Sixth in a Series By Donald H. Harrison ABOARD MS ROTTERDAM—From the earliest days of the conquest of Latin America to the years of liberation, our cruise ship sped us through some of the most dramatic moments in Spanish colonial history. For us, a recent voyage aboard MS Rotterdam began in Callao, the port serving […]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, USA
Fifth in a series By Donald H. Harrison ABOARD MS ROTTERDAM—The first cruise ship joke I ever heard was about the captain of the famous large ocean liner who had the unusual custom of retreating to his cabin at exactly 12 noon every day, opening his desk drawer, looking at something therein, mumbling to
Fourth in a series By Donald H. Harrison ABOARD MS ROTTERDAM—In the National Yiddish Theatre in New York, he starred in the title role in the musical based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Gimpel Tam (Gimpel the Fool). In a touring national children’s theatre production, he played Mudge, a big, joyful, sloppy dog based on the
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Donald H. HarrisonThird in a series By Donald H. Harrison ABOARD M.S. ROTTERDAM—Two men on being introduced to each other automatically shook hands. “Ooops, sorry about that” said the first one. “Yes, “ said the second, “force of habit, it seems.” They walked to a nearby hand sanitizer on board the cruise ship MS Rotterdam and squirted
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Lifeboat maneuvers to floating object in Pacific during recovery operation. Photos: Donald H. Harrison ___________________________________________________ By Donald H. Harrison -Second in a series– ABOARD MS ROTTERDAM –Recovering the body of a man who threw himself overboard and avoiding a possible tsunami in the wake of a large Chilean earthquake were unscheduled and unforgettable events during
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
_____________________________________________________________________________________ First in a series By Donald H. Harrison LIMA, Peru—Were it not for cruise ships like the one we embarked upon here in the wee hours of Monday, Feb. 22, I believe I’d be ready to consign my leisure travel to the lazy boy chair in front of the television in my home. I’d
Devotion: A Memoir by Dani Shapiro, Harper , 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-162834-4, 245 pages, $24.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Successful though she may be as an author, Dani Shapiro has had a difficult emotional life. The parent whom she admired was killed in a car crash following his seizure behind the wheel. The parent with
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Donald H. HarrisonWASHINGTON, D.C. (February 17, 2010) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), Wednesday called on President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to repudiate remarks by Rep. Brian Baird (Democrat, Washington) calling for U.S. intervention to break the Israeli “blockade” of Gaza. We find Rep. Baird’s comment disturbing and troubling on many levels. According to
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Middle East, USA
SIGNERS–Clockwise, they are Barbara Sherman, Steve Morris, Alon Schuster and Aharale Rothstein {Ulla Hadar photo} By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel — With tractors due to roll onto the property the next day to begin construction of the Sha’ar Hanegev Educational Village, representatives of the municipality, school administration and the United Jewish Federation of
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–An Orthodox rabbi appeared on a prime time television news program to explain his rationale as one of numerous rabbis who signed a statement reiterating that sexual relations between men was a violation of the Torah, but indicating that homosexuals should be welcome in the community of believers. They should be allowed
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Emails, phone calls and snail mail–an editor never knows what the day will bring. Here’s the most recent sampling: MIDDLE EAST & SAN DIEGO — Congressman Bob Filner (Democrat-San Diego), on a J-Street sponsored tour of the Middle East with other members of Congress, met on Monday with Jordan’s King Abdullah
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Donald H. HarrisonBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — One might think Israel and the Arabs fought wars so that someone could be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize at its conclusion. Between 1950 and 1994, seven men received the Peace Prize for making peace in the Middle East. To this startling number Barack Obama might be
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Middle EastBy David Amos SAN DIEGO — During one of my recording sessions at the CBS Studios in London in the 1990’s, the recording engineer warned me and the musicians of the Philharmonia Orchestra to be sure to “not make any extraneous noises.” We were recording Alan Hovhaness’ The Shepherd of Israel, with San Diego’s own
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Travel and FoodBy Jack Forman LA JOLLA, California–The Wave, a feature-length film made in Germany in 2008 and scheduled to be screened at 8 p.m. tonight (Wednesday) the San Diego Jewish Film Festival, dramatizes the events of a real Palo Alto high school teaching experiment conducted in 1969. The events were first featured in a 1981 American
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