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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Excitement is mounting as some choirs are scheduling extra rehearsals and all are making time in their practice evenings to allow for the visits of David Amos, conductor and Rhoda Gaylis, pianist. Those two outstanding musicians and community leaders will help prepare the choirs for their final numbers, […]
April 3 ‘Sing Out’ performances to involve musical families Read More »
Eileen WingardBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The continuing column “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History,” which is compiled from issues of the Southwestern Jewish Press, has, in recent postings, been dealing with the construction and development in the 1950s of two adjoining properties on 54th Street: the Hebrew Home for the Aged and the Jewish Community Center. In late 1955, the
How do we preserve someone’s memory? Read More »
Adventures in SD History, Donald H. Harrison(Column 26; March 14, 2011: Events listed in chronological order) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison * ISRAEL AND SAN DIEGO * Dr. Eli Lewis of Ben Gurion Univerity of the Negev will discuss exciting developments in the fight against diabetes at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, at Ner Tamid Synagogue. 15318 Pomerado Road, Poway. *
A bissel this, a bissel that~San Diego Jewish news and chatter Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California– I don’t know if I will be able to afford my retirement dream of purchasing a motor home or luxury trailer and slowly working my way around North America, driving no more than, say, 50 miles per day—a plan that would leave me enough time to find something interesting
As retirement approaches that RV lifestyle looks awfully expensive Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—An effort is underway to create a sister school partnership in the cities of Louis Rose’s birth and of his death. Rose, the first Jewish settler in San Diego, was a pioneer civic official, businessman and developer who helped to steer San Diego’s course between 1850, when he arrived
Sister relationship may be in offing for schools in Point Loma and Neuhaus Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education
(Column 24, March 7, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison San Diego Jewish Organizations Nechama Eilfort, rebbetzin at Chabad at La Costa, knows a thing or two about computers. So, she’s offering four classes, beginning at 7:30 p.m. tonight and continuing the next three Monday evenings, on the baiscs of personal computing, Internet
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San Diego County, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Thanks to Mimi Pollack, who teaches English as a Second Language (ESL) at Grossmont College where I am teaching journalism this semester, my grandson Shor and I had a wonderful outing over the weekend with two young South Koreans who are in this country to polish
Sightseeing with Korean pen pals around San Diego Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—I’m supposed to take walks at least three times a week and more often if I knew what was good for me, I’m told by both my wife and my doctor. Sometimes, I spend so much time in front of my computer, I forget. But, when I do force myself
From the computer, there are four routes I can walk Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
The Jew is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths That Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism by Tarek Fatah, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto; ISBN 978-0-7710-4783-1 ©2010, $24.95, p. 208 plus notes, bibliography, and index Reviewed by Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Like most people with an Internet account, I receive quite a few emails each day. Most
Muslim debunks some anti-Semitic myths in Islamic writings Read More »
Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionBy Eileen Wingard LOS ANGELES–Zubin Mehta entered the stage with measured, regal stride, humbly acknowledging the audience’s tumultuous applause before mounting the podium, like a king ascending his throne. The Bombay-born musical monarch, now 75 years old, took up his baton, his royal scepter, and began leading his forces. The loyalty and love
Mehta and Israel Philharmonic in triumphant L.A concert Read More »
Eileen WingardBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–So soon after attending Saturday morning services to attend the bat mitzvah of a friend’s daughter, here I was back again at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, causing some congregants’ eyebrows to raise. The Friday night crowd is different from the Saturday morning congregation, and more so on those evenings when Erev
Getting that Shabbat feeling … all over again Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California –Visiting a journalism class Friday at Grossmont College, David Ogul, assistant metropolitan editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune, told of the day he almost quit the staff of another newspaper after he read the letters-to-the-editor. It was back when he occupied a similar position for the Riverside Press-Enterprise,
Newspapers’ roles evolving, editor tells journalism class Read More »
David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County(Column 23, March 3, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Jewish Organizations The Agency for Jewish Education sponsors UCSD Political Science Professor Emeritus Sanford Lakoff lecturing March 14 at 7:00 pm at the library at 1776 Dove Lane in Carlsbad. His lecture is titled, “Turmoil in the Middle East: Democracy
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Last year the world marked the anniversary of Mahler’s birth and death, so that we were able to attend more performances of of his music than is usually the case. I was therefore not surprised to find that at the first concert of the season the Jerusalem
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson