$11,000 in grants encourage arts in schools

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Fourteen teachers from the San Diego Unified School District have been awarded a combined $11,000 in grants to pursue artistic projects with their students thanks to the new non-profit VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) Foundation. The newly established Foundation awarded teacher grants ranging from $500 to $2,500 during this inaugural […]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

The Five Books of Wet Noses aka The Old Dog Testament

In Memory of Ozzie, Our Anatolian Shepherd, 2003-2018 By Laurie Baron Book 1 Genesis In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and carved out spaces for dog beaches and parks.  God created Dog in his/her own temperament to make sure Adam and Eve and their descendants never felt alone and to bring

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Lawrence Baron, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire

United Hatzalah issues safety tips for Pesach

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– As Passover cleaning has already begun in many houses across Israel, United Hatzalah is taking the opportunity to send out a public service announcement with health and safety tips regarding the holiday covering everything from cleaning to hiking. As in previous years, due to the high volume of emergency calls received by

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Israeli doctors save lives of Syrian mother, child

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) –After two weeks hospitalization in Rambam’s maternity ward, a young woman returned home March 7, somewhere in embattled Syria, determined and happy.  Two weeks ago, doctors had offered a grim choice – to die at her son’s imminent birth, or to let her son die. After examining the ultrasound results of

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Why does Trump even bother about a Mideast peace?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re reading snippets, unconfirmed, of what is said to be the Trump Administration’s proposal for an Israel-Palestinian peace accord. Israelis can’t bet less than 10 agorot on the deal, the equivalent of 3 US cents. One and five agorot coins are no longer in circulation. Americans, living with sillier traditions, and

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Info fair March 18 for potential new Israel immigrants

  NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah organization is hosting a fair for prospective Southern California immigrants to Israel from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, at Shalhevet High School, 910 S. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles. The annual North American aliyah fairs (www.nbn.org.il/mega) were created by Nefesh B’Nefesh to enable

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Middle East, USA

‘Queen for a Day’ tells of parenting an autistic child

Queen for a Day by Maxine Rosaler; Delphinium Books, © 2018; 9718832-85753; 243 pages. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – In this novel, Mimi is the mother of a strange, yet wonderful, boy named Danny.  At first, Mimi didn’t want to admit that her son was developmentally disabled; she told herself repeatedly that

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison