fry set to the season. The whimsical Christmas classic will continue to entertain San Diego families through Dec. 29, with its charming story (set in Whoville), original music by Mel Marvin, delightful dancing, and eye-popping costumes.

Another take on Christmas is residing at the White Theater through Dec. 31. The world premiere of “Looking for Christmas, the new Clint Black Christmas Musical,” features songs

by Clint Black (who co-wrote the book as well) and a heartwarming tale based on a military man’s return from battle in Afghanistan to search for healing with his family. This could turn out to be another enduring holiday classic.

The San Diego Symphony will start off the month on Dec. 2 with “Mozart and Dvorak,” a program that features Jeff Thayer on violin and Johannes Debus on the podium. Among the works performed are Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 (Turkish) and Dvorak’s Sixth Symphony. That de“Love Actually” lightful mix will be followed on Dec. 6, with “Baroque and the Mandolin” (one of the Rush Hour 2.0 performances scheduled this year). “Vivaldi and Bach with Avi Avital” – a concert that spotlights Avital on mandolin and a six-piece program that includes works by Vivaldi, J.S. Bach and Stravinsky is slated for Dec. 7-8.

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as part of its Detour Series at the Balboa Theatre. “Hansel & Gretel,” puts an operatic flair on the fairytale, with darkly dramatic music by Engelbert Humperdinck to propel the storyline. The opera will run Dec. 1-9, with Ari Pelto conducting the orchestra.

City Ballet’s 26th anniversary season continues with 12 performances of the Christmas bon bon, “The Nutcracker,” Dec. 7 – 23. The City Ballet Orchestra will accompany the dancers for this full-length version of the perennial favorite, set to the glorious music of Tchaikovsky.

La Jolla Playhouse chose “The Year to Come” for its December offering at the Mandell Weiss Theatre. The world premiere, ensconced Dec. 4 – 30, takes place at a New Year’s family gathering in a Florida backyard. Anne Kauffman directs this new play.

Broadway-San Diego’s production of “Waitress” winds down its stay at the Civic Theater on Dec. 2. This uplifting musical (inspired by the beloved film) tells the story of a waitress and expert pie maker who seizes an opportunity to change her unfulfilling life. The organization will present a one-night-only performance of “Mannheim Steamroller Christmas” on Dec. 29 at the Civic.

Jane Kaczmarek stars in La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere of “The Year to Come.”

North Coast Repertory Theatre is ready to bring “Always Patsy Cline” to local audiences. The dramatic musical (based on the true story of the singer’s friendship with a fan) will take over NCR’s Solana Beach home Dec. 12-30.

Of course, many of the legend’s biggest hits are included in the show.

San Diego Repertory Theatre continues to show off its “sequel” to Ibsen’s masterpiece, “A Doll’s House.” Dubbed “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” this witty new work (which garnered eight Tony nominations) begins 15 years later, when Nora is back

with a personal history of freedom and independence that is both modern and familiar. Sounds fascinating. You can see for yourself until Dec. 16.

Coronado Playhouse is featuring the charm and musical dynamite of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical classic about the trials and tribulations of Israel’s favorite son, will light up the stage through Dec. 16.

Cygnet Theatre will continue to bring the timeless classic, “A Christmas Carol,” to audiences at the Old Town Theater through Dec. 30. Sean Murray directed the popular seasonal offering, with its Victorian-theme and music that flows through the storyline.

The Lamb’s Players will be featuring “Reaching for the Stars,” through Dec. 30. This year’s version of the Lamb’s annual Christmas offering abounds with old and new holiday songs.

The Welk Theatre is delivering a jaunty musical comedy – the live version of the popular film, “Mama Mia.” The show will be performed on weekends through Feb. 24. A sit-down dinner is available prior to the performance.

Tim Shaw’s exhibition “Beyond Reason.”

The Museum of Art is showcasing “Tim Shaw’s Beyond Reason,” an exhibition dealing with themes of global terrorism, free speech, abuse of power and artificial intelligence. Shaw’s work will be ensconced through Feb. 24. Also on view is work

by Mexican sculptor Javier Marin.

The Timken Museum is highlighting “Rococo Rivals & Revivals,” an exhibition that explores the style that flourished in the 18th century. The show, ensconced through Dec. 30, includes important works borrowed from around the country.

