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He Could Make Words Sing: An Ordinary Man During Extraordinary Times by David Greene, © 2017 DCG Publishing; ISBN 980998-018201; 193 pages plus endnotes; $17.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – History teacher David Greene has written a combination social history and biography of his father-in-law, Harry Greissman, an advertising man. We come […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−The Trump Administration has asked the Centers for Disease Control to stop using the words “diversity,” “fetus,” “transgender,” “science-based” and “evidence-based.” It will replace diversity with labeled homogeneity-challenged, fetus with in utero little person, transgender with perverse abomination, science-based with empirical hoax, and evidence-based with fabricated. * The Department of Energy
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –The pungent aroma of baking would often greet me when I came home from school. My mother was an expert baker (and cook) and had a wide range of goodies that she would make in the course of the year, as well as the delicious Challah and rolls she
Her favorite Chanukah dessert? Ginger bread! Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Travel and FoodBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — This week, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini “guaranteed” to the Palestinian Arabs, EU support for a divided Jerusalem. She rebuked Prime Minister Netanyahu, “You know where the European Union stands. We believe that the only realistic solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine is based on
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International, Middle East, Steve KramerBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Robert Zelickman, professional clarinetist and retired UC San Diego Wind Ensemble Conductor, served as guest maestro for the Nov. 12 and 14 concerts of the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO). He substituted for TICO’s music director, David Amos, who had suffered an injured ankle in an accidental fall. The
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The theme of brotherhood is central to the entire Book of Genesis. On Shabbat we chant the words, “Hinei ma tov uma na’im, shevet achim gam yachad.” (“Look how good and pleasurable it is for brothers to dwell together in unity.” Yet Genesis did not begin
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-‘Twas Hanukkah eve, and in the White House, Donald Trump was tweeting, preparing to grouse. Insults of Bob Mueller were sent with great ire To warn him that one day he could be fired. The President fumed about his buddy Flynn Treated so poorly for his lying sin. Hillary should
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Donald H. Harrison IMPERIAL BEACH, California – Serge Dedina is a 6’4 surfer, a PhD in geography, a descendant on his Jewish father’s side of Holocaust survivors, a renowned coastal conservationist, and, since December 2014, mayor of the small city of Imperial Beach. There were so many facets of his life to talk about
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Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, The World We ShareThe Undoing Project; a Friendship that Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis; W.W. Norton and Co. (c) 2017. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — In this book Michael Lewis sets out to describe the way two Israeli psychologists worked together over the course of several years to develop a theory about the process
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN MARCOS, California – Arts professor Merryl Goldberg of California State University at San Marcos declares that arts equal opportunity. She explains that the more that arts are incorporated into a child’s life, the better career prospects he or she will have as an adult. A former saxophonist with the Klezmer
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO -New Words from the First Year of the Trump Presidency * Excoaliate: Opening protected wilderness areas to mining operations. * Mooreonic: Endorsing an alleged pedophile for Senate because he supports your political agenda. * Adfibbing: Improvising lies to exonerate yourself. * Meception: Believing your own lies. * Twescalation: Exacerbating problems
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
He Writes, She Writes: A Dialogue of Contrasting Views Written in Verse by Natasha Josefowitz and Irwin Zahn; © 2017 Createspace; ISBN 9781975-785055; 79 pages plus introductory material; $7 on Amazon. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – After reading this collaboration by Natasha Josefowitz and Irwin Zahn, three descriptive words came immediately to
Dueling poems by Josefowitz, Zahn, charm Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Natasha JosefowitzBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Aboard the cruise ship Carnival Dream, a veritable floating city, we shared the fourteen decks with some 4,000 other passengers Our route took us from New Orleans, down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and several Caribbean islands. From conversations with some of our fellow-passengers we learned that
Fun, food, and visits to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Mexico Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Travel and Food
The Four Virtues of a Leader by Eric Kaufmann; Sounds True, © 2016; ISBN 9781622-037285; 256 pages, $17.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Motivational speaker Eric Kaufman and I attend the same San Diego shul, Tifereth Israel Synagogue, and I thought I would do him a favor by reviewing his book. Turns out,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison