Donald H. Harrison

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — For many Jews whose ancestors lived in Eastern Europe, Fiddler on the Roof provides a mythic context for understanding what their lives might have been like. Music from the show, such as “Sunrise, Sunset,” is routinely played at such simchas as bar mitzvah receptions and weddings.  But what

Serpent’s Chronicle by Neil Folberg;  Abbeville Press Publishers, (c) 2013; IBN 978-0-7892-1138-5;  84 pages; $29.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– In Serpent’s Chronicle, his new book of photographs, Neil Folberg recounts the story of Adam and Eve, but not as most people know the tale.  His story is from the viewpoint of a serpent

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California –To some degree all of us want to put our ancestors on a pedestal, but Grossmont College student artist Jessica Kowaski has been able to actually do so in the current student art exhibition at the Hyde Gallery. Finished in a way to make it look weathered, her

    By Donald H. Harrison ESCONDIDO, California —  When artists Larry and Debby Kline go out to casual dinners, they can’t help playing with the detritus of restaurant meals — the sugar and saccharine packets, napkins, chopstick wrappers, tooth picks, and other disposable items. While they eat, their eyes are locked in concentration on

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–At one point in Zombie Prom, students and a certain undead former student are protesting the commandment from Delilah Strict (Meredith Russo), the principal at Enrico Fermi High School, that no Zombies be permitted at the school prom.   “Let my people glow!” urged the Zombie’s picket sign. The 1993

  Tzaki and His Holiday Miracles by Avraham Feder, (illustrated by Lisa Cain, edited by Tzipora Ne’eman), (c) 2012, ISBN 978-1-937887-03-2; 48 pages, $14.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Middle East is renowned for flying carpets, of course.  But have you ever heard of a flying sukkah?  A mischievous boy named Tzaki,

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – When he performs the brit milah ceremony, Dr. Stuart Rubenstein, a pediatrician and mohel, often reflects upon the spiritual importance of Shabbat.  His comments on Tuesday, May 7, about the spirituality of Shabbat brought back memories for Rabbi Matthew Earne of another spiritual Shabbat in a far-off

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Jewish pioneer Louis Rose, who wondered upon his arrival in 1850 why the dusty little village of San Diego wasn’t more water-oriented like his hometown of Neuhaus-an-der-Oste in Germany,  might have smiled with satisfaction on Monday, May 6, if he had witnessed a modern-day result of his successful campaign

  By Donald H. Harrison DEL MAR, California– Come Wednesday, May 22, when supporters of the Foundation Fighting Blindness gather at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in La Jolla for a “Dining in the Dark” dinner– to be served and eaten with the lights out and the blackout curtains drawn — I just hope the attendees

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — In the well-appointed living room in the Palm Springs home of former Ambassador, Republican party chairman and one-time actor Lyman Wyeth (Robert Foxworth) and his loyal one-time actress wife Polly (Kandis Chappell), a large Christmas tree stands against the picture window.  From a bottom branch, facing the

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Artist Peter Max is a busy, peripatetic man.  He squeezed my telephone interview with him into a New York City cab, which he directed, on Wednesday, April 24, to “turn left on 83rd Street”  en route to an appointment.  He arrived at his destination within nine minutes, so

  Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–There were so many things to do, exhibits to see, and people to schmooze with that unless you walked hand-in-hand with a companion during the entire time of the Israel Independence Festival, never letting go for even a minute, no person’s overall experiences there on Sunday,