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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

JWV dedicates a temporary plaque at Miramar National Cemetery

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Anyone who has ever confused “Veterans Day” with “Memorial Day” can understand how it might have happened. The plaque to be dedicated on Nov. 11–Veterans Day–came back with an inscription saying it was dedicated Memorial Day. But, no real harm done– Given that the permanent monument for the […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Captain, my captain, privileged is the actor who portrays you

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – My grandson Shor and I watched the documentary Captains together, which was quite pleasing because we also had attended together a press conference at ComicCon earlier this year at which actors William Shatner, Avery Brooks and Scott Bakula appeared to promote it. Star Trek fans recognize the three

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Donald H. Harrison

Corona, Bloom–two of the many talents contributing to San Diego Jewish World

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Among my great pleasures as editor of San Diego Jewish World is being able to work with a group of talented writers here and abroad. Their accomplishments are a continuous source of pride. For example, here in San Diego, Laurel Corona, a contributing writer and a professor of humanities

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Donald H. Harrison

Plaudits for musicians Sara Kornfeld Simpson and Sonya Jacobs

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO —Musicians in the Making presented two outstanding young instrumentalists last Sunday afternoon in the Lawrence Family JCC’s Astor Judaica Library, Sara Kornfeld Simpson, flute, a student of Jill Coady, and Sonya Jacobs, clarinet, a student of Robert Zelickman. They were accompanied on the piano by Irina Bendetsky, former music faculty

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Eileen Wingard

Malcolm Hoenlein, coming to San Diego, cites confluence of factors in Shalit deal

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – While the world fixes on developments in the Israel-Palestinian conflict—such as Tuesday’s trade of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, some with blood on their hands— other important developments in the Middle East go unrecognized by the world media, especially a growing rivalry

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Donald H. Harrison

Israel ‘guide’ actually collection of humorous essays

Israel for Beginners: A Field Guide for Encountering the Israelis in Their Natural Habitat by Angelo Colorni, author, and Avi Katz, illustrator, Gefen Publishing House, ISBN 9789652294838, 146 pages, No price listed By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—You may like and hate this book at the same time. Some of the short articles on different

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Donald H. Harrison

And now, the shuffle concert

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Israeli creativity is not only relegated to start-up technology. One young Israeli musician, pianist Eliran Avni, has come up with a new creative concept in concert programming. He calls it a Shuffle Concert and, instead of a fixed program, the listeners are handed a large menu with musical

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Eileen Wingard