Donald H. Harrison

Sicarii by Laurence Brown;  2012; ISBN 978-1475085402; 364 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Australian novelist Laurence Brown tells three stories in this novel about murder and violence in ancient Israel, modern-day Colombia, and modern-day Israel.  The ancient and modern Israeli stories revolve around religious fanaticism, whereas the Colombian story focuses on illicit

Comeback Love by Peter Golden;  Washington Square Press of Simon & Schuster; 2010; ISBN 978-1-4516-5632-9; 294 pages, $15. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –If you accept the book jacket summary, this novel “is an evocative journey into the hearts of two lovers who came of age in the 1960s, and who never truly let

Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — As my wife Nancy drove  grandson Shor, 11, and me to the San Diego Convention Center, we noted that the car in front of us, a Saturn, had a vanity license plate that in symbol and letters announced its occupant was a Star Trek fan. 

A Candle in the Heart: Memoir of a Child Survivor by Judith Mannheimer Alter Kallman; Wordsmithy 2011; ISBN 978-1-935119010-1, 315 pages, price unlisted. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–This is an unusual Holocaust memoir because it moves from a child’s terror to her comfort, back to terror and then to reassurance, in a journey that

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Amid fans dressed as Super-Heroes, Walt Disney characters, and inhabitants of the Star Trek and Star Wars universes, two Jewish men named Stan on Thursday, July 12,  assiduously worked the crowd, drumming up support for their latest ventures. Stan Lee, who as a Marvel Comic executive, brought forth

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