Book about Kurdish Jews and the Aramaic Language
My Father's Paradise
About 15 years ago, a student of mine with blue eyes told me he was a Kurdish Jew. I was surprised because most of my Kurdish students at Grossmont College in nearby...
Isaac Artenstein: Telling Frontier Jewish Stories
Filmmaker Isaac Artenstein likes to tell good stories, especially unknown ones, and if those stories inform and entertain others, even better. He feels that the Jews of the Southwest have an untold story as...
Reflections on the Jewish Arts Festival
The 24th Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts festival, directed and produced by Todd Salovey, has been a multicultural learning experience for me.
First was the exhibit of Boris Malkin , a painter, graphic...
Abraham Romanowsky, a Mexican Jewish Immigrant Success Story
Why would a successful dentist leave a thriving practice in Mexico to start over in San Diego? Dr. Abraham Romanowsky did just that. Never one to back down from a challenge, he has sought...
Latinx people more vulnerable to COVID-19, US study finds
An analysis of COVID-19 testing in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area of the United States found that Latinx people were around three times as likely to test positive, compared with any other ethnic or racial...
3 Mexicans win Oscar for best sound in film Sound of Metal
Three Mexicans have won an Oscar in the best sound category for their work on the rock inspired film Sound of Metal.
Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc and Carlos Cortés are the Mexican sound engineers behind the...
The Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego and the Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee...
Carlos González Gutiérrez, Consul General of Mexico in San Diego, and Arnulfo Manríquez, President and CEO of MAAC, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize their partnership in order to promote, raise funds and...
Our community is resilient, but we are hurting
Our words carry power to heal and to unite. Our words may carry hate just as it may carry love. We chose love. Our love is active. When we drop water at the desert...
Bob Gannon’s Odyssey: Around the World and Trip to Israel
Everyone dreams of having a grand adventure in life. However, Robert Gannon has had many adventures since he learned how to fly in 1992. That same year, he bought a Cherokee 6 airplane...
Jews in Mexican Cinema
Hybrid Culture. Those words resonated with me because I was brought up in a hybrid culture. On Wednesday, May 9th, there was an interesting "platica" given at the Lawrence Family JCC by Isaac...