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Donald Trump on the Stump By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−“Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. Why else would they call it caravan? They disguised its Middle Eastern origins by ditching […]
Humoring the headlines: October 24, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California – Located at 10144 Mission Gorge Road in Santee, within walking distance of the trolley stop, and between State Routes 67 and 125, what will become the County of San Diego’s new vital records center and wedding place is expected to open in November 2019 on land that the
Ground broken for new S.D. County document center Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The contemporary art exhibit, “Beyond the Age of Reason,” curated by Larry and Debby Kline, is nearing the end of its run at the San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park. If you want to be intrigued, or even possibly enraged, by various artists’ visions of religion and
Art to inspire, raise questions, and perhaps anger Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar-Third and last of a series By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California – Of the twelve student poets who participated in the Oct. 16 Jewish Voices-Jewish Poets readings in the Astor Library of the Lawrence Family JCC, only two were males. It was a coincidence, perhaps, that both young men wrote about war. REMAIN by
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Temple Beth Shalom of Chula Vista celebrated its 60th anniversary Sunday with a banquet, historical reminiscences, and Yiddish folk music at Elijah’s Banquet Hall at 7061 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Founded in 1958 by businessman Samuel Vener who purchased the former St. John’s Episcopal Church buildings at the corner
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion-Second in a Series– By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California – Six of the 12 featured student poets at the opening session Oct. 16 of this year’s Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices program shared their feelings about self-discovery, animals and nature. HONESTLY by Jenna Kreedman (SD Jewish Academy Middle School)I am about 5 foot 2 I was
Student poets explore self- discovery, nature Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Where there’s a bounty there’s a bounty hunter or two…or possibly three. This fact was made evident in the West Coast Premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s sleuth fest, Holmes and Watson. North Coast Rep’s David Ellenstein directed an all Actor’s Equity cast for this exciting and inimitable twist on Sir
Will the real Sherlock Holmes please stand? Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
My first Jewish Baby Book … From Afikomen to Zayde by Julie Merberg, illustrated by Beck Feiner; Downtown Bookworks © 2018; ISBN 9781941-367605; 28 hard pages; $10.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Is there a word in Yiddish for smorgasbord? If there were, it might be perfect to describe the contents of
Delight your child, and self, with this baby book Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonRogues Killed Khashoggi (To the Tune of “I Shot the Sheriff”) By Laurie Baron Rogues killed Khashoggi, but you know it was an accident. Rogues killed Khashoggi, when he became intransigent. Fifteen were sent to interrogate. But he resisted and things escalate. It did not go as required. All of a sudden he
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireFirst in a series By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Twelve student poets shared their original poetry for an audience of proud and beaming parents, teachers and friends at the opening program of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC, Tuesday evening, October 16. The audience included Rabbi Lenore
Student poets expound on Jewish themes Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California -North Coast Rep Theater will produce the New Works Reading Series sponsored by Nebcal Printing, that will kick off with a dramedy written by stand-up comic Steve Bluestein. I had the good fortune to interview Bluestein by phone earlier this month. Rest, in Pieces is Bluestein’s baby, and will enjoy
Bluestein dramedy to be read Oct. 29 at North Coast Rep Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two Israeli college students personally have felt the sting of the world’s prejudice against the citizens of the Jewish State. Under the auspices of StandWithUs, they currently are touring the southwestern United States speaking on high school and college campuses, and telling about their experiences. Because one is
How prejudice against Israel hurts its young citizens Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Of course, Israel should be governed by its indigenous people. Isn’t every country? Not really. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, indigenous means produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment. According to http://www.indigenouspeople.net, indigenous people are people defined in international or national legislation as having a
No, wait, it was the Jews! Read More »
Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve KramerBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Monrovia, Indiana, a new documentary by Frederick Wiseman, 88, is a piece that will either fascinate you or bore you to tears. There is unlikely to be any middle ground. I was one of those who was fascinated by the portrait Wiseman painted, with the help of photographer
All you ever wanted to know about Monrovia, Indiana Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA