Temas Curiosos # 54
DISCRIMINACIÓN AL DESNUDO
La epidemia de sífilis a finales del siglo XV en Europa, hizo que los baños públicos nudistas cerraran sus puertas a los adictos a ese placer. Sin embargo, las termas, como la...
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...
Jewish Family Service and Dreams for Change: Making Mitzvahs Together
Here in “America’s Finest City”, the weather is nice year round while rentals are very high, and many families live paycheck to paycheck. This situation is also the reason why there are so many...
The Centro Cultural and Kumeyaay Museum in Tecate
There are only 70 to 80 people left in Baja California who speak Kumeyaay, according to Michael Wilken Robertson, an anthropologist who also specializes in ethno-botany. When Wilken-Robertson first started his journey studying the...
Dr. Gary Weitzman- A Humane Fellow
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Humane as “being marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals”. This is a good description of Dr. Gary Weitzman, president and CEO of the San Diego Humane...
My Weekend with Jeb and Columba Bush
This is not a political story, but rather a human interest one. It is my recollections of the weekend I spent with Jeb and Columba Bush, and why he impressed me.
In October 1981, my...
Amigos Del REP: Giving Back to the Community
It is not always easy being a Latino or Hispanic performer in the entertainment community. Many times the roles that are offered to actors are limited, as are jobs for directors, producers, stagehands, and...
Temas Curiosos # 59
Primeros peleteros
Los inuit tienen sus primeros orígenes en Siberia, el noreste de Asia. Llegaron a Groenlania hacia 1300. Desarrollaron una vida nómada, siguiendo a los animales de caza como los cibúes, osos, ballenas y...
Jewish couple raise alpacas in descanso
“David is a unicorn”, said Amy Alyeshmerni, referring to David Kabbai, her partner of six years in life, love, and business. ”Here is a man who owns a ranch, loves animals, and wants us...
Herbert Siguenza: Melding Cultures
California has always been a state of both Latino and Anglo cultures. Herbert Siguenza, the Playwright in Residence, at the San Diego Repertory Theater has the gift of melding both cultures together and reaching...