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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Because both my husband and I tend to prefer going to a concert of an evening rather than attending the screening of a movie, our visits to the cinema are relatively few and far between. Due to a shortage of concerts we have, however, been to see a couple […]
’45 Years’ seemed to take that long for concert lover Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank’s Window by Jeff Gottesfeld; illustrated by Peter McCarty; ©2016 Alfred A. Knopf, Junior Library Guild Selection; 34 pages; $17.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This beautifully written, magnificently illustrated, sentimental remembrance of Anne Frank is being marketed as a children’s book, but I’m not
Can a derivative story teach the Holocaust? Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
-42nd in a Series– Exit 13A, Jackson Drive, La Mesa ~ Chabad of East County By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California – If I were to ask you what a pioneer looks like, perhaps you would describe him as a man wearing a coonskin hat, a buckskin jacket and pants, and moccasins. Maybe you
I-8 Jewish Travel: New Jewish pioneers of the West Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
Ghosts: Images of War by Carrie Zeidman; © 2015 Swiss Creek Publications; ISBN 978-0970227652; 71 pages; $40. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is an unusual book of photo essays touring venues of the American Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II and the Holocaust. Photojournalist Carrie Zeidman visits these places
‘Ghosts’ illustrates reverence for our war dead Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, USAThe Big Shorts By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO ─ This Sunday and Monday San Diego temporarily will become the world capital of short films. At the same time the Landmark Ken Theatre is showcasing the Oscar-nominated animated and live action short films, the San Diego Jewish Film Festival will be screening the Ma’aleh School of Film,
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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe Law; directed by Christian Faure; France; 2013; 90 minues; French with English subtitles; drama to be shown twice during the San Diego Jewish Film Festival at 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, and at 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Reading Cinemas 14, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO
Film Festival Preview: ‘The Law’ Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Stop The Fight: An Illustrated Guide for Couples by Michelle Brody, PhD; © 2015; The Experiment, LLC; ISBN 978-1-61519-280-9; 295 pages plus index and notes; $15.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Psychologist Michelle Brody offers a dozen scenarios illustrating typical fights between married couples, along with suggestions for how the couples might understand what those
Some tips for couples who don’t want to quarrel Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Those who believe that continuing wars with Arabs and a series of disgraced Israeli politicians have snuffed out Israeli idealism haven’t yet visited Hannaton, a kibbutz in the Galilee whose leaders believe that, by example, they can help to build a multi-cultural, egalitarian, Jewish society living in friendship
Building an egalitarian society in Israel Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Fifth graders at the Benjamin Franklin STEAM Magnet Elementary School on Monday, Feb. 1, helped to explain to the news media how a low-tech Israeli invention will help their school conserve rainwater, and may prove to be an important tool in California’s fight against periodic droughts. STEAM is
Israeli rain barrel system on trial at 3 schools Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition by Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, Oxford University Press, New York; ISBN 978-0-19-537370-7 ©2015, $34.95, p. 297, plus index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — If you’ve ever heard a new employee at work say something like, “We didn’t do it that way when I
Book review: ‘The Myth of the Cultural Jew’ Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — San Diego Jewish World expresses its appreciation to the 43 writers and photographers whose works appeared during January 2016. These individuals included: David Amos Eitan Arom Kenneth Bandler Laurie Baron Amber Bartlett Ronnie Blair Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Cynthia Citron Richard L. Cravatts Judy Friedel Michael Freund Donald H. Harrison Natasha
SDJW thanks 43 whose works appeared in January Read More »
Barry Shaw, Cynthia Citron, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve KramerBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Iran’s President Rouhani was feted in Italy on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, of all days. (It’s sickening how many Europeans don’t even mention Jews when speechifying on the Holocaust.) Classic, “erotic” artwork in Rouhani’s line of sight was hidden, wine was eschewed at banquets, and Rouhani was invited
A political tour of the Middle East Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jewish Family Service on Sunday, Jan. 31, dedicated a reconfigured and re-imagined campus intended to architecturally incorporate Jewish values and principles within its buildings and on its grounds. At a ceremony to affix a mezuzah to a property at 8788 Balboa Avenue and to honor lead donors Joan
JFS dedicates its Jacobs Family Campus Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyA Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt; directed by Kai Christiansen; Germany; 2014; 90 minutes in German with English Subtitles; Drama; to be shown three times during the San Diego Jewish Film Festival, at 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Carlsbad Village Theatre, 2822 State St., Carlsbad and at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb.
Film Festival Preview: ‘A Blind Hero’ Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast