Donald H. Harrison

‘Parade’ tells of Leo Frank’s trial and lynching

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — In 1998 the Alfred Uhry (book) Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics) musical drama Parade closed shortly after it opened at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Lincoln Center co produced the show with the Canadian producing company Livent, Inc. One doesn’t usually associate politics with theatre but politics rears

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Slipping Reality’ plumbs effects of loneliness in novel form

Slipping Reality by Emily Beaver, Author House, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4634-2714-6, Price Unlisted. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Not since reading such Stefan Zweig short stories as “The Royal Game” and “Letters from an Unknown Woman,” have I encountered  such a thoroughly intriguing examination of the possible effects loneliness can have on the human

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Donald H. Harrison

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Nov. 30, 1956, Part 5

Women’s League of Jewish Center Asks for Volunteers to Serve Southwestern Jewish Press, November 30, 1956, Page 9 “The Jewish Community Center is our business, and we need you in our business.”  This is the call going out to the community from the board of the Women’s League of the Jewish Community Center. Our recently

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Adventures in SD History

RJC says Republicans more favorable than Democrats to Israel

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) —  The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Friday released an analysis of support for Israel broken down by political affiliation that reveals a clear “Israel Gap” between the parties. Republican support for Israel is 25 points higher than Democratic support, and according to Gallup, only a bare majority, 53% of Democrats, express

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USA

Dumanis pledges funding of San Dieguito River Valley project

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – District Attorney and San Diego Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis on Saturday pledged to restore city funding that has been cut to the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park.  Dumanis made the announcement during the dedication of the San Dieguito Lagoon Trail in the park Saturday morning. “Part of preserving San Diego’s

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Travel and Food

World depends on U.S.; yet elections decided on domestic issues

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It should be no surprise that the excitment of the American presidential campaign deals with domestic issues. The American voter is not responsible for his or her country being the most prominent in the world, with its hands almost everywhere. They are concerned that jobs, housing, and other needs are more

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Volok and Lazarev, friends from Russia, team in Hollywood

By Cynthia Citron WEST HOLLYWOOD, California — “A really good actor knows something the writer doesn’t know,” Ilia Volok says.  “The actor brings his life –the life of a human spirit — to the stage, and a great actor elevates it.” Ukrainian-born actor Volok cites Kevin Kline as one of the greats.  “He delivers with passion,”

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Cynthia Citron

Carlsbad shooter ‘will be held accountable’ – Dumanis

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced on Friday a jury has found Carlsbad school shooter Brendan O’Rourke sane at the time he shot children seriously injuring two girls at Kelly Elementary School in October 2010. “The community was deeply shaken by this school shooting and today’s verdict means the defendant will be held accountable for

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Travel and Food

Christian students tell reactions to Survivor’s talk

TECATE,  California — Holocaust concentration camp survivor Rose Schindler traveled from her home in San Diego to Tecate, a town that sits on the U.S-Mexico border in the eastern portion of San Diego County, on Thursday, March 8 to share her experiences with students at the Tecate Christian School. “She was amazing and touched many hearts, both

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Mishnah could teach TSA a lesson about dignity

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel SAN DIEGO — At our downtown TBS Jewish business ethics class, we discussed an interesting subject dealing with the problem of suspicion. The beginning of Parshat Pikudei (Vyakhale-Pikudei), Moses presents a complete inventory of  all the items that he and the priests collected for the Tabernacle (Exod. 38:21) Moses gives

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA