Search Results for: Norman Manson

As a service to genealogists, our editor Donald H. Harrison is making available an index of articles that he has written since he began his journalism career in 1962.  A typical index entry has the name of the author, name of the publication, the people whose names appear within the article, the date, and the

Confidential: The Life of Secret Agent Turned Hollywood Tycoon by Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman; Gefen Books; 288 pages; no price listed. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO — This is the story of a man of extraordinary talents, as well as amazing drive and perseverance. Arnon Milchan had a fabulous career aiding Israel’s military machine, then

Berlin 36. Running time: 103 minutes By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO–Over the years, the Olympic Games, supposedly a time of international brotherhood, have instead produced notable examples of strife and tension. One of the best-known examples of this animosity occurred at the so-called “nazi Olympics” of 1936, when the atmosphere was pervaded by the Hitler regime’s emphasis on anti-semitism

Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray; Running time: 86 minutes. By Norman Manson   SAN DIEGO –A noticeably neglected aspect of American Jewish history is the role of Jews in the Civil War. Not only in general Civil War histories but in the overall history of the American Jewish community is Jewish participation in the

Prodigal Sons by Sheldon Greene; self-published; 340 pages; no price listed. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO — This is a fascinating, suspenseful novel, replete with violence, intrigue and romance, but is flawed in several significant ways.         The main protagonist, Jan Goldberg, alias Horst Vogle, plays a variety of roles as this saga unfolds. Ostensibly