Donald H. Harrison

  Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California — There’s a lesson to be learned from the water fowl that live, and visit, the Santee Lakes.  They all seem to get along pretty well despite their obvious differences.  We humans may have our racists, but in the world of water fowl, there don’t […]

Colors From a Zionist’s Palette by Ariel Larkey, Geffen Publishing (c) 2012; ISBN 978-965-229-605-4; 63 pages, retail price unlisted By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –The colors referred to in this title probably are in pastel –very light shades, in fact — to match the story-telling style of author Ariel Larkey.  His tales are pleasing,

The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler, St. Martin’s Press, (c) 2013, ISBN 978-1-250-01006-4, 360 pages, $24.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Shortly after World War II, an Eastern European lady assumes the identity of a dead woman and agrees to travel to Canada to marry Sol Kramer.  Once she gets there, however,  for reasons

Dan Fulop, Bob Breitbard: San Diego’s Sports Keeper,” AuthorHouse, (c) 2012; ISBN 978-1-4634-1020-9, 166 pages including notes and bibliography. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Sportsman Bob Breitbard devoted his life to recognizing athletes and to making San Diego a professional sports town.  He was the man who built the Sports Arena (now called

By Donald H. Harrison  SAN DIEGO — The Rabbi’s Cat, an animated French-language, English-subtitled film playing in a limited engagement at Landmark’s Hillcrest Theatre from Friday, Jan. 18 through Thursday, Jan. 24, is an adventure story in which a talking cat, his rabbi master, an Arab sheikh, an exiled czarist Russian and a Russian Jewish

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Mayor Bob Filner, in his first State of the City message, lauded San Diegans who have brought glory to the city in the past, while indicating new directions for the city’s future.  He forecast for his first term pronounced emphasis on bilateral relations with Tijuana, marketing San Diego

Aliza Auerbach, Survivors, Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem (c) 2012, ISBN 978-965-229-586-6, 208 pages, cover price not listed. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — This coffee-table book was a bit formulaic for my taste, but it does make in photographs the Talmudic point that to save one life is as if to save the world. 

Dora Klinova, “The Queen of the Universe; the Vortex of Creation,” (c) 2012, Legacy Line Publishing, ISBN 97800-98197-842-0; 80 pages, $26.95, via the author at 619 667-0925.  Another 140-page version (with more photos) available through Amazon for $41.95.   An electronic version is available at $3.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Author Dora Klinova,

Story and photo by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — What place better than the Corvette Diner to take a man who has earned his living on-stage being the “fifth Beatle” in the tribute group “Rain” which opened a five-concert set at San Diego’s Civic Center on Friday night and will close after two concerts

On the ChocolateTrail by Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2002, ISBN 978-1-58023-487-0-51899;  237 pages including index, appendices, $18.00 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Deborah Prinz, former spiritual leader of Temple Adat Shalom in nearby Poway, and her husband, Rabbi Mark Hurvitz, who led Congregation Etz Chaim in Ramona, have been

Robert E. Price,  Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator, San Diego History Center, 2012, ISBN 0-98868060-2; 223 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Next time you go into a Costco around the noon hour, and build an ersatz lunch by sampling the free offerings from food carts, be aware that the people