Donald H. Harrison

Ella Verzov and Chana Oirechman, Tamar of Venice (c) 2013, Menucha Publishers, Brooklyn, ISBN 978161465170-3, 54 pages.  And, Ella Verzov and Chana Oirechman, Moshe of Japan, (c) 2013, Menucha Publishers, Brooklyn; ISBN 978161465171-0,  50 pages By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Chabad has come up with a charming, multi-purpose idea for a children’s book series. Authors

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–California has a different kind of lottery than the one with numbered ping pong balls which can be watched on television on a regular basis.  This one is played without such fanfare by a relatively small percentage of our population — the people who buy licenses to enjoy fishing

Mike Sager, High Tolerance, Sager Group, 2013, ISBN 9780988178564, 265 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–If you enjoy puzzles, you may like to ponder the meaning of this novel’s title, “High Tolerance.” Does it refer to the protagonist, Jewish television writer Nathan Sulcov, who is the white partner in a black/white marriage, whose biracial,

By Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California –I am still pondering two items that neighbor Bob Lauritzen and I found during a walk around the Santee Lakes. I noticed a card lying face up with Christian iconography on it. The card pictured a man in white robe and green overgarment.  He had a halo above his

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– It is too bad that our dog Benji can’t read, because if he could, Max, the Rotweiler who is the hero in four books of space adventures, might become one of Benji’s favorite characters in literature. In a series of four stories by San Diego-raised, University of Colorado astronomy

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Jokes somehow make death less terrifying. I’ve had some recent encounters with this maxim. The other day, a man at the cash register at a Denny’s Restaurant declared: “I’m so old that when I was born the Dead Sea wasn’t even sick yet.” A few days later, Rabbi

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–The Women’s Museum of California paid tribute Friday morning, Dec. 20, to 108-year-old Laura Simon, whose art works and a silver service are part of its permanent collection.  The museum also sells the book–I’m Still Here–that has won Simon designation as the oldest living author in the collection of the