Before your next cruise, call Nancy Harrison

(advertisement) Nancy’s Travel Service is a division of The Harrison Enterprises, LLC Affiliated with Avoya Travel, Nancy Harrison is a specialist in cruises.  As part of The Harrison Enterprises, LLC, along with her husband Don, Nancy was involved in the establishment of the San Diego Cruise Industry Consortium, which lured cruise ships to San Diego.

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Travel and Food, USA

Eight Bad Dates — Epilogue

One common thread that surprised me was how many readers wanted to know what happened after the date, or more precisely, how the date ended. Whilst writing, I guess that was a foregone conclusion.  Few of these resulted in a second date. In nearly every situation it didn’t take a rocket scientist or brain surgeon to determine that there was no chemistry! And I never even took Chemistry! (Thank G-d it wasn’t a requirement at Mamaroneck High back in the day.) 

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Donald H. Harrison, Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, San Diego County

‘Schlepping, Schmoozing’ celebrates S.D. Jewish stories

The nice thing about this book is that you can either read it cover to cover or go through the extensive Table of Contents and choose the chapters that catch your eye. The book is in chronological order starting in 1987 and ending in 2019.

I did the latter and there were 18 stories that I was particularly drawn to read, such as his stories on immigrants –“Immigrant Stories Told at the New Americans Museum”- and his stories on Jewish Family Service and how they have served the community for over 100 years-“JFS, Looking Back a Century, Recalls Rose Neumann>” Moreover, I liked his stories on people who converted and intermarried couples- “Christina de Jesus is a Jewish Song Leader” and “Intermarried Couple Honors Each Other’s Beliefs.” His curious nature has served him well in life.

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County

The Damage Created by Early Maternal Deprivation

… René Spitz, an Austrian-American psychoanalyst, had introduced the term hospitalism, a diagnosis for disorders in infants who were institutionalized for long periods and deprived of substitute maternal care, causing irreparable psychological damage. This is what I witnessed in the hospitals I visited. The same can be said for all children separated from primary care givers. The longer they are kept away, the more severe the damage. …

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Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Sephardic Festival planned Sept. 14-15 at LFJCC

This two-day festival begins Saturday evening at 7 p.m. with community and film, starting with a dessert reception and Sephardic Havdalah, followed by a short documentary that showcases the stories of San Diego’s very own Sephardim in Our San Diego Sephardic Voices. The feature film – Three Mothers, directed by Dina Zvi-Riklis – follows, highlighting the ever-lasting connection of three Sephardic mothers and sisters.

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food

Wiesenthal Center: Stop Funding UNRWA

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s (SWC’s) associate dean and director of global social action, has called on donor nations to the United Nations Relief and  Works Agency (“UNRWA”) to either pull their funding from the scandal-plagued agency or demand far greater transparency as well as complete restructuring of the UN mechanism for delivering assistance.

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International, Middle East