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By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — When Don Harrison recently gifted me a copy of Professor Mordechai Rotenberg’s The Psychology of Tzimtzum, it, like most gifts, came with a string. “Michael, I thought you’d enjoy this book and I’m wondering if you’d be kind enough to write a review of it for our […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Michael Mantell, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Perhaps if the late Yiddish novelist Chava Rosenfarb had lived to see how many people crowded the Seuss Room at UCSD’s Geisel Library to hear a discussion about The Tree of Life, her trilogy about life in the Lodz ghetto, the depression she felt over the fate of the Yiddish
Yiddish writer Rosenfarb’s works and life examined Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — After a week of cultural delights in Vienna, we spent a week in France to recover from our exertions before returning to Israel a few days ago. And so it was that, as usual, on our first full day in the beautiful Limousin region we tuned our radio
Why French radio played ‘Bolero’ the entire day Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The New York Philharmonic, the legendary orchestra whose history includes maestros such as Demitri Metropolis, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Mazur and Lorin Maazel, presented a thrilling concert at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center under the direction of its current conductor, Alan Gilbert. Gilbert is the son
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ A poll conducted by the Israeli Democracy Institute found that 72 percent of Jewish Israelis believe Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories does not constitute an occupation. It also indicated that the same percentage of Israelis refer to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank as urban sprawl. * Denigrated
Humoring the headlines: May 13, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
-56th in a Series- Exit 23: Lake Jennings Park Road, Lakeside ~ Eddy Pump Corporation, El Cajon By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – A pumping system estimated to save the U.S. Navy millions of dollars over the equipment’s lifetime was invented by a Jewish surgeon with a PhD in fluid dynamics and a master’s in
I-8 Jewish Travel: Jewish physicist developed new pump Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — A functioning State of Palestine is the aspiration of most members of the United Nations. They’ve been dreaming about it ever since 1967, when Israel took control of Judea and Samaria from Jordan, which had occupied the region since Israel’s War of Independence in 1948. It sounds great
The P.A. does not want a two- state solution Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story, now deleted, inadvertently carried the wrong photograph. By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO- Two local artists combined their respective inspiration to create a mini-exhibit as part of a Curation class at University of San Diego. Joshua Levi, photographer, musician, and poet, and Mara Friedlaender, painter, both graduates
Heartbreak, loss subject of artists’ installation Read More »
Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — I traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan the end of last month, to be at my granddaughter, Hannah Gail Schiff’s graduation from the University of Michigan. I was pleased that she attended this institution that numbers many Jews among its faculty and student body. It also boasts one of the strongest
Networking, hard work emphasized at UM graduation Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — When I was in my twenties, one of my favorite books was, Meetings with Remarkable Men by George Gurdjieff. Just recently, I had my meeting with two remarkable women, Deborah Szekely and Vivian Blackstone. Szkeley just celebrated her 94th birthday and Blackstone will be 88 this summer. When
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International, Michael Mantell, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and Food
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Sophie was the perfect walking ad for the annual San Diego Humane Society’s Walk for Animals, held this year on May 7th. With her stylish visor, and SDHS commemorative T-shirt on, she posed for pictures with her proud parents looking on. Actually, there were tons of stylish doggies having
Dogs parade to help Humane Society Read More »
Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, The World We Share
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California – Now, I may have been mistaken, but I’m fairly certain I saw the ghost of William Faulkner give a standing ovation at the final curtain of Way Downriver, currently extended at North Coast Repertory Theater in Solana Beach. Well, maybe it was another erudite Southern gentleman with sad eyes
Morgan, playwright and historian, adapts Faulkner story Read More »
Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastTrump? Harumph By Laurie Baron LONDON, United Kingdom—Sheldon Adelson endorsed Donald Trump because he’ll be good for Israel. Sheldon, aren’t you a bit concerned about whether he will be good for the United States? * Hillary Clinton released a campaign advertisement featuring clips of former Republican presidential candidates denouncing Donald Trump. Trump retaliated by
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
-55th in a Series- Exit 23, Lake Jennings Park Road, Lakeside, California ~ R.M. Levy Water Treatment Plant By Donald H. Harrison LAKESIDE, California — I have a saying that “there’s a Jewish story everywhere” but who would have thought that it would take a former governor of Illinois to put me on the search
Who was R.M. Levy of the water treatment plant? Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food