Among the standouts are paintings by Jean-Antoine Watteau, Francois Boucher and Jean-Honore Fragonard – and three contemporary porcelains by Chris Antemann.

The San Diego Automotive Museum is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a retrospective exhibit running through

Jan. 27. It will feature vehicles that have been on display since its opening in 1988.

Birch Aquarium is highlighting “Hall of Fishes,” which also serves as a working laboratory. Birch has an installation on light by scientist Michael Latz and another exhibition that helps you understand Scripps’ expeditions to discover and protect the planet. “Expedition at Sea” includes a 33-foot long projected triptych and hands-on learning opportunities.

The newest exhibition at the Birch is “Research in Action: 100 Island Challenge,” an exhibit that explores the way reefs are adapting to our rapidly changing planet. Also on display is “Oddities: Hidden Heroes of the Scripps Collection,” a comic book-inspired exhibit that highlights amazing adaptations of ocean species.

The Reuben Fleet Science Center will be showing four films: “Great Barrier Reef,” Pandas,” and two special additions: “Volcanoes,” which examines the contribution of volcanoes to the wildlife ecosystem and their impact on humans and “Jerusalem” (only here through Jan. 6). The film takes us up close to one of the oldest and most beloved cities on Earth.

Also at the Fleet is the “Renegade Science Project,” which escorts visitors through the park for a 90-minute exploration.

The Fleet is offering “Dream, Design, Build” – an exhibition that explores the museum’s collection of interactive engineering activities (and will remain on permanent display), and “Myth Busters: The Explosive Exhibit” – a hands-on, family-friendly experience that combines popular scientific facts with innovative displays. “Myth Busters” has been extended through Jan. 6. “Taping Shape 2.0,” which uses hundreds of rolls of packing tape to create a world of translucent spaces and tunnels, is also on view. The Fleet has several other permanent exhibitions, including “Don’t Try This at Home,” “Tinkering Studio” (which has evolved into “Studio X”), “Block Busters” and “Origins in Space.” Its newest is “It’s Electric,” an interactive show that explores the fundamentals of electricity.

The Natural History Museum recently added “Escape the Nat” – an escape room experience that dares you to solve puzzles and save the world. “The Backyard” – a new gallery for the five-and-under set – and “Backyard Wilderness” (a 3-D film) are also on tap. The NAT is featuring “Extraordinary Ideas from Ordinary people: A History of Citizen Science.”

Among the items on view in this exhibition are rare books, art and historical documents.

“Coast to Cactus in California,” and “Unshelved: Cool Stuff from Storage” – a display of specimens from around the world – are also on view. “Unshelved” will be ensconced at the NAT for the next two years. Check out “Oceans 3-D: Our Blue Planet” (a global odyssey to discover the largest habitat on Earth) and “Ocean Oasis.” The museum also offers “Fossil Mysteries,” “Water: A California Story” and “Skulls.”

The San Diego History Center is featuring the first exhibition in Balboa Park exploring San Diego’s LBGTQ+ community.

The History Museum’s permanent exhibition, “Placed Promises,” chronicles the history of the San Diego region – and the America’s Cup Exhibition, highlights the sailing race held in San Diego three times since 1988. A Kislev • Tevet 5779 SDJewishJournal.com 77

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Hillel Wins Lawsuit Over Building of Glickman Hillel Center at UCSD A superior court judge ruled in favor of the City of San Diego and Hillel of San Diego, upholding Hillel’s right to build the Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center across La Jolla Village Drive from UC San Diego. This legal victory is a crucial step forward in Hillel’s effort to build a facility to serve Jewish students at UC San Diego. Approved in October 2017 by a unanimous vote of the San Diego City Council, the Glickman Center will provide a permanent home for Hillel in La Jolla.

Numerous lawsuits against the project, dating back to as early as 2006, have been filed by “TRLU,” an organization with only one listed member. The latest suit, filed in 2017, sought to invalidate the City Council’s most-recent approval of Hillel’s Glickman Center by alleging myriad violations of law. Earlier this year, Judge Taylor threw out TRLU’s claims that the City violated the U.S. and California constitutions.

