The Second Woman by Keith Cameron; Felony & Mayhem Press © 2011; ISBN 9781631-941962; 322 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Denton is an American writer living in England just after the turn of the 20th century at a time when Britons openly sneer at Jews and other” foreigners,” automobiles and telephones are […]
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By Lisa Shapiro SAN DIEGO — My father dissuaded me from a military career when I was about thirteen. We had been walking along the beach in San Diego, enjoying a late summer’s evening. Fog covered the sunset and damp sand tugged at our steps. The receding waves drew my gaze toward the horizon, and I
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel’s book Gentle Judaic Wisdom is a brilliant work, very wise, easy to read, and deceptively simple. The book is filled with quotes that have significant information. It is a rich cornucopia of wisdom quoted from sources such as the Torah, Mishna, Tosephta,
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The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and the American Dream by Tom Weidlinger; Spark Press, ISBN 9781943-006960; 278 pages plus photo credits, index, and acknowledgments; $16.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It did not take me very long to decide that I did not like structural engineer Paul Weidlinger, who is the subject of
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Mensch-Marks: Life Lessons of a Human Rabbi by Joshua Hammerman; © 2018 Helth Communications, Inc.; ISBN 9780757-321771; 250 pages plus appendix, $14.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Joshua Hammerman is the spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut, as well as a journalist whose column appeared regularly in the Jewish
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food, USAThe Jewish Journey Haggadah: Connecting the Generations by Rabbanit Adena Berkowitz, Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, © 2019, ISBN 978-965-229-912-3, p. 211 plus appendices and bibliography, $29.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Over one thousand Haggadot (plural of Haggadah) are listed in Amazon books, covering a wide variety of genres, from traditional to women-centric. Is
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A Palm Beach Wife by Susannah Marren, © 2019, St Martin’s Griffin, ISBN 9781250-198402, 304 pages, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a tale of a society where people are judged by the labels they wear, the cars they drive, the clubs they belong to, and where they are seated at
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori BERKELEY, California – This coming May will once again be Jewish American Heritage Month. The theme for this annual celebration will be “American Jewish illustrators” —and perhaps none is better known than Rube Goldberg, who donated a collection of more than 5,000 of his cartoons
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori BERKELEY, California – For some two dozen years, Dr. Robert Alter, now a professor emeritus of comparative literature at UC Berkeley, retranslated various portions of the Hebrew Bible. He was distressed that most previous translations “were not only deficient, but I would say that they
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Can’t Start Passover without the Bread by Leba Lieder and Israel Drazin; © 2013; ISBN 9781481-995467; 30 pages, available via Amazon. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Our columnist, Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin, and his schoolteacher daughter Leba Lieder, created this storybook for children between the ages of 4 and 8. It is a
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Travel and FoodBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Caroline Rothstein’s poems were strong and brash, with unique imagery and vivid descriptiveness. She delivered them with the dramatic fervor of a seasoned actress. They ranged in subject matter from love and personal trauma to world upheavals. The three dozen people who gathered in the Rehearsal Room of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego CountyFaith and Freedom, a commentary on the Haggadah based on the teachings of Eliezer Berkovits By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Hungarian-born scholar Eliezer Berkovits (1908-1992) was a highly respected Orthodox rabbi. He was educated in Berlin, Germany, where he received his PhD. He authored 19 books in several languages. He held
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Hollywood is catching up with my ”cli-fi” buzzword these days, if the popular TV show “Jeopardy” is any indication. Let me explain: On my cable TV set in Taiwan, where I can watch over 100 channels from around the world in over a dozen languages, I cannot get
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Kaddish.Com by Nathan Englander; Alfred A. Knopf; © 2019; ISBN 9781524-732752; 203 pages; $24.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As a young man, Larry, bridles at having to sit shiva for his father and absolutely refuses to say kaddish for him for the year after his death. Instead, he arranged for someone in
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