Café Shira by David Ehrlich, translated by Michael Swirsky; Syracuse University Press © 2022; ISBN 9780815-611424; 200 pages; 22.95. SAN DIEGO – As a rule, novelists don’t make a lot of money unless their works become international best sellers. For Is…
A Guide for the Aging
Middle Age Melt: Aging Without Grace by Janet Pitler, illustrations by Bob D’Amico; © 2022; Norfolk, Virginia; ISBN 9781953-024985; 105 pages, $14.95. SAN DIEGO – Stand-up comedians know that audiences will laugh at jokes made about the subjects which …
Stan Andrews: A Foolish Hero?
Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force by Jeffrey Weiss and Craig Weiss; Wicked Son Book of Post Hill Press; © 2022; ISBN 9781637-583111; 237 pages; $30. SAN DIEGO –Some will call Stan Andrews a hero because he fought and ga…
Before Melvin, Padres had 11 players, 2 coaches with at least one Jewish parent
Petco Park *Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5,*Chapter 20, Exit 15A (J Street): Petco ParkTurn left at the bottom of J Street exit ramp and left again on J Street. Proceed to 10th Street and follow it to Petco Park Petco Park has been th…
Social Worker Serves as a Lay Rabbi for Elderly Residents of Paradise Village
*Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5, Chapter 17, Exit 12 (Division Street): Paradise Village* Exit Division Street, follow to right turn at Euclid Avenue, to left turn at E. 4th Street. Paradise Village at 2700 E. 4th Street is just beyon…
PJ Library Serves Up Stories About Passover and Mimouna
* Meet the Matzah: A Passover Story* by Alan Silberberg; New York: Penguin Random House; © 2021; ISBN 9780593-526613; 34 pages plus summary of Passover ad glossary; free via PJ Library. A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night by Allison Ofanansky, illustratio…