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-50th in a Series- Exit 18, Mollison Avenue, El Cajon ~ Refugee Resettlement Program By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California –With millions of refugees lingering in camps around the world, receiving refugee status in the United States is a difficult process – only a fraction of the refugees ever make it. And for those […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori SAN DIEGO — Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said she has asked Taser International, which provides body cameras, to develop a system by which a police officer’s body camera automatically will turn on whenever he or she draws a gun from a holster. “They are working on
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jewish Family Service, Mazon (The Jewish Response to Hunger) and now Democratic U.S. Rep. Susan Davis, ranking member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, are teaming up to help alleviate food insecurity among the families of the lower enlisted ranks of the military.
Military families sacrifice for us; can’t we feed them? Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Nelson Heller and Genine Rainbeau-Heart were the two featured poets at the Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices program Tuesday evening, March 22, at the Astor Judaica Library. With one of the original programmed poets absent due to illness, the open microphone segment was extended. The well-attended audience was rewarded with Rainbeau-Heart’s original
Travel and turpinoid subjects for poets Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, under their California-bred conductor, Kent Nagano, performed a virtuoso program at the Irwin and Joan Jacobs Music Center last Wednesday evening. Because the printed programs of the sponsoring La Jolla Music Society did not include biographical notes on the performers, Kristin Lancino, the new President and
Montreal Symphony program had French connections Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I don’t write about every concert I attend, or even every book I read, for that matter. That would be boring and repetitive. However, there are some concerts (and some books) that I feel I really must share with anyone out there who might be slightly interested in
Bach’s ‘St. Matthew Passion’ stirs Jerusalem audience Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Among the most famous songs of the great Jewish composer Irving Berlin are White Christmas and Easter Parade. Bing Crosby introduced Easter Parade in the movie Holiday Inn in 1942. But Berlin first wrote this melody in 1917 with different lyrics. What was this original version of Easter Parade? A. Being With My Honey, including the lyrics “Days are
Jewish trivia question: ‘Easter Parade’ Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Midnight in Berlin by James MacManus; Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin’s Press; ISBN 978-1-250-07949-4; 404 pages; $26.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a novel of political intrigue set in Nazi Germany just before the outbreak of World War II. The British military attache in Berlin, Noel Macrae, learns of Adolf Hitler’s
Novel explores Berlin on the eve of World War II Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – After the blessings over the candles, grape juice, and bread, my wife, two of my grandsons, and I carefully sipped another glass of Welch’s Calcium 100% Grape Juice. In imitation of wine connoisseurs, we then cleansed our palates with water and availed ourselves of the new Welch’s Manischewitz
Grape Juice: Older family members preferred new brand Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Free agent Drew Ferris, who was a long snapper at the University of Florida for three seasons, has been signed by the Seattle Seahawks to a three-year-contract. Ferris had been a high school graduate from San Diego Jewish Academy, and is the son of Walt and Pam Ferris.
San Diego Jewish Academy grad now a Seattle Seahawk Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The current guttersniping between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump about their wives has descended so far into the bowels of the body politic that CNN plans to broadcast a debate between the two via colonoscope. * Microsoft launched Tay, an Artificial Intelligence robot that posts tweets based on what it
Humoring the headlines: March 25, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireFrom the Wilderness and Lebanon: An Israeli Soldier’s Story of War and Recovery by Asael Lubotzky, Translated from the Hebrew by Murray Roston,Toby Press, New Milford, Connecticut; ISBN 978-1-59264-417-9 ©2015, $14.95, p. 188 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –The Third Platoon of the Golani Brigade, now working near Gaza for training, but normally operating in Northern Israel,
Gaza, Lebanon–An Israeli soldier’s diary Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Middle East
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor Masori SAN DIEGO – They fractured the lyrics of numerous popular American songs, and twisted the tale in the Book of Esther to fit those lyrics, but nobody objected. In fact, the audience loved it. It was the annual Purimshpiel on Wednesday evening, March 23, at
Annual shpiel twists plot, lyrics in Purim fun Read More »
David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Shor M. Masori
-49th in a Series — Exit 17C, Magnolia Avenue, El Cajon ~ East County Performing Arts Center By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – The East County Performing Arts Center (ECPAC) was the glittering gem of downtown El Cajon’s “super block” when it hosted its inaugural performance on September 8, 1977. Many people gave
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food