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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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A free-floating melody is in the ether; however, no one listens to it. The melody needs a sense of purpose. [Book review by Donald H. Harrison’
Children’s Literature: The Torah Is Like a Melody Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
Even with the major portion of the old saltworks being repurposed, one still can see how salt is processed from sea water. A three-step process occurs within shallow ponds with levees around them. In the first pond, seawater evaporates to the point that it becomes brine. That is moved to a second shallow pond for further evaporation, and finally into a third pond where the salt crystallizes. From here the salt is dredged out of the pond and made into salt mounds, which quickly crust over, protecting the salt inside the mounds. [Donald H. Harrison]
Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5: Chapter 9 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food
The book starts with how our senses perceive matzah. What are its ingredients? What does it look like? What color is it? What is its texture? How does it sound when it is being boiled in matzoh ball soup? How does it smell when its being baked into an apple matzah kugel? What kind of yummy foods can you spread on it? [Donald H. Harrison]
Children’s Literature: ‘Matzah Means So Many Things’ Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
In an interview with the Archive of American Television, Cooney recalled that Freedman talked at that dinner party about the great educational potential of television. “He was a stunning man, mesmerizing,” she said. “He could have been a revival minister, an Elmer Gantry. He was just stunning. He talked about how the potential had not been tapped for education in television. Well, something clicked in Lloyd’s mind because Carnegie was financing research in the educational development of children—how they learn.” [Donald H. Harrison]
Freedman, Cooney, Morisett Pioneereed Children’s Educational Television Read More »
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Unbeknown to Hitler, Richard has become appalled by der fuehrer’s recklessness, paranoia, racism, and antisemitism. An urbane man, he secretly meets with German military leaders to plan a coup d’etat, even as Hitler scores dizzying (and terrifying) successes rearming his country in violation of the Versailles Treaty, forcing union (Anschluss) with Austria, and taking over German-speaking portions of Czechoslovakia. [Donald H. Harrison]
Novelists Paint Complex Portrait of Hitler Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International
This intense novel is about two journeys, one physical, the other psychological. Both were prompted by a pogrom and a rape. [Donald H. Harrison]
A Portrait of Immigrants’ Physical and Psychological Survival Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
The 757-room, Victorian-era, beachfront Hotel del Coronado, which opened in 1888, has hosted U.S. Presidents, British royalty, and movie and recording stars in its more than 130 years of existence [Donald H. Harrison]
The Hotel del Coronado Hosted Presidents and Movie Stars Read More »
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Morris Casuto, the Anti-Defamation League regional director who defended San Diego County’s Jewish community against antisemites while forging good relations with other ethnic and religious groups within the county, died from leukemia Friday night, February 11, at the UCSD Jacobs Medical Center. Graveside funeral services for Casuto, 79, will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, at El Camino Memorial Park. [Donald H. Harrison]
Morris Casuto, 79, Defender of the Jewish People Read More »
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Here is a short time-travel novel suitable for Young Adults and older readers imagining two high school students who barely acknowledge each other being transported to Whitechapel, London, during the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. Abe and Mitzi, who are both Jewish Americans, find themselves transformed into the 19th Century Asher and Maya, two Jewish teenage neighbors, born to impoverished immigrant families. [Donald H. Harrison]
‘Ripped Away’ Is a Jewish Tale of Time Travel Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
The 440-room Loews Coronado Bay Resort was opened in 1991 on a 15-acre spur of land jutting into San Diego Bay. Like other Loews Properties around the United States, it is owned by the Tisch Family, which operates the hotel business and other subsidiaries through Loews Corporation, a holding company. Tracing the Tisch family’s enterprises is an interesting study in how a family grows its wealth [Donald H. Harrison]
Loews Coronado Bay Resort: A Tisch Family Outpost Read More »
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A retirement party was held via Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 2, for Hedy Dalin, who for 21 1/2 years has served the clients of Jewish Family Service in a variety of roles, particularly as a problem solver for elders and as a mentor for more recently hired staff members. [Donald H. Harrison]
Hedy Dalin Saluted by JFS in Retirement Ceremony Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Jewish History, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Whoopi Goldberg was wrong but as far as I’m concerned, the folks at ABC and The View were too harsh when they suspended her for two weeks. Let me explain. In a discussion of the Holocaust on The View television show, Goldberg commented that the Holocaust wasn’t racist
OpEd: Whoopi Goldberg’s Mistake Wasn’t So Terrible Read More »
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Author Wayne Hoffman regales us with two concurrent non-fiction stories. His search to learn the identity of the person who murdered his great-grandmother as she lay sleeping in her bed, with an infant child at her side, occurred at the same time that his mother, Susan, was having increasing problems with her memory as Alzheimer’s progressively took a worsening toll. [Donald H. Harrison]
Murder and Approaching Death Fill a Tale of Hoffman Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
This charming book tells in rhyming couplets the story of a Passover celebration from the viewpoint of young children in a multiracial Jewish family. [Donald H. Harrison]
Children’s Literature: ‘Passover, Here I Come!’ Read More »
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