Donald H. Harrison

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Jonathan Edzant, 18, a recent graduate of Canyon Crest Academy,  won a $1,000 award and, perhaps more importantly for his future stage career,  had the opportunity over three rounds of judging to demonstrate his capabilities as a singer to regional theatre decision-makers. Edzant will enter UC Irvine’s theatre arts program […]

  Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–If breaking bread together is a way to promote peace and friendship, how much more so is baking bread together! I watched Charles Kaufman, a former movie producer who today is one of San Diego’s chief bakers, and veterinarian Yoni Peres, the first son of Israel’s

To Be A Princess by Nimrod Liram; Gefen Publishing House,  134 pages comprising 10 short stories, ISBN 978-965-229-568-2, $16.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Anyone whose primary sources of entertainment and information are nightly television shows would perhaps like this short story collection — if only they read in the first place.  Each of

  By Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California –A student who once was bullied has established what President Theodore Roosevelt might have called a “bully pulpit.”  Starting at Coronado High School, spreading to La Jolla High School, and now under consideration at other high schools and colleges in California and Arizona, Voices Against Cruelty, Hatred and

Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison DEL MAR, California — Attorney Fred Schenk compares his job as a board member of California’s 22nd District Agricultural Association to being an appointed city councilmember of a small town.  Given that he is vice president of the board, one might even liken him to being the deputy mayor

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — At least four Democrats  and four Republicans will serve on the San Diego City Council, with the swing-vote contest being in the 1st Councilmanic district between Democratic incumbent Sherri Lightner and Republican challenger Ray Ellis.  There is a heavy concentration of Jews in the district, and the election

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Remember when some of the kids in your class –not you, of course– would pass the course simply by skimming through the comic book version of the great piece of literature that you all had been assigned to read?    It used to be that comics were shortcuts

  By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California –Jeanne Feldman, 96, was memorialized Thursday, June 14 in the Ner Tamid Synagogue sanctuary that bears her name and that of her husband, Morey. Noting that the couple lived unassumingly while giving generously to philanthropies, Rabbi Nadav Caine said the Feldmans personified a Talmudic teaching that what people

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Earlier this week, my 11-year-old grandson Shor participated in a ceremony marking his promotion from elementary school to middle school.  Next week, his 5-year-old brother Sky will participate in another ceremony commemorating his advancement from pre-school to kindergarten. Like most parents, grandparents and occasional great-grandparents, we were