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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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By Donald H. Harrison JUNEAU, Alaska – Getting ready for rafting down the Mendenhall River is almost as exciting as the ride itself. “T,” a guide for Alaska Travel Adventures who says his Japanese name sometimes is too difficult for western tongues to pronounce, had our eight family members pull rubber trousers over
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA
By Donald H. Harrison KETCHIKAN, Alaska – A lot of Americans find themselves seemingly rooting for a Canadian team against an American one, and vice versa, during the “competition” at the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show, but it’s all in fun with no real assault on national pride actually intended. Audience members on the right side
Climb, chop, saw — an Alaskan competition Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food
Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays by Chava Rosenfarb, McGill-Queens University Press © 2019, 282 pages including appendix and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Chava Rosenfarb was recognized as a novelist and essayist of substance by those of the post-Holocaust, shrinking, Yiddish-speaking world, but it remained for her daughter,
Book Review: ‘Confessions of a Yiddish Writer’ Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I am happy to announce the publication of my fifth book, with the sixth very soon to follow. Just published on Amazon as well as Barnes and Noble is Volume 1 of Schlepping and Schmoozing through San Diego County, which is drawn from over three decades of my
A new San Diego book by Donald H. Harrison Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
Young Lincoln of New Salem by Sam Rawlins; © 2019; Yorkshire Publishing; ISBN 9781848-231946; 333 pages including author’s notes, acknowledgments and bibliography. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Lincoln biographers tell us that as a boy the 16th President of the United States read Parson Mason Weems’ Life of George Washington. In my reading
Good values, but not history, in novel about Lincoln Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I received an e- mail advertisement on Friday saying that tomorrow Saturday, June 22, is National Onion Ring Day. I have no idea how such days get to be declared, or who, for that matter, gets to declare them. However, I take the Black Bear Diner’s word for
Onion rings and memories of courtship Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food
The Spy Behind Home Plate, a documentary on the life of Moe Berg by Aviva Kempner, opening June 28 at the Landmark Ken Theater, 4061 Adams Avenue, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In baseball, an all-around player is one who can hit, field, steal bases, and inspire his team mates. They
Moe Berg’s surprising double life Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) surprised and mollified a restive crowd of environmentalists Saturday when she announced that when she returns to Washington for Tuesday’s congressional session she will “be signing onto the Green New Deal.” Her announcement was greeted with 16 seconds of applause, which might
Rep. Davis endorses Green New Deal at forum Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It was Erev Shavuot on Saturday evening, June 8. Once again we were talking about two women in the Bible during the customary evening study session at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. This time, however, the two women we discussed were not Ruth and Naomi, as is perhaps traditional. Instead,
This Shavuot study focused on two other women Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO and EL CAJON, California – Thanks to my grandson Shor Masori graduating from three different schools this semester, I recently had the opportunity to listen to several remarkable young women who respectively were speakers at the ceremonies at Community Jewish High School, Grossmont Middle College High School, and Grossmont
Wonderful advice from grandson’s peers Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – “From generation to generation” is a popular saying among Jews to indicate how Torah learning has been passed down from parent to child through the millennia. At Congregation Adat Yeshurun on Sunday night, the saying was happily augmented with another:
Adat Yeshurun celebrates families with circus gala Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jacob Kamaras, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison DEL MAR, California – At the San Diego County Fair on Sunday, June 2, I was reminded of three Jewish entertainment figures who were instrumental to the making of the celebrated movie, The Wizard of Oz, which because of its San Diego connections provides the theme for this year’s fair.
Three movie wizards recalled at Oz- flavored county fair Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — There was an obvious division in the house on Wednesday night at a performance of Fiddler on the Roof at the Civic Theatre downtown. There were those in the packed audience who never had seen the musical before, and there were those who had seen it in other incarnations since
‘Fiddler’ pulls heart strings at Civic Theatre Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Devorah Marcus, spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El, told the graduating class of Community Jewish High on Tuesday evening that in the five years since their b’nai mitzvahs, she hopes that they gained more than Jewish information by attending the voluntary supplemental high school which primarily draws students
Jewish wisdom following a tough academic year Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori