Film: I Was A Child of Holocaust Survivors
I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors by Ann Marie Fleming, National Film Board of Canada
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International, Jewish HistoryJewish History
The story of the youngest of the Monuments Men
By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — During the Second World War as the Nazis stormed across Europe, they systematically looted millions of priceless paintings, sculptures and other cultural artifacts from museums, including their own, churches, libraries and private collections, mostly Jewish. The monetary value ran into the billions, but the cultural loss was incalculable. It
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International, Jewish HistoryI-8 Jewish travel: Morris Casuto and the ADL
–15th in a series– Exit 5: Mission Center Road, San Diego ~ Former Anti-Defamation League offices By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Although Jewish agencies and organizations including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) recently have clustered their offices near those of the Jewish Federation of San Diego in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood, they used to
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodHundreds rally in San Diego to stop Iran N- deal
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Numerous speakers during a Sunday, July 26, rally at Balboa Park passionately decried the nuclear arms deal that the United States and other major world powers recently reached with Iran, but the San Diegan who easily was the hero of the day chose the printed word-not the microphone-to
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USAI-8 Jewish Travel: Survivor built a fortune
-14th in a series- Exit 5: Mission Center Road, Westfield Mission Valley Shopping Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Westfield Mission Valley Shopping Center is one of more than 100 shopping centers in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States controlled by a corporation owned by the Lowy
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodU.S. should take down all Confederate symbols
By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — Since the murders at Emanuel AME church a few weeks ago, I’ve struggled looking for the right words to express my feelings on the so called “Southern Culture” as symbolized by the Confederate flag. It is amazing to me that we tolerate the rewriting of history as a way to
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Jewish History, USAI-8 Jewish Travel: Riverwalk Golf Course
-13th in a Series- Exit 4: Hotel Circle, San Diego ~ Riverwalk Golf Course By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Handlery Hotel, on the northeastern portion of Hotel Circle, adjoins the Riverwalk Golf Course, on land that the Levi and Cushman families have owned for over a century. Currently they and a developer
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodFrom the Jewish library: ‘First Lady of Fleet Street’
The First Lady of Fleet Street; The Life of Rachel Beer, Crusading Heiress and Newspaper Pioneer by Eilat Negev & Yehuda Koren, Random House 2011. By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — As unlikely as it may seem, for approximately ten years at the end of the 1800’s, two of the foremost British newspapers, the Sunday Times and
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Jewish HistoryI-8 Jewish travel: Old Temple Beth Israel
-Twelfth in a Series- Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego: Temple Beth Israel, Heritage Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Many fine carriages pulled up to the new building at the corner of 2nd and Beech Streets on a hill overlooking downtown San Diego and the Bay. Their occupants came to observe or to participate
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodThe story behind ‘Woman in Gold’
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Woman in Gold made its debut in theaters in April of this year, unfurling the true story of an Austrian-American woman seeking to reclaim artwork that had been seized by the Nazis during World War II. Director Simon Curtis granted me a phone interview prior to the DVD
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Eva Trieger, Jewish HistoryI-8 Jewish Travel: The courthouse and the Franklins
– Eleventh in a Series– Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego~Courthouse, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There were no televisions, radios, motion pictures, or YouTube videos back in the mid 19th century. There were, occasionally, traveling stage productions and these were well-attended. But for day-to-day entertainment, San
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodMona Golabek returns to San Diego Rep
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –Mona Golabek, the brilliant pianist, author and actress, is excited to return to San Diego for the reengagement of her prize-winning, one-woman play, The Pianist of Willesden Lane. From July 8-26, at the Lyceum Stage in Horton Plaza, she will again portray her mother, Lisa Jura. In 1938, as a
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Eileen Wingard, Jewish HistoryI-8 Jewish Travel: 2 merchants’ expanding empire
-Tenth in a series- Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego ~ Colorado House, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Inside the false-front Colorado House, one may get the false impression that Joseph S. Mannasse spent most of his life as an agent for the Wells Fargo Company. In fact,
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, USAThe saga of Eli Cohen, Israel’s greatest spy
By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — On July 29, 1977, at Kfar Habad, a village near Tel Aviv, a bar mitzvah was in progress. After reading from the Torah, 13 year old, Shai Cohen spoke, “I promise you, father, that in my life I will never fail you. I will do my duty with
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Jewish History, Middle East