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A Civil Sarah Huckabee Sanders Dinner Do-Over By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Given the criticism leveled at the Red Hen Restaurant for refusing to serve Sarah Huckabee Sanders, here’s a more civil way the waiter could have handled it. SRH: I have reservations under the name Huckabee Sanders. Can we be seated? W: I have reservations […]
Humoring the headlines: June 27, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — Sure, we’ve all seen actors warming up by reciting tongue twisters or singing scales to loosen up their vocal cords, doing yoga poses or lunges to limber up and get their creative juices flowing, but watching hours of squirrel videos? Studiously ogling nature documentaries of squirrels eating, sparring, and
You may go nuts over ‘Squirrels’ Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — The exhibition of paintings by Francisco de Zurburan, a seventeenth-century Spanish painter, has been a major attraction at the Israel Museum for the last few weeks. I had never heard of him, so I made use of a free morning to go and take a look. What met my eyes
‘Jacob and his Sons’ at the Israel Museum Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — What a perfect play to kick off summer! The Roustabouts, San Diego’s newest and most adventurous theater company, celebrates Season 2 with a charming show that honors the Bard and modern audiences. “Romeo, Romeo and Juliet” tracks the lives of two summer stock theater actors and their director, revealing
‘Romeo, Romeo and Juliet’ probes summer stock Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNero Toleranz By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Rap Master Donnie Releases His New Hip-Hop Song, “Nero Toleranz” with beats provided by semi-automatic rifle shots and clanging fence doors. * They claim they’re coming for asylum. Kids in tow, we should revile them. Illegal entry, ICE can profile them. If they memorized phone numbers, don’t let them
Humoring the Headlines: June 21, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Editor’s Note: This is the 16th 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 By Donald
A posthumous salute for Rabbi Katz of Wellington Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — The holiday of Pesach begins with us recalling our past, and closes with our pledge to the future. The same holds true for In Every Generation, a new play written by Ali Viterbi and directed by Gabrielle Hoyt. The reading took place before a nearly full house at
Viterbi’s ‘In Every Generation’ debates Jewish questions Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — My maternal grandparents were born in the 1800’s in the land that today is known as Israel. They passed away before I was born, and I regret I never got the chance to talk with them and hear their stories. Thus, it is with great interest that I perused
Catalog illustrates 70 years of Israel craft and design Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison; other photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — They sang, they danced, they ate, and, really, what better ways are there to celebrate Israel during its 70th birthday year? On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 17, who better to introduce the outdoor entertainment in Balboa Park’s area of
Celebrating Israel’s 70th in Balboa Park Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Lucky for me, I had my 17-year-old grandson Shor with me at San Diego Pin and Patch Con, which was held in Montezuma Hall at San Diego State University on Saturday. Besides being the photographer for this story, he also was a
Pin and Patch Con offers wearable pop art Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Hollywood tackles political realities in this new batch of summer movies. * The Uncredibles 2: The sequel to the first uncredibles film which starred Sean Spicer and Anthony Scaramucci features the voices of Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Rudy Giuliani as the cartoonish masters of disinformation and dismissiveness. * The Avenger: Trade
Humoring the headlines: June 16, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
The Third Door by Alex Banayan; © 2018 Crown Publishing Group of Penguin Random House LLC; ISBN 9780894-136662; 286 pages plus acknowledgments; $26. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is the story of a college student’s frenetic search for off-campus enlightenment in which he schemes and obsesses over interviewing the world’s most successful
A frenetic campaign to meet business gurus Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – What started as a family research project has developed into an intriguing way to tell the stories of Holocaust survivors that may ignite the interest of younger generations. Sarah Kamaras, an independent film maker based in New York, has taken the usual components of survivor testimony and stock
Animation to teach generations about the Shoah Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump is taking flak for having introduced a subject to the G-7 meeting that our European friends wanted to keep under the table. Russia. The allies expressed horror when Mr. Trump said, “Why are we having a meeting without Russia? We have a world to run… We should have Russia
Germany’s trade with Russia, Iran imperils Middle East Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA