Books, Poetry & Short Stories

Book of Mann offers wisdom of God

Eternally Yours, God’s Greatest Gift to Mankind: Exodus by Rabbi Reuven Mann, Observant Artists Community Circle, Inc. Hewlett, New York, © 2017, ISBN 978-0692991329, p. 197, plus glossary, $12.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  From the perspective of Rabbi Reuven Mann, long-time teacher and pulpit rabbi, and presently a teacher at the Masoret […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Lieberman writes book about U.S., Jewish basic laws

With Liberty and Justice: The Fifty-Day Journey from Egypt to Sinai by Senator Joe Lieberman with Rabbi Ari D. Kahn, Maggid Books and OU Press, New Milford, CT, © 2018, ISBN 978-1-59264-501-5, p. 165, $24.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  An ancient midrash explains that just after the Israelites left Egypt, Moses told

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, USA

How to protect yourself from almost everything

Rossen to the Rescue; Secrets to Avoiding Scams, Everyday Dangers, and Major Catastrophes by Jeff Rossen; Flatiron Books (c) 2017; ISBN 9781250-119438; 234 pages plus acknowledgments and index. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson  MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — How can you make sure that neither you nor your near and dear ones are subjected to any of the

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‘Queen for a Day’ tells of parenting an autistic child

Queen for a Day by Maxine Rosaler; Delphinium Books, © 2018; 9718832-85753; 243 pages. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – In this novel, Mimi is the mother of a strange, yet wonderful, boy named Danny.  At first, Mimi didn’t want to admit that her son was developmentally disabled; she told herself repeatedly that

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

When trauma is transmitted parent to child

Elizabeth Rosner, Survivor Café, The Legacy of Trauma [and the] Labyrinth of Memory (Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2017) 270 pages, $26 © Oliver B. Pollak  RICHMOND, California — Elizabeth Rosner comes to trauma study under unique personal circumstances. Her father, Carl Rosner originally of Hamburg, was freed from Buchenwald concentration camp at the age of 15 in 1945

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak

Story tellers hold forth March 17 at Encinitas Library

  ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) — Featuring more than two dozen storytellers, some full-time and internationally known, a storytelling festival March 17 at the Encinitas Library (540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas) is being held in conjunction with World Storytelling Day, when performances, concerts and festivals all over the world celebrate the art of storytelling.  The San

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, San Diego Calendar

Jewish poets read their works at Lawrence Family JCC

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California  — The tenth anniversary of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices was ushered in with an impressive line-up of featured poets. The January 23 program in the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC opened with Chris Baron, Professor of English at San Diego City College.  His book of poems, Under

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Novel for teens depicts life in the DP camps

What The Night Sings by Vesper Stamper; Borzoi Book of Alfred E. Knopf; © 2018; isbn pending: 18.99;                 250 pages plus notes and glossary. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This novel is a welcome addition to Holocaust literature.  It plumbs the emotions of young Holocaust survivors in the Displaced Persons (DP) camps as

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‘No Resting Place’ sears and stuns

No Resting Place: Holocaust Poland by Rick Halperin and Denise Gee; photographs by Sherry Aikman SMU Embrey Human Rights Program/Terrace Partners (October 2017). Hardcover (11.75” x 11”); 168 pages; 206 color images; $39.95. ISBN 978-0-692-85960-5 By Edwin Black No Resting Place/Holocaust Poland achieves searing power to illuminate the dark burning reality of Nazi concentration camps

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Edwin Black, Jewish History