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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Here are some letters of application for the soon-to-be vacated White House Chief of Staff position. Dear President Trump, I can run circles around the Congress. If there are women from your past trying to sully your reputation, I know how to deal with them. I have extensive experience in vetting […]
Humoring the headlines: December 12, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Memories, Miracles & Meaning: Insights of a Holocaust Survivor by Fanny Krasner Lebovits (with Selwyn Isakow and Sid Shapira); Mascot Books (c) 2019; ISBN 9781643-071909; 199 pages plus family tree, photos and glossary; $22.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At 96, Fanny Krasner Lebovits is still going strong. I saw her as recently
Book review: ‘Memories, Miracles & Meaning’ Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The terror organization Hezbollah has built tunnels from Lebanese territory into northern Israel; the intention was infiltration. It turns out, however, that Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence had been tracking them and last week entered southern Lebanon to destroy them. (You can watch the IDF video of a Hezbollah member
Hezbollah controls Lebanese government Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – – The spotlight of the pro-Israel organization, StandWithUs, shone brightly Tuesday night, Dec. 11, on a Muslim reformer and a Christian evangelist. Both Shireen Qudosi, a national correspondent for the Clarion Project, and Sara Miller, the outgoing San Diego regional director of the StandWithUs organization, personify the
Stand With Us extols Muslim reformer, Christian director Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree… By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson SAN DIEGO — The words of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem could well apply to San Diego’s stately Balboa Park, with its landscaped grounds, and 17 museums dedicated to different subjects, as well as centers for music, theater, recreational activities, and of course
Tim Shaw exhibit contrasts with peaceful Balboa Park Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USA
By Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — Every year, about this time of year, Christmas themed movies are flooding T.V. screens across the country. Ranked #9 out of 100 by the American Film Institute greatest films of all times is the 1947 beloved holiday comedy classic, Miracle on 34th Street. It is a warm feeling
The Jewish stories behind ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ Read More »
Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Siddur Avodat Halev by Rabbi Basil Herring, Editor-in-Chief, Toby Press, New Milford, CT © 2018, ISBN 978-965-301-936-2, p. 1346, plus an introduction and essay section, $34.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Siddur Avodat Halev, the newest prayer book from the Rabbinical Council of America, one of the largest Orthodox Jewish rabbinical associations in the world,
New Orthodox siddur provides modern translations Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion
The Village House Kalina , 8302 Parkway Drive, La Mesa, California 91942 By Sandi Masori LA MESA, California — Sometimes you find those hidden gems that you may have passed for years without noticing. The Village House Kalina is one such gem. Sitting in a La Mesa strip mall, nestled between a 7-11 and a
Noshing with Sandi: The Village House Kalina Read More »
San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Travel and Food
Story by Donald H. Harrison, Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Undeterred by last month’s massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, or by more recent anti-Semitic vandalism in Poway, more than 100 Jews and Christians joined in a March of Light late Sunday afternoon, Dec. 9, from Ashley Falls Park
March of Light concludes with chanukiah lighting Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USAWhat might they say at President Trump’s state funeral? By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Hearing the eulogies for George H. Bush by a former Canadian Prime Minister, Secretary of State, President, and his biographer, I wondered what their Trump counterparts might say at his funeral. * Former Trump Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: “So often, the
Humoring the headlines: December 7, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — I often get asked the questions, “What is the symbolism of the dreidel? What exactly is its origin?” The dreidel is a four cornered top that was popular in the medieval era and originally used for gambling. Jewish folklore purports that when the Syrians prohibited the
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Coming to theaters Dec. 14 in Los Angeles and hopefully soon after that in San Diego is a Leon Marr film about life and love in a convalescent home. The Second Time Around stars Linda Thorson as Katherine and Stuart Margolin as Isaac. It also features the works
‘The Second Time Around’: Hope for lonely seniors Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Editor’s Note: This is the 40th 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, 37,
Climbing the cruise ship employment ladder Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food
Becoming by Michelle Obama; © 2018; Crown Publishing; ISBN 9781524-763138; 421 pages plus acknowledgments and photo credits; $32.50 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — If one theme predominates throughout former First Lady Michelle Obama’s memoir, it is that, notwithstanding the fact that she and her husband had risen to the very pinnacle of power
Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ also about belonging Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA