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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Today (Dec. 23) is comedian Harry Shearer’s 75th birthday. Most people know him as someone who used to perform on Saturday Night Live and who now provides some of the voices for The Simpsons. I remember him as the city editor of the UCLA Daily Bruin in 1962, the year I […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountySiddur Avodat HaLev (Hebrew and English Edition) Hardcover by Rabbinical Council of America; Editor: Rabbi Basil Herring, by Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 97896530-19362; 1346 pages By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The brand new Siddur Avodat Halev is a fabulous new commentary on the traditional siddur, but unlike most commentaries you have read, the writers of this project
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the midst of the Vietnam War, Sen. George Aiken is reported to have said, “Let’s just declare victory and get out.” In October, President Donald Trump did “declare victory” over ISIS. “I want to get out,” the president said. “I want to bring our troops back home. I want to start rebuilding
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA
By Mimi Pollack LA JOLLA, California — As an ESL teacher who has worked for 35 years with people from all over the world, I was very interested in going to see the presentation at the Gotthelf Gallery at the JCC last Monday evening on December 17th. First, there was the presentation by civil rights attorney
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Mimi Pollack, San Diego CountyThe Tunnel by Avraham B. Yehoshua; published (in Hebrew) by The New Library, 2018 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The tunnel of the book’s title is both a physical entity and a metaphor for the chief protagonist’s declining mental faculties. That in itself is a clever and fascinating concept. It’s a pity the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson
Editor’s Note: This is the 42nd and final installment in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
Comic lightens the mood on cruise’s last day Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & SatireBob Mueller Is Bringing You Down By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO− Melody: Santa Claus is Coming to Town O! You better watch out! You better not lie. Stop tweeting a lot. I’m telling you why Bob Mueller is bringing you down. He’s made a list They’ve testified. Admit they colluded It can’t be denied. Bob
Humoring the headlines: December 19, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Immigrants Tammuz Dubnov and Gad Shaanan from Israel and Michel Cohen of Mexico are among 76 New Americans who are featured in an innovative exhibition that was created by the staff of the San Diego Union-Tribune in cooperation with the New Americans Museum at Liberty Station. Each life-size
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
Shabu Works, 9841 Mira Mesa Blvd., San Diego, California 92131 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — “Jewish Christmas” is how Jews often celebrate a day off work while Christians celebrate their religious holiday. Traditionally, it involves dinner at a Chinese, or Asian, restaurant before or after a movie. So, have I got the place for
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The idea came to me when the announcer on the radio said that the next item in the music program would be one of Mozart’s ‘Haydn Quartets,’ i.e., quartets composed by Mozart and dedicated to and inspired by Haydn. I had known about the relationship of mutual admiration between
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
Editor’s Note: This is the 41st in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
A casino host’s life aboard the Maasdam Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Travel and FoodBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — A highlight of the Hanukkah week in San Diego was the Broken Consort concert December 4, at Smith Hall, on the campus of San Diego State University. The program was entitled, “Shimmering Lights,” and was based on the newly released album by klezmer violinist Yale Strom, his wife, vocalist
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Dave Schechter Atlanta Jewish Times MARIETTA, Georgia — On Roswell Road in Marietta, bordered on one side by a restaurant parking lot and on the other by Interstate 75, is a strip of grass and shrubbery with a sidewalk that leads to two memorials. Leo Frank, a Jew, was lynched on August 17, 1915, in
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA
By Mimi Pollack TIJUANA, Baja California, Mexico — Social classes are very defined in Mexico, so many times opportunity depends on what class you are born in. There is a woman in Tijuana who is determined to bring music into the lives of all children, no matter what their background is. When you first meet
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International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts