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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – “Time Enough at Last,” one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes, starred Burgess Meredith as a bank clerk who wanted nothing more than time to read. He was down in the bank vault doing just that when the world ended for all those aboveground. After he recovered from […]
Film imagines life after the apocalypse Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Editor’s Note: This is the 29th 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,
Guide shares the Happe- ness of travel Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Holocaust survivor Abraham Bursztein (Miguel Angel Sola), the protagonist in the Spanish language, English-subtitled film The Last Suit, has a promise to keep before his children in Argentina move him out of his house and pack him off to a retirement home. Angry at their insistence that he
Holocaust survivor repays a debt in ‘The Last Suit’ Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The name of the author, the actress Simone Signoret, caught my eye and I bought Adieu Volodia for 50 cents (521 pages, hardback) last summer while browsing the stalls at a village brocante, a kind of flea-market in rural France where the locals bring out the items they wish
1985 novel by Simone Signoret still captivates Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Editor’s Note: This is the 28th 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,
Moorea, land of Moana and UC field studies Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — The Palestinian Arabs have turned refugee status into a profession, according to Middle East expert Mordechai Kedar. If nothing is done to change this, by the end of the 21st century, Palestinian Arab “refugees” may number about 100 million! How’s that possible? UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works
Palestinian Refugee- ism must end Read More »
Middle East, Steve KramerEnhanced Interrogations to Identify Anonymous By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — President Trump has decided that polygraphing all the associates he suspects of writing the anonymous OpEd in the failing New York Times will not not yield the identity of the treasonous culprit. He has appointed Dick Cheney to serve as the Presidential Grand Inquisitor
Humoring the headlines: September 11, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Dan Wingard LOS ANGELES — I was saddened to read of the recent death of the great Neil Simon. I didn’t know him personally, but I felt like I did because I was lucky enough to perform in all three of the plays which form his autobiographical “BB” trilogy: Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues (in two
In memory of Neil Simon and his BB trilogy Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — As ever, returning to Israel after two months of absence is something of a culture shock, particularly when it comes to driving a car. One is reminded with alarm that rules are no longer rules, the word ‘courtesy’ does not exist in the Hebrew language, and the overall feeling
Home again in Israel Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodComing Home: Living in the Land of Israel in Jewish Tradition and Thought by Rabbi Dov Lipman, Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, © 2018, ISBN 978-9652299369, p. 141, $14.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Dov Lipman, author of Coming Home, has selected a propitious time for publishing a book about the historical and emotional ties
Israel in global Jewish tradition and thought Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionSmear: Bunk about the Whitehouse By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−To counter Bob Woodward’s new book Fear: Trump in the White House, members of the Trump administration have published a book challenging Woodward’s accounts of what they allegedly said about the president. Here are some excerpts: * James Mattis: Since I know the president has more
Humoring the headlines: September 6, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Editor’s Note: This is the 27th 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,
Recalling the WWII Seabees on Bora Bora Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Sandi Masori is like the song by the Rolling Stones, “She comes in color everywhere… She’s like a rainbow.” She wears many colorful hats in her life as an artist, businesswoman, and single mom. She was the owner of a balloon business, Balloon Utopia, and now owns a business
Sandi Masori: One Woman, Many Hats Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
The Family Tabor by Cherise Wolas; Flatiron Books © 2018; ISBN 9781250-081452; 381 pages plus acknowledgments, $27.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This mystery novel absorbs readers’ attention not only because they are in suspense about the disappearance of one of the main characters, but also because the narrative illustrates that no matter
A spiritual novel with a mystery, or vice versa? Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison