AAA-Writers and photographers

Below are the names of writers who are currently active.  For others, living and deceased, please type their name into the search box above the masthead on our home page, www.sdjewishworld.com

Diversity of Israel’s support showcased at SWU gala

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – An Egyptian-born Muslim who today calls himself a proud Zionist, an Ethiopian-Israeli who taught herself to sing as a way to relieve the stress of rocket attacks on her hometown of Sderot, and an 11-year-old girl whose answer to anti-Semitism was to become a strong supporter of Israel, […]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

‘Samuel Project’ stars Hal Linden as Holocaust survivor

 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The Samuel Project, filmed in San Diego and screened at the  San Diego International Film Festival, is a gentle post-Holocaust story starring Hal Linden as Samuel, a Holocaust survivor who is reluctant to talk about what the Nazis did to him and his family. Despite prodding by his

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, USA

Friendship between Basques and Jews fuels novel

At Vitoria: a City’s Medieval Promise between Christians and Sephardic Jews by Marcia Riman Selz;© 2016, Archway Publishing; ISBN 9781480-852976; 217 pages plus appendices, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – While the Basque people of Vitoria, Spain, were Christians, like the Jews, they were outsiders, not quite like the other Christians of Castile

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Surviving the Shoah by hook or by crook

I Survived: My Name is Yitzkhak by Harry A. Butowsky, © 2015 Word Association Publishers, ISBN 9781633-851009; 201 pages including appendices, $18. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – This book came to me “over the transom,” that is, without any previous warning.  Even though it is three years old, I’m glad that I

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Student poets to read their works Oct. 16

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The opening program of the eleventh season of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices will showcase student poets from the San Diego Jewish community.  On Tuesday evening, October 16, 7:00 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library, fourteen young people will read their original poems. English teacher, Elaine Lepow, will be accompanying

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar

Plaque recalling first Roseville Hotel unveiled

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The new 16-unit Bellamar Point Loma condominium at the corner of Rosecrans and Byron Streets in the Roseville section of the Point Loma neighborhood gained some additional luster on Tuesday, Oct. 9, when Mayor Kevin Faulconer, City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf, and members of the La Playa Trails

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County

Belshazzar’s Feast by Rembrandt on display in Scotland

  By Sam Ben-Meir EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh is currently exhibiting a substantial selection of Rembrandt’s paintings, drawings, and prints – focusing on those works that reveal the story of “Britain’s Discovery of the Master.” Exploring the significance of Rembrandt to British collectors, artists, and writers provides us with the

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International, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, Travel and Food

S.D. Jewish Men’s Choir had ’em dancing in the aisles

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Two dozen gentlemen, sporting silver vests, matching ties, black shirts, trousers and derbies, filed into the event space of the University City branch of the San Diego City Library  to deliver a spirited program that prompted the audience to clap, sing, and even dance. The San Diego Jewish Men’s

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Butterfly project is life work for Rattner- Price

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — There is something special about an artist who finds an expressive way to teach both children and adults about a moment in history that should never be forgotten. That artist is Cheryl Rattner-Price who co-founded The Butterfly Project with educator Jan Landau in 2006. The Butterfly Project or Zikaron

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Jewish History, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County