More than 1,300 Attend Jewish National Fund’s Annual Conference in Arizona More than 1,300 people congregated in Arizona last month for the Jewish National Fund’s annual national conference. At the event, Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin described being inspired by JNF’s work with Special in Uniform during her first trip to Israel this year. JNF Chairman Ronald S. Lauder spoke on putting aside political differences, Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt of Emory University led a discussion on Holocaust denial and New York Times op-ed editor Bari Weiss talked about her home synagogue – Tree of Life in Pittsburgh where 11 people were killed last month. “We will build a Jewish people and a Jewish state that are not only safe and resilient, but self-aware, meaningful, generative, humane, joyful and life-affirming,” said Weiss.

Judge Timothy Taylor’s decision last month denied TRLU’s petition and decisively stated, “the court’s review is limited to determining whether the City proceeded in a manner required by law (which it did) and whether the March, 2017 determinations in the EIR were supported by substantial evidence (which they were).” In response to TRLU’s argument that the Glickman Hillel Center should be relocated elsewhere, Judge Taylor stated in court, “We don’t do that in the United States ... That is evocative of Eastern Europe and not appropriate.”

“This was a baseless lawsuit, and we are heartened that Judge Taylor confirmed Hillel’s lawful right to build,” said Joel Smith, President of the Board of Directors of Hillel of San Diego. “We are especially delighted that our project will serve as a welcoming beacon of inclusivity at the entrance to La Jolla, a neighborhood that once forbade Jewish ownership. We will not be bullied any longer; the time to build is now.”

“Jewish National Fund’s National Conference was an incredible weekend,” said San Diego President Shari Schenk. “I loved learning about all of the incredible JNF projects such as Special in Uniform, Alexander Muss High School in Israel, and all that JNF is doing to improve the water situation in Israel, as well as meeting our partners from Israel. It was a pleasure to share this experience together with over 1,000 like-minded passionate Zionists.”

This year’s conference included the largest delegation of college students in conference history, with 250 students from 87 campuses participating in the College Summit. This includes non-Jewish students who participated in Jewish National Fund’s Caravan for Democracy Student Leadership trip offered annually in December to some 80 campus leaders. The students strategized on how better to educate and work with each other and to promote their connection to Israel. JNF also welcomed 125 JNFuture members, ages 22-40, from its young professionals division.

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CHA Launches New Tuition Program Chabad Hebrew Academy has announced the new Dor L’Dor Tuition Program for kindergarten and 6th grade students for the upcoming school year. 20 spots are available to pay $9500 annual tuition for every year through graduation. New applicants do not have to complete financial aid paperwork and must apply by Jan. 7. The program is funded by endowments.

Jewish Teens Initiative Hires New Middle School Coordinator

Meetings and Events for Jewish Seniors

Jewish Teen Initiative (JTI) has hired a new middle school coordinator. Kate Globerson has taught elementary school in Orange County, Montreal and Israel for the last 10 years. She currently volunteers on the Chai Committee for Congregation Beth El that serves young adults in the community, participates in the Glass Leadership Institute program through the San Diego Anti-Defamation League and has recently become a founding member of the San Diego Chapter of the Jewish National Fund for young professionals called JNFutures.

Kayla says she is more than excited to bring her wealth of knowledge and experiences in all areas of her personal and professional life to JTI, as well as meet and learn from the countless community members that make San Diego so unique and special.

Maccabi USA Appoints New Open Women’s Soccer Team Head Coach for 15th European Maccabi Games Last month, Marc Backal, Open Women’s Soccer Chair for 2019 European Maccabi Games, announced the appointment of Jeff Katz as Head Coach of the Open Women’s Soccer Team for the 15th European Maccabi Games. Katz will complete his second year as Associate Head Coach and fifth overall for the MIT Women’s Soccer Team in Cambridge, MA. The Games will take place July 28-August 7, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. “I am honored to be appointed the Open Women’s Soccer Head Coach for the European Maccabi Games” said Katz. “The challenge of building a team that is prepared to compete internationally while carrying themselves in a way that represents the values of the Maccabi USA Mission is

something I am looking forward to. The athletes I know who have competed in prior Maccabi Games described it as a life-changing experience. To be part of something so impactful on the lives of Jewish athletes from around the world is an awesome responsibility that I will embrace as head coach. I can’t wait for the games this summer!” In his time with the Engineers, the team has won four NEWMAC regular season titles, as well as NEWMAC Tournament Championships in 2017 and 2018. This fall the MIT women finished with an overall record of 16-2-3 and will advance to the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in Katzs’ five years with the program.

Jewish War Veterans of San Diego, Post-185 Contact Jerome Klein at (858) 521-8694 Dec. 9, 10 a.m.

Veterans Association of North County, Post-385 Contact Marsha Schjolberg (760) 492-7443 Jewish War Veterans meetings Dec. 9, 11 a.m.

JFS College Avenue Center Contact Elissa Landsman (858) 637-3273 Dec. 13, 12:30 p.m. Attend the class “Getting Started with Genealogy” with Donna Martin of the San Diego Family History Center. This class will get you started on learning where your family comes from and tools to access the information.

North County Jewish Seniors Club at the Oceanside Senior Center Contact Josephine at (760) 295-2564 Dec. 16, 12:30 p.m.

Lawrence Family JCC Contact Melanie Rubin (858) 362-1141 Dec. 18, 12 p.m. Post-Hanukkah Party with Jacqui Silver. RSVP by Dec. 11. Price is $13-$16.

JFS Balboa Ave. Older Adult Center Contact Aviva Saad (858) 550-5998 Dec. 31, 10 a.m. Enjoy a New Year’s Celebration, call to RSVP.

La Jolla County Day School Students Participate in “Butterfly Project” Last month, the entire student body of the La Jolla Country Day School (LJCDS) spent a day participating in the Butterfly Project, a locally-founded program that has gained national attention over the last few years. The program teaches the Holocaust to children in a compassionate way and asks participants to paint a butterfly to represent a specific child killed in the Holocaust, eventually representing each of the 1.5 million who lost their lives.

A few days before the butterfly painting, LJCDS students heard from Rose Schindler, a Holocaust survivor whose family was taken to Auschwitz in 1944. When they first arrived, Rose’s father told her, “Whatever you do, make sure you stay alive to tell the world what they did to us.” And she has. Only Rose and her two older sisters survived Auschwitz. Her four younger sisters, brother and her parents were all killed.

The school held the event on the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, when more than 1,400 Jewish synagogues, homes, businesses and cemeteries were damaged or destroyed in Nazi Germany and Austria. An estimated 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps that night.

The students’ finished butterflies will be permanently displayed around the school “as symbols of resilience and hope,” upper school head, Dr. Joseph T. Cox, said.

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ADVICE

ASK MARNIE

by Marnie Macauley asksadie@aol.com

The Art of Writing halom, San Diegans: For our arts issue, after having covered questions from budding stars and passionate painters in this great mag, I thought and thought, then bolted upright. I write. I consult with writers, both pro and wannabes. Writing is an “art” – right? So why not write about – writing.

The thing that separates the “art” of writing from other mediums is this: Most everybody can write something, certainly in San Diego.

And most everybody has a story, an anecdote, or a plot they’ve been chewing on that would be perfect for Meryl Streep – when their story goes viral. The line between pro and amateur blur with some strange consequences.

I learned it early. I’d be at a party. Someone would ask what I do. Here were the reactions.

“You wrote a soap?? Advice?? Humor?? You were nominated for an Emmy?? WOW. Can I take your picture? Wait, let me get my family!”

“You wrote that trash?” Or, “I know all about it. My cousin sold insurance to ‘All My Children.’’’

“My daughter’s a freshman at NYU Film School. She got an ‘A’ on her: ‘The Three Stooges: A Retrospective.’ She’d be great at that! Can you recommend her?”

What or who then is a writer? We don’t deserve either awe or belittlement. It’s not like G-d forbid losing a child and surviving, or even falling in love (and he loves you back).

It’s a job. Yet, in fairness, we writers aren’t quite like people who live a “If it’s Monday it must be meatloaf” life. Most of us pros possess a mixture of some talent, skill, quirk, risk-taking and yes, passion. More, we are a wildly determined group, even if we’re forced 80 SDJewishJournal.com | December 2018

to find creative uses for kosher Spam.

Given the propensity for people to put pen to paper, especially with the millions of ops on the Net, here are some tips I’ve learned painfully through the years.

