Donald H. Harrison

John Rosengren, Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes, New American Library © 2013; ISBN 978-0-451-223576-3; 392 pages including photos, index, and bibliography, $26.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In front of you, the pitcher, menacing, mean, wanting to strike you out and make you look the fool.  Behind you, what seems like a […]

Peter Mehlman, Mandela Was Late, Sager Group of Smashwords, (c) 2012, ISBN: 978-1481250771, 132 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Here is a book of 21 light and frothy essays, most of which sitcom writer Peter Mehlman published in high circulation newspapers or magazines over the years. Like the Seinfeld TV series for which he

Mira’s Diary:” Lost in Paris” and “Home Sweet Rome” both by Marissa Moss, Sourcebooks, Inc., ISBNs respectively 978-1-4022-66065 and 978-1-4022-66096, $12.95 each. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– A teenage heroine learns to her surprise that, unsought, she has the power to travel through time, a genetic gift from her mother whose mysterious disappearance also was

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — From a student-invented device to strengthen tongue muscles, and thereby battle some speech impediments, to a survey to determine how familiar Ashkenazi Jews are with the threat posed to them by Tay-Sach Disease, I found there was much to learn at the Greater San Diego Science and

In One Era, Out the Other: A Memoir of a 20th-21st Century Jewish Life by Michael Kaufman, Mekor Press of Menucha Publishers, 2012, 564 pages  including glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms, and endnotes; ISBN 978-1-61465-060-7; Price unlisted on cover.   By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — There is much in this book that

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Retired symphony violinist Eileen Wingard gave members of her havurah (friendship group) from Ohr Shalom Synagogue a demonstration of that “old time religion” at her home Sunday evening, March 17. Wingard, a vegetarian, organized a potluck dinner assembled from fruits and vegetables mentioned in the Bible, ranging from lentil

  By Donald H. Harrison CARLSBAD, California — It’s a cynical way to look at it, but perhaps parents of preschoolers and elementary school students will consider the recent economic slowdown as a blessing in disguise.  When microbiologist Rudy Gonzalez was laid off from the biotech industry last year, he became a house husband.   Taking

    San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison recently returned from a roundtrip cruise to Hawaii.  This is the eighth and final article resulting from that voyage. By Donald H. Harrison ABOARD MS ZAANDAM — The amount of food served on a cruise ship is legendary.  It’s the source of diet jokes, worries,

    San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison has returned to San Diego from a round-trip cruise to Hawaii.  This is the seventh article in a series about that trip. By Donald H. Harrison HALIIMAILE, Maui, Hawaii — This rural area of Maui is where they grow and pack Maui Gold Pineapple, so

  San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison recently returned from a round-trip cruise between San Diego and Hawaii.  This is the fifth article in a series about that trip. By Donald H. Harrison VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii — As our van wended its way from the berth of Holland America Line’s Zaandam in

Editor Donald H. Harrison has recently returned from a roundtrip cruise between San Diego and the Hawaiian Islands. Following is his fourth in a series of stories. By Donald H. Harrison KURTISTOWN, Hawaii — Usually my thinking about coffee runs no deeper than “do I want sugar or artificial sweetener to go with it?” although

    Editor Donald H. Harrison has recently returned from a roundtrip cruise between San Diego and the Hawaiian Islands. Following is his third in a series of stories. By Donald H. Harrison VOLCANO, Hawaii — The artist who created a Hawaiian Christmas ornament for the White House Christmas tree during the presidency of George W.