By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Monrovia, Indiana, a new documentary by Frederick Wiseman, 88, is a piece that will either fascinate you or bore you to tears. There is unlikely to be any middle ground. I was one of those who was fascinated by the portrait Wiseman painted, with the help of photographer […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
BEYOND THE TUNNEL: The Second Life of Adolph Sutro, by Mark Abbott Stern. Mark Abbott Stern [Publisher], 2018. 322 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Paper, $19.95. By Abraham Hoffman LOS ANGELES — Any works dealing with mining activities in Nevada’s Comstock Lode will likely mention Sutro’s Tunnel, a project designed to solve the problem of excessive
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USABy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — It’s a magical movie. In a foreign language. With no subtitles. And it’s one of the most intense experiences you’ll have in a movie—even if you don’t know what they’re talking about. You may want to walk out, but stay with it. It’s worth it. It’s history.It’s First Man, the story of what it took to get
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Cynthia Citron, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It’s a very metaphorical eagle: my latest book, All Quiet on the Midwestern Front; a Tale of Deception, Betrayal and Vindication, which has been two years in the making and has now been published on Amazon and is available as an ebook and a paperback. It is my
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson
By Eva Trieger CARLSBAD, California — We generally view grief as a mitigating factor. Death is a harsh clarion signaling a divide between what was once vibrant and dynamic to something silenced and static. New Village Arts turns this concept on its head with Guadalupe in the Guest Room. This beautiful 90 minute one-act play
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Jewish TV commentator’s speech ‘postponed’ by Rutgers Lisa Daftari, a Jewish American of Iranian descent, had been invited by Rutgers University to give a speech on Tuesday, but now the appearance is “postponed”–and according to Daftari “cancelled”–by the university after Muslim students charged Daftari with Islamophobia. Daftari, who frequently appears as a commentator on Fox
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
At Vitoria: a City’s Medieval Promise between Christians and Sephardic Jews by Marcia Riman Selz;© 2016, Archway Publishing; ISBN 9781480-852976; 217 pages plus appendices, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – While the Basque people of Vitoria, Spain, were Christians, like the Jews, they were outsiders, not quite like the other Christians of Castile
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
So God created humanity in his own image. In the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. (Gen 1:27) By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — For most of us, gender distinction is pretty clear-cut and we live our lives accordingly. But for some, the picture is more complicated. And
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Editor’s Note: This is the 32nd in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 By Donald H. Harrison AT
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and Food
I Survived: My Name is Yitzkhak by Harry A. Butowsky, © 2015 Word Association Publishers, ISBN 9781633-851009; 201 pages including appendices, $18. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This book came to me “over the transom,” that is, without any previous warning. Even though it is three years old, I’m glad that I
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish HistoryBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The opening program of the eleventh season of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices will showcase student poets from the San Diego Jewish community. On Tuesday evening, October 16, 7:00 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library, fourteen young people will read their original poems. English teacher, Elaine Lepow, will be accompanying
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego CalendarBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Once again, the San Diego Shakespeare Society filled our ears with verse at the 17th Annual Celebrity Sonnets held at the Old Globe. Local personality Richard Lederer, clad in a velvet doublet and melon breeches, read an original sonnet in memory of the society’s founder, Alex Sandie, The
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Sam Ben-Meir EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh is currently exhibiting a substantial selection of Rembrandt’s paintings, drawings, and prints – focusing on those works that reveal the story of “Britain’s Discovery of the Master.” Exploring the significance of Rembrandt to British collectors, artists, and writers provides us with the
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International, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, Travel and Food
By Jerry Levens SAN DIEGO — Every cookbook has a story and Israeli Soul, the new cookbook by Michael Solomon and Steven Cook has many. It will be released on October 16. Solomon is the head chef at Zahav restaurant in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia, while Cook is involved in its management. The
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Travel and Food