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This will be a presentation and discussion on the subject of Yiddish regional dialects, issues of language status, social identity and history of multilingualism. Using regional dialect maps of Europe as a basis the discussion will then range to uses of Yiddish in the Americas and Israel as well as in Hasidic contexts. About the instructor: Dr. Miriam Isaacs is a scholar, writer, translator, and educator specializing in Yiddish language and culture. She is a native Yiddish speaker and has taught Yiddish courses at the University of Maryland and lectured internationally. Dr. Isaacs has given lectures and workshops for Yiddish New York, UC Berkeley, the Library of Congress, the Jewish Genealogical Society, among others. Date | Sunday, December 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Location | Online Register here! General admission: $25. For more information, please visit yaaana.org/workshops or call (619) 719-1776.

The documentary returns to theaters this month alongside the release of a new box set. It's a chance to consider what it captures (and doesn't) about music, race and justice in the 1970s and today.

A federal judge's decision to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's mask mandate for travelers is only the latest in a series of challenges that seek to rein in the agency.

Since the Taliban came to power, food insecurity has risen. Women in blue burqas sit in front of the city's upscale bakeries, silently waiting for charitable passersby to purchase bread for them.

Micro Cinema is part of new UC San Diego at Park and Market building

Nonprofit and small business loans, building "sexy" streets, reducing police overtime, investing in the city's Climate Equity Fund and a focus on supporting the San Diego Convention Center are among the highlights of Mayor Todd Gloria's $4.6 billion proposed budget. Plus, a preview of the California Report’s series honoring Californians lost to COVID-19. This week’s remembrance is about Eric Warner, who died last July in San Quentin Prison. Then, our weekend arts picks include a musical tribute to legendary San Diego flautist Holly Hofmann, a new contemporary painting installation, and a conversation with the poet-in-residence at Art Produce, Julia Alvarez, author of "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents."

Recorded with Claus Ogerman, Natureza could have made the Brazilian singer-songwriter an international star. Now released, the long-lost album captures a turning point in her approach to music.

A New York woman seeking to end a dangerous ectopic pregnancy in a fallopian tube finds the procedure more complicated and expensive than expected — even in a state with liberal abortion laws.

Critics are laying into the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The first in-person Talmadge Art Show is Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 at the Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Rd. San Diego 92106. There will be 90 accomplished craft artists creating works for art for sale including: silver and bead jewelry; porcelain tiles; clothing; hats, purses; garden art; paintings; wearable fiber art; gourd art; silks and copper. Plus the Firebreathers, glass artists, will be showcasing and selling their functional, figurative and decorative pieces. And the Clay Artists of San Diego will show you the beauty of clay for the home. There will be two food trucks: a coffee truck 7 a.m. - 11 a.m., Hot Bevs, and then the lunch truck, Eat Your Heart Out. A drawing for tickets to La Jolla Playhouse will also be held and you needn't be present to win. Free Admission and Free Parking. And bring in this article and receive $10 off a purchase of $200 or more (before tax). Masks and hand sanitizer will be available to everyone. Information on artists and directions to the venue is at www.talmadgeartshow.com or by calling 619-559-9082.