Donald H Harrison
Ruthless Businessman’s Ego Destructive of His Family
This novel traces the lives of the Feldman family as they build a nationally successful shoe store chain, but at a terrible price.
Max, the founder of the chain, is ruthless in his business practices...
‘His Only Son,’ Movie about Abraham and Isaac, Opens March 31
On March 31, in theatres around the country, His Only Son, a Christian movie by David Helling depicting the binding of Isaac, will open. Except for some Christian references at the beginning and end of...
The Jews of Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur, Mexico — Chabad has established vibrant and growing Jewish communities on either side of the southern tip of the Baja California Sur peninsula. The larger one, on the Pacific Ocean side...
The Miracle of the 2,000-Year-Old Date Seeds Brought Back to Life
SAN DIEGO — This book tells an amazing, true story about the Judean date palm that was thought to be extinct but was brought back to life thanks to two women scientists.
Six seeds were...
Two Mysteries for Price of One in ‘Trouble’
Hella Mauzer is a fictional former policewoman in Helsinki, who now works as a private investigator. She is asked in 1953 by her old colleague to do a background check on a man who...
Documentary Reveals Gruesome Discoveries at Sobibor
In 1987, the television movie Escape from Sobibor made quite an impression because, similar to the stories of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto and the movie Defiance in 2008, about the exploits of the Bielski Brothers and...
Observing, Reading, and Kvelling Over Grandchildren
I am what some people call a “compulsive reader.” If it is printed, and in front of me, I will read it. Flyers. Cereal boxes. Newspapers. Blogs. And most of all, books, books, and...
Doctor Who Became a Rabbi Runs Chabad Shul in Rancho Bernardo
SAN DIEGO — Many rabbis receive honorary doctorates after they have served the Jewish people for 25 years. Thereafter, they may title themselves “Rabbi Doctor.” But that’s not the story of Rabbi Doctor Yehuda...
Overcoming Hatred in a Time of Crisis
SAN DIEGO – This novel about the friendship that forms between two preteen girls in a time of great stress hits many important issues. The danger of radiation from a nuclear power plant. Government...
Story Book Interprets the Jonah Tale for Children
Jonah by Tammar Stein, illustrations by Sabina Hahn; Agawam, Massachusetts: PJ Publishing © 2021; Library of Congress Control Number 2021950838, 28 pages, $8.99.
SAN DIEGO – Who can resist adding a little bit here or there...