Donald H. Harrison

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Donald H. Harrison is the publisher and editor of San Diego Jewish World. 

Harrison began his journalism career in 1962 on the UCLA Daily Bruin.  Following graduation he joined the staff of the Associated Press, and later became politics writer for The San Diego Union.  Afterwards he pursued a career in tourism, helping to establish San Diego’s Cruise Ship Program as well as Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego.  He also wrote for such Jewish publications as the San Diego Jewish Press Heritage and San Diego Jewish Times before starting San Diego Jewish World in 2007.

Don’s  latest work is the three-volume Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.  

He is the author of six previous books.  Those with links may be obtained on Amazon.

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Swiss Detective Novel Probes Death of a Hospital Roommate

Hunkeler also enjoys central European history and legends, tales of Charlemagne, William Tell, and how his hometown of Basel defied the central Swiss government in Bern and welcomed Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany.  He also appreciates the flora and fauna of his region. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Memoir Combines Career in TV News with LGBTQ Memories

Glaser believes he was the first on-air news personality to publicly identify as gay, commenting during a 1994 broadcast on KNBC: “As a gay man who’s lost more than a few friends to the virus, I am grateful to Elizabeth Glaser [no relation] for helping to heighten awareness of AIDS outside the ga and lesbian community.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Book Provides Jewish College Students with Facts about Israel and the Jewish People

This book is a valuable primer not only for entering college freshmen but also for adults who haven’t kept up on their reading. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Hungarian Jewish Family’s Distinguished Genealogy Traced Back 300 Years

Author Linda Ambrus Broenniman knew her parents had immigrated after World War II from Hungary and she thought they were both raised Catholic. She didn’t know that her father, Julian Ambrus, was brought up Jewish, nor that her mother, Clara, risked her life to save Jews during the Holocaust. [Donald H. Harrison]

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ADL Urges San Diego Unified School District to Take Seriously Reports of Antisemitic Bullying at Lewis Middle School

-Updated April 7 with School Trustee Shana Hazan’s comments–
Fabienne Perlov, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, on Tuesday, April 1, urged the San Diego Unified School District and Lewis Middle School to take allegations “seriously” about antisemitism, racism and bullying at Lewis Middle School. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Citing Biblical Verses to Counter Arguments of Christian Missionaries

In this book, a compilation of his weekly Torah insights, he rebuts the Christian missionaries who say that God replaced Judaism with Christianity. He argues that their “proofs” of the divinity of Jesus either misinterpret Jewish Scripture or intentionally distort it. [Donald H. Harrison]

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‘The Trunk’ is a Poignant Story of the Holocaust

Prior to dictator Benito Mussolini’s alliance with Adolf Hitler, Italian Jews had the ability to immigrate to the West or even to neighboring Switzerland, which maintained a German-biased neutrality. However, lugging the trunk, which Vigevani nicknamed “The General” was an arduous affair, especially because Vigevani was reluctant to depart his beloved Italy. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Novel Envisions Trial of a University for Not Protecting Jewish Students

It’s a novel based in San Diego County about a pro-Palestinian campus demonstration in which a Mexican-American student is fatally shot while trying to save the life of his Jewish friend. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Immigration Drama Follows Jews from Yemen to Israel

Some Yemeni Jews, quite familiar with the Torah, had memorized Exodus 19:4, which states, “You saw what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings to bring you to Me.” Taking the metaphor literally, they expected giant eagles to carry them to Israel, not airplanes, with which they were wholly unfamiliar. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Children’s Book in Simple Language Explains the War for Ukraine

Boiling down a conflict that could flare into World War 3 is no easy task, particularly when the intended audience comprises preschoolers to 3rd graders. Marshall focuses on Ukraine’s repression by Russia prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union, its early experiences as an independent nation, and Zelensky’s rise from a television comedian, who played the role of Ukraine’s president, to being elected as that nation’s actual president. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Nick Severs is an American Detective Minted by a Russian Immigrant

One plot concerns a woman whose terrified voice on a 30-second recording leads Severs to investigate a high-tech communications company where she worked prior to her death.  A subplot involves a female hacker who is stalking the detective because she thinks she may or may not have a score to settle with him. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Israeli Native Provides Insights into U.S. Record Industry and Boxing World

Although never an A-Lister, Ganon’s singing was exceptional enough to earn the respect of such an A-Lister as Penny Marshall. Similarly, her public relations skills won her the admiration of former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier.  Marshall and Frazier, now both deceased, are among the people Ganon writes about extensively in this stream-of-consciousness, tell-not-quite-all memoir. [Donald H. Harrison]

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