Bruce F. Lowitt is a freelance writer based in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. He had a long career as a sports writer for the Associated Press and for the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times prior to his retirement.
By Bruce F. Lowitt ZOLFO SPRINGS, Florida – There’s a bit of the Middle East in the middle of Florida, where pomegranates – one of the seven fruits named in Deuteronomy as representing the bounty of Israel – grow in abundance. It’s called Green Sea Farms, 31 acres, six devoted to 130 varieties of pomegranates, […]
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Bruce F. Lowitt, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USABy Bruce F. Lowitt CLEARWATER, Florida — Donald H. Harrison’s 77 Miles Of Jewish Stories, a journey along the Kumeyaay Highway (better known as Interstate 8) from the Pacific Ocean to San Diego County’s eastern border, is a wonderful companion to his earlier work, Schlepping Through The American West, vividly revealing often little-known nuggets of
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The Game Isn’t Everything: The reality beyond the arena by Bruce Lowitt; Barstad Comminications; © 2015; 281 pages; 14.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I learned when I was a rookie reporter for the Associated Press back in 1967 that any fool, including yours truly, could write a story about an athletic contest.
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The Game Isn’t Everything: The reality beyond the arena by Bruce Lowitt; Barstad Communications; © 2015; ISBN 978153-4981126; 285 pages, $14.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Bruce Lowitt is an all-around sportswriter who covered the big NFL games for the Associated Press, and, later in his career, regaled readers with stories about sports
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Bruce F. Lowitt, Donald H. Harrison, Sports & CompetitionsBy Bruce F. Lowitt ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Think Jewish baseball players. OK, now that you’ve come up with Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, think about, say, a dozen Jewish major leaguers playing right now. There’s Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox and Gabe Kapler of the Rays, and … um … Ryan Braun of the
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Bruce F. Lowitt, Sports & Competitions, Travel and FoodJudy Lash Balint, “Starting Over: Gush Katif refugees begin again,” The Jewish Star of Long Island. Jane Fantel refers us to a speech in 1991 by Severn Suzuki, a 12-year-old Canadian girl, about global warming. Yarden Frankl refers us to a video dance tribute to the late Australian philanthropist Richard Pratt. Rabbi Ben Kamin, “Afterlife?
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Bruce F. Lowitt, Middle EastBy Bruce F. Lowitt OLDSMAR, Florida–Freddie Roman hasn’t been around as long as the Catskills, although it might seem that way. He is a living history of a region that gave birth to countless great Jewish comedians and a reminder of an era of American Jewish life long past. There are the Catskill Mountains, ranging
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