GETTING IT: YOUR PERSONAL WRITING TIPS If you’re writing for your own pleasure or to journal your issues, enjoy! If you want to make it a career, read on.

Get a clue about what you want to say.

You have a million ideas. Choose one – the one you know something about. Make it the one that touches you. You’re a Boomer sitcom nut. You remember “I Married Joan” and can sing all the words to “Gilligan’s Island.” You want to write the Ultimate Boomer TV Book.

Research! Has it been done – 35 times? How did these books do? How is your idea different? A new twist might work, for example: “The Honeymooners: How Alice Broke the Glass Ceiling.” Are there enough fans out there who care and will buy?

Shorten! The major mistake newbies make is overwriting. When I wrote my third script for “As the World Turns” I concocted the longest, cleverest metaphor for a character named Margo. Hemingway would be envious. I got a call at 6 a.m. on a Sunday from my head writer, the legendary Doug Marland. Here was the convo: Doug: “Get your script. Turn to Act 2, Scene 3, Margo. (I did.)

You do know our viewers are ironing while they’re watching us. By the time they figure out what the heck Margo’s saying, we’ll be into ‘Guiding Light!’ Knock it off!” I never did that again. Lead your reader, but let them do the work of imagining. Which brings us to ...

Know who you’re writing for. don’t fall so in love with your words – which may only be understood in the Pluto Gazette. If you want to go pro, read and study your venue. Each site, paper and magazine has a “style” and “tone.” They also have “rules” about length, grammar, etc. As my late husband, a senior New York Times editor, once told me: “You’re a writer if you sell. Period.”

Know what the editors want and give it to them. You’re a writer – for hire. Resist knocking them out with your “originality” that break their rules and gives them migraines (at least until they adore you).

Find your voice – without cliché. A pro writer has a voice. Even when staying between the publications’ lines, you need a distinct way of using, choosing and putting words together.

Study! I chose writers I admired and kept a journal of words and phrases that got to me and weren’t clichés. NEVER WRITE CLICHES! They work on samplers, not in print.

It’s better to say what you mean directly than to write: “It is what it is” (which means nothing). I kicked off my own “versions” of these phrases and words – all in a notebook (which tells you how old I am). A little imitation at the start is fine – without plagiarizing.

The day will come when you won’t look at the notebook. You’ve melded your talent with the skill of your silent mentors. That’s your voice. (It took me a year). It will grow to a roar.

Get organized! I love editors! Many writers don’t, believing their work is too “precious” to be improved upon. Having been married to one and working with over 100 editors who were marvelous – except five (which

definitely does NOT include our terrific editor here) I’ve seen what good editing can do. The thing is they need something that’s “editable!”

Make sense. Simple? No. Many newbies just “throw things in” as it comes to them.

Unless you’re writing for “The Stream of Consciousness Daily,” don’t assume your reader (or editor) knows what you’re talking about if you get too cute or fail to describe what you mean. Make sure your paragraphs follow logically and you’ve made good transitions between them when necessary. End on an interesting note.

Checkers: Facts, spelling, grammar! Even in fiction, errors of fact, time, logic, or in spelling and grammar will wind up in the

shredder (or on a dart board). I’m a rabid checker, but one mistake can...well, allow me to illustrate: In one of my books I was quoting the noted Jewish writer-curmudgeon Calvin Trillin. I have a hearing problem.

Now, picture it. While writing the book, I was leaving my bedroom, heading to my home office when I heard a news broadcast about Trilling “dead.” I was sad but hurried to change my book copy to “the late Calvin Trilling.” Imagine my shock when the book was published, and scores of readers yelled, “He’s alive!” What I had heard was the end of a story about his wife’s death. My moronic assumption wasn’t in an article. No. A book!

I called him at home. What can you say?

“Mr. Trilling … I’m (whomever) and I wrote

a book...and I killed you.” Upon explaining, there was a painful silence after which this super-mensch said: “I’ve been called worse.”

I love that man. But you get the point.

Get serious! Writing is serious business.

That means: Write something daily.

Being persistent! While writing for television I was told: “Many decent writers can do a script. One. Can you do it over and over?

Determination is all.”

Thicken your hide re: criticism.

