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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Middle East book review: ‘Why Are We Still Afraid?’

Why Are We Still Afraid? by Mark Lavie; © 2018; ISBN 9781791-797324; 375 pages, available via amazon.com or via MarkLavieAuthor.com By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This self-published book by longtime Israeli journalist Mark Lavie starts off with controversy, then subsides into informative and reliable travel journalism, depicting the byways and quirks of Israeli

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Artist Allison Adams celebrates pioneering women

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Among the 40 portraits of “Groundbreaking Girls” on exhibit through April 28 at the Women’s Museum of California are six people who self-identified as Jews or were of Jewish descent.  A seventh portrait of particular Jewish interest is of Irena Sendler (1910-2008), who estimated she saved the lives

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Editor’s E-Mail box: January 29, 2019 (5 items)

California awards $3.6 million for support of impoverished Holocaust survivors in state The California Department of Social Services awarded $3.6 million in grants to six Jewish Family Service agencies across California to provide support for elderly Holocaust Survivors struggling to live out their days in dignity. Last year, the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, led by

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Movie Review: ‘Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People’

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People is soon to be released in theaters around the country, starting with March premieres in New York City and Los Angeles. The 85-minute documentary traces Pulitzer’s life as a Jewish immigrant from Hungary to his rise as the powerful publisher of both

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Movie in the works about life of Ruth Sax

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sandy Scheller and filmmaker Olena Zernychenko have been collaborating on a movie about Scheller’s mother, Ruth Goldshmiedova Sax, a Holocaust survivor who died at age 90 at the end of last year.  “Ruthie” Sax had been a popular speaker throughout San Diego County, whose willingness to share her

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Bari Weiss offers JNF a lexicon for Jewish discussions

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss on Sunday, Jan. 20,  previewed for 450 supporters of the Jewish National Fund a book she is currently writing, The New Seven Dirty Words,  about important yet controversial terms that often are used in discussions about Jews and Israel. Featured

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Survivor’s son tracks down his father’s WWII story

Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch; © 2019; ISBN 9781526-740229; 274 pages plus author’s note and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Released for publication on Jan. 19, this book is a combination memoir and biography; a memoir by son

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If Jews had saints