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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

Timeless Chanukah story set in 1912 New York City

All-Of-A-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; Schartz & Wade Random House Children’s Books; © 2018, ISBN 9780399-554193, 40 pages, $17.99.  Publication date: September 11, 2018 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – My mother Alice was born in 1912, the same year in which is set this timeless Chanukah story […]

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

Marker placed in Kansas for August Bondi

By Jerry Klinger SALINA, KANSAS — The ity of Salina, (Kansas) Historic Commission, the Smoky Hill Museum and the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation dedicated a new historic marker on August 30, 2018 dedicated to abolitionist August Bondi, a proud Jew. The citation on the marker read: AUGUST BONDI 1833-1907 Jewish-American Abolitionist, Salina Resident August

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA

Novel shines a light on Soviet WWII decison- making

Red Sky at Noon by Simon Sebag-Montefiore; Penguin, Random House, UK, 2017 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel —  This novel gives a detailed account of the days leading up to the German attempt to take Stalingrad in the summer of 1942, doing so by tracing the exploits of a group of former prisoners, taken

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International

Initiative links Jewish teens to service, scholarships

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The teenager in your family may be interested in two related websites.  One, www.motivsandiego.org, will introduce him or her to opportunities around the county to volunteer, and to thereby earn community service credits that are important on college applications.  Although operated under auspices of the Jewish community,

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

Maasdam’s captain emphasizes teamwork at sea

Editor’s Note: This is the 26th 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,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food

Rabbi Samuel introduces Philo to the modern world

By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California  – The 1st Century Jewish philosopher and religious scholar, Philo, was very familiar with the Torah, commenting here and there on different portions of the Five Books of Moses in writings that were spread over approximately 40 publications in the native Greek language that he spoke in his

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East

Humor, or should we say levi-tea, in pottery

“One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up, add just a few more pieces to blast an immense bonfire, large enough to warm up your entire circle of friends; needless to say that individuality counts but teamwork dynamites.”  Jin Kwon By Eva Trieger MAMARONECK, New York — Mamaroneck Library is

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Recently published ‘The Israel Bible’ tells in over 2,000 pages the Jewish connections to Israel

The Israel Bible (Hebrew and English Edition) by Rabbi Tuly Weisz; Hardcover: 2212 pages;  Publisher: Menorah Books; Bilingual edition (July 10, 2018);  Language: Hebrew, English; ISBN-10: 1940516803;  Cost: $44.00 By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — In today’s world, there are all sorts of different types of commentaries on the Scriptures on a variety

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East

S.D. Symphony fans rhapsodize over Gershwin concert

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — What glorious Gershwin at the San Diego Symphony’s August 17 and 18 Bayside Summer Nights concerts! Conductor Rob Fisher assembled an outstanding trio of vocalists to sing the Gershwin songs and led the San Die Symphony in a splendid rendition of An American In Paris. Before conducting Gershwin’s famous

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

‘Davi’s Way’ relates story of a botched tribute to Sinatra

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Actor Robert Davi has a scarred face, which is perhaps the reason why he typically is cast as a villain in the movies.  His name is not a household word, and even less known about him is that he idolized Frank Sinatra to such an extent that he

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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast