Books, Poetry & Short Stories

Novel relates a lesser known Holocaust experience

Six Thousand Miles to Home by Kim Dana Kupperman, Legacy Edition Books; © 2018, ISBN 9781732-349704; 236 pages plus afterword, author’s notes, and appendix, $25. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There are aspects of the story that are hauntingly familiar: A banging on the door and an arrest; people being crammed so tightly […]

Novel relates a lesser known Holocaust experience Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Some tips for a ‘happy’ divorce

One Happy Divorce by Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub; © 2017 Warren Publishing, ISBN 9781943-258543, 93 pages, $12.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – “One Happy Divorce” sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it?  Author Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub wouldn’t argue that hers was pain-free, or that she hasn’t experienced periods of loneliness in the five years since

Some tips for a ‘happy’ divorce Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food

Historian chronicles Hitler’s friends and fellow travelers

Hitler’s American friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States by Bradley W. Hart; Thomas Dunne Books; © 2018; ISBN 9781250-148957; 283 pages including extensive notes and bibliography, $28.99   By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Former California Gov. Gray Davis, a liberal Democrat, and the Koch Brothers, billionaire businessmen and Libertarians often

Historian chronicles Hitler’s friends and fellow travelers Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, USA

Facing and recovering from near death

Struck: A Husband’s Memoir of Trauma and Triumph by Douglas Segal, © 2018, Prospect Park Books, ISBN 9781945-551383; 253 pages plus acknowledgments, $16. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – Doug Segal, a contract writer and producer for Hollywood, wrote this compelling memoir after his wife Susan, a sometime actress, was severely injured in

Facing and recovering from near death Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education

Holocaust novel probes girl’s dilemma of self-definition

What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper; © 2018, Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9781524-700376; 266 pages including appendices, $19.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Set in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after the Holocaust, but with a lengthy flashback to the events that preceded the main story, this novel tells of a teenage girl’s struggle

Holocaust novel probes girl’s dilemma of self-definition Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

Israeli doctor authors guide for throat cancer patients

By Itzhak Brook MD, MSc WASHINGTON, D.C. — I am a physician who specializes in pediatrics and infectious diseases, and a head and neck cancer survivor.  I was born and raised in Israel, graduated from the Hebrew University School of Medicine in Jerusalem, and completed my pediatric training at Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot, Israel. I was

Israeli doctor authors guide for throat cancer patients Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Dorothea’s book: ‘All Quiet on the Midwestern Plains’

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — So, this is the moment I’ve been waiting for. My new book is out. Hooray! So far it’s only available as an ebook, but the paperback version is in the pipeline and will be available soon, I hope. It’s taken about two years to write, which is almost

Dorothea’s book: ‘All Quiet on the Midwestern Plains’ Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, USA

1985 novel by Simone Signoret still captivates

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The name of the author, the actress Simone Signoret, caught my eye and I bought Adieu Volodia for 50 cents (521 pages, hardback) last summer while browsing the stalls at a village brocante, a kind of flea-market in rural France where the locals bring out the items they wish

1985 novel by Simone Signoret still captivates Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Israel in global Jewish tradition and thought

Coming Home: Living in the Land of Israel in Jewish Tradition and Thought by Rabbi Dov Lipman, Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, © 2018, ISBN 978-9652299369, p. 141, $14.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Dov Lipman, author of Coming Home, has selected a propitious time for publishing a book about the historical and emotional ties

Israel in global Jewish tradition and thought Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Science v. Religion, a.k.a Feynman v. Wouk

By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO — The following is a touching story about two great minds – one, a Jewish atheist respectfully confronting a religious Jew. Their reflections are in keeping with the solemnity of Rosh Hashana. The old friends and collaborators unexpectedly met while in Washington, D.C.. Nobel physicist, Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988)

Science v. Religion, a.k.a Feynman v. Wouk Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education

Sandi Masori: One Woman, Many Hats

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Sandi Masori is like the song by the Rolling Stones, “She comes in color everywhere… She’s like a rainbow.” She wears many colorful hats in her life as an artist, businesswoman, and single mom. She was the owner of a balloon business, Balloon Utopia, and now owns a business

Sandi Masori: One Woman, Many Hats Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

A spiritual novel with a mystery, or vice versa?

The Family Tabor by Cherise Wolas; Flatiron Books © 2018; ISBN 9781250-081452; 381 pages plus acknowledgments, $27.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This mystery novel absorbs readers’ attention not only because they are in suspense about the disappearance of one of the main characters, but also because the narrative illustrates that no matter

A spiritual novel with a mystery, or vice versa? Read More »

Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison