The Second Woman by Keith Cameron; Felony & Mayhem Press © 2011; ISBN 9781631-941962; 322 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Denton is an American writer living in England just after the turn of the 20th century at a time when Britons openly sneer at Jews and other” foreigners,” automobiles and telephones are […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — TICO’s April 2 concert in Patrick Henry High School’s beautiful on-campus concert hall, PHAME, opened with a spirited rendition of Aaron Copland’s Outdoor Overture. The violins were admirably incisive in their opening attack and the other sections, under Conductor David Amos’ precise beats and careful cues, made their complex
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Lisa Shapiro SAN DIEGO — My father dissuaded me from a military career when I was about thirteen. We had been walking along the beach in San Diego, enjoying a late summer’s evening. Fog covered the sunset and damp sand tugged at our steps. The receding waves drew my gaze toward the horizon, and I
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationQuestions By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−If Joe Biden kissing a woman on the back of her head and smelling her hair disqualifies him from running for president, then why did Trump bragging about grabbing women’s genitals on the Access Hollywood tape not result in the postponement of the 2016 election until he was replaced by
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireNEW YORK (Press Release) — American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on the United States Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling blocking the addition of a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. “Ensuring an accurate census count in full compliance with the law” is vital, states an amicus brief filed by AJC
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USABy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel’s book Gentle Judaic Wisdom is a brilliant work, very wise, easy to read, and deceptively simple. The book is filled with quotes that have significant information. It is a rich cornucopia of wisdom quoted from sources such as the Torah, Mishna, Tosephta,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and the American Dream by Tom Weidlinger; Spark Press, ISBN 9781943-006960; 278 pages plus photo credits, index, and acknowledgments; $16.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It did not take me very long to decide that I did not like structural engineer Paul Weidlinger, who is the subject of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Masa Israel Journey has announced the launch of Masa FastTrack Pro, a cutting-edge program that will serve as a pipeline for elite young professionals to be placed in Israel’s booming job market. This selective program is the first-of-its-kind for Masa, and is geared towards high-performing college graduates demonstrating a competitive
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Middle East, Travel and FoodBy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — Most of us are not familiar with the name Michel Bacos, yet he should be known to all Jews. I didn’t know his name until I read that he died a few days ago, and I am ashamed that I didn’t remember the hero of Entebbe, the Righteous Gentile
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International, Jewish History, Middle East
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — On March 11, the world lost someone who was very special, who made a mark and touched people with his voice, as a singer, a humorist and writer. Born in Tel Aviv in 1944, Danny Ben-Israel began his musical career while serving in the Israeli Defense Forces and enjoyed
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the past year, Hamas has led Palestinians to demonstrate and riot on Fridays along the Gaza-Israel fence. The civilians, of which there are many, provide cover for rocket and incendiary device-wielding terrorists and those who would cross the fence into Israel. This Saturday, Hamas is calling for increased
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
Mensch-Marks: Life Lessons of a Human Rabbi by Joshua Hammerman; © 2018 Helth Communications, Inc.; ISBN 9780757-321771; 250 pages plus appendix, $14.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Joshua Hammerman is the spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut, as well as a journalist whose column appeared regularly in the Jewish
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