Eric George Tauber
Tauber is a freelance writer who specializes in coverage of the arts. He may be contacted via eric.tauber@sdjewishworld.com
Death March to Volary
“I saw how people lost the will to live. … That’s what determined who stayed alive and who didn’t: the will.” -Valeria Juhasz, Survivor of the Volary Death March
In January of 1945, Europe was...
‘Crip Camp’ Espouses Jewish Values
I recently watched the documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution on Netlix. It begins in 1971 at Camp Jened, a summer camp in the Catskills for people with disabilities such as blindness, spina bifida, cerebral palsy,...
Comic-Con Online: Art & the Holocaust
When Art Spiegelman first proposed Maus, his two-volume graphic novel about the Holocaust, people asked how he could tackle a subject so dark, weighty and personal with comics. I think a more important question is: What...
Three Jewish Women of Valor
What does being Jewish mean to you? Is it keeping up the practices of an ancient religion? Are the values separate from the prayers or are they symbiotic? Do we wear a Star of...
Stories under quarantine
Who doesn’t love to listen to a good story? For many of us, stories were an essential part of bedtime. And podcasts like Story Corps, The Moth and This American Life just go to show that our desire...
Online concert benefits Ugandan Jewry
When thinking about Jewish communities around the world, most of us probably don’t give much thought to Uganda. But tucked away in the Savannah, over very rough roads, live the Abayudaya. Like the rest of...
Celebrating safely at a drive-thru circus
SAN DIEGO — Lag Ba’Omer. For many of us, this holiday might ring a bell, faintly as one of many Hebrew School lessons long forgotten. But for a Chabadnik, it’s a time to make...
Escaping the Holocaust with quick thinking
On Yom Hashoah, there were a number of Holocaust stories on my Facebook feed, mostly personal testimonies of children and grandchildren of survivors. Thankfully, my own grandparents were spared those horrors. Their families had come...
We can all relate to Making God Laugh
There’s an old Yiddish proverb: If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. We all make plans for our futures. Some work out, but many don’t. We’re encouraged to reach for...
Serious comedy: Reflections on the 2020 SDIJFF
The thirtieth annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival has passed, closing on Sunday, Feb 23rd, 2020. There was a good variety of films including indies, documentaries, histories and comedies. I wish I could have seen...