Finally, if you need me for more, I’m available. After all, you’re only a writing teacher “if you sell. Period.” A

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Hanukkah Celebration and Menorah Lighting at Liberty Station

Dec. 3, 5 p.m., 2460 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, CA 92106 In partnership with the Chabad Centers of Pacific Beach and Downtown, Liberty Station will host a Hanukkah Celebration and Menorah Lighting in the Central Promenade. Bring family and friends to enjoy a night of celebration, live entertainment, photo opportunities, and more! Guests are invited to partake in an evening of ice skating at the Rady Children’s Ice Rink after the Menorah Lighting—tickets are $15 for adults and $13 for children.

Visit libertystation.com for more information.

Shlock Rock at Ner Tamid

Dec. 8, 5 p.m., 12348 Casa Avenida, Poway, CA 92064 Jewish Band Shlock Rock is “second hand rock” or music you will be familiar with, but with new lyrics. They are the only Jewish band to perform in all 50 states and in many countries in the world. Tickets are $10/person, visit nertamidsd.org for more information.

Tifereth Israel Annual Hanukkah Party

Dec. 9, 12 p.m., Tifereth Israel, 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd., San Diego, CA 92119 Join Tifereth Israel for a full menu of Hanukkah activities.

There will be singing, candle lighting, latkes to enjoy, donut decorating, candle making and a special social project. Each family is invited to bring a menorah and eight candles to light during the celebration. Cost is $25/ household or $10/person. Visit tiferethisrael.com for more information.

Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m., 944 Camino La Paz, Chula Vista, CA 91913 Join the women’s Torah discussion group. Each class is a stand alone topic. Visit jewishchulavista.com for more info.

Wine, Cheese, Shabbat Services and Dessert Oneg with JCoSD

Dec. 14, 6 p.m., 7805 Centella St, Carlsbad, CA, 92009 Wine and cheese will be served for a little schmooze/mingle.

Services start at 6:45 p.m. and the Dessert Oneg Shabbat follows the service. All ages are welcome. Visit jcosd.com for more information.

The Magic of Music With Center for Lifelong Jewish Learning at Congregation Beth Am Dec. 20, 7 p.m., 5050 Del Mar Heights Rd, San Diego, CA, 92130 This session is devoted to Naomi Shemer, a prominent figure in Israeli music. Naomi Shemer wrote “Yerushalayim Shel Zahav” (Jerusalem of Gold) and connected many Jews to their roots. Cost is $36-$50, visit betham.com for more information.

Meal for Rachel’s Women’s Center with Beth Israel

Dec. 25, 5 p.m., Beth Israel, 9001 Towne Centre Dr., San Diego, CA, 92122 The Women of Beth Israel have been involved with Rachel’s Women’s Center for over 20 years. They are one of the organizations that brings and serves dinner to 25-30 women at Rachel’s House. Rachel’s House and Night Shelter provides safe shelter for homeless women and a variety of other services. Visit cbisd.org for more information.

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Contact assistant@sdjewishjournal.com. Submissions are due by 15th of the month for the next issue.

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Why Hanukkah is Not a One-Day Holiday

BY RABBI BEN LEINOW

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asked one of my daughters how she would feel if Hanukkah were to be a one-night, one-candle holiday. Her answer to that question was simple, “It would not be enough!” So I then asked myself, “Enough what?”

We Jews in the United States are guided by a number of calendars, and our general calendar is a solar calendar, which places Hanukkah at the end of the calendar year. So I would like to rededicate our holiday of dedication to include the concept of eight days of thanksgiving as this year comes to an end. I hope you join me in dedicating your candles to the following eight days of thanksgiving for the year 2018 (and which starts on Erev Hanukkah 24th Kislev 5779). By all means, add your thoughts of thanksgiving to your rededication when lighting each of the Hanukkah candles.

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Candle 4: We give thanks to G-d for the world we live in, which calls for the development of earthly physical gifts that can expand the wealth of all human beings.

Candle 5: We give thanks to G-d for the worthwhile lives led by those people whom we have lost by assassin, fire and natural causes.

Candle 6: We give thanks to those people known and unknown who strengthened Judaism, our United States, Israel and our lives.

Candle 7: We give thanks for the capacity to love, the ability to learn and teach and for the abundant happiness, which is in our lives during Hanukkah.

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