By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — CODEX, the Latin word associated with books and paper, meets every two years in Craneway Pavilion, which was the old 1931 Ford Plant in Richmond and the center of war production for the Kaiser Shipyards. It is next to the National Park Service Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, USA
Why Are We Still Afraid? by Mark Lavie; © 2018; ISBN 9781791-797324; 375 pages, available via amazon.com or via MarkLavieAuthor.com By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This self-published book by longtime Israeli journalist Mark Lavie starts off with controversy, then subsides into informative and reliable travel journalism, depicting the byways and quirks of Israeli
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — “[The Jews] feel protective and [feel they have] a degree of [ownership] over the Holocaust story. I totally ‘get’ that, but maybe there’s room for both of us?” That’s controversial Holocaust romance writer Heather Morris defending her two novels in a recent interview. Her statement is tone deaf
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish HistoryBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Israel is the quintessential science fiction nation, according to Sheldon Teitelbaum and Emanuel Lottem, co-editors of of an anthology of 17 short stories in a new collection titled “Zion’s Fiction.” Published by Mandel Vilar Press, the two editors hope the book will pry open the lid on a
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Official release for Fanny Krasner Lebovits’ Holocaust memoir Tuesday, Jan. 22, was the official release date for Memories, Miracles & Meaning — Insights of a Holocaust Survivor by San Diegan Fanny Krasner Lebovits. Congregation Beth El, 8660 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, will host a book sale and signing for the 96-year-old author at 6 p.m.,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA Time Out of Joint: A Journey from Nazi Germany to Post-War Britain by Roland Hill; The Radcliffe Press, 2007 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I picked this book up as its title is very similar to a novel of mine (both quoting Hamlet) and its subtitle describes a path very similar to the one
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International
Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch; © 2019; ISBN 9781526-740229; 274 pages plus author’s note and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Released for publication on Jan. 19, this book is a combination memoir and biography; a memoir by son
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History
Rep. Davis criticizes Trump’s cancellation of Speaker’s flight; Surveys partial shutdown views Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Speaker-led congressional delegation, of which she was a member, to visit troops in Afghanistan. “For a president to cancel and leak the details of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Middle East, USA
Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg, © 2018; Gefen Publishing, ISBN 9789652-298812; 187 pages including afterword and sources. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – You might call this book a Jewish hagiography, one which may be interesting for Young Adults to read but really not suitable for quotation in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Oliver B. Pollak SAN FRANCISCO — In 2004 my law partner and I went to Washington DC for a conference. Our sightseeing included The Watergate, Jewish War Veterans Museum, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial on the Mall. The Memorial first conceived in 1960, authorized in 1974 with Lawrence Halprin’s winning design went unfunded
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USABy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The Astor Judaica Library was filled to capacity Tuesday evening, January 8, for Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices. The large audience was no doubt attracted by the two San Diego celebrities on the program, Richard Lederer, syndicated columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune and author of over 50 books, and
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County
Gittel’s Journey by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Amy June Bates; Abrams Books for Young Readers, ISBN 9781419-727474; Ages 5-8 years old, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — With immigration a hot topic heard on the news, this book personalizing the experience of our own Jewish ancestors immigrating from Eastern Europe to the United
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonFinding the Right School in the Era of BDS and Intersectionality: A Jewish Parents’ Guide to Colleges 2018-19 Academic Year by Jerome Ostrov, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform © 2018, ISBN 978-1721925872, p. 429 plus appendices, $18.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The letters BDS, an acronym for the words boycott, divestment, and sanctions, is a
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education-Second in a Series- By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Most of us probably had a lot of respect and cheered for Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It is a story about the life of African-American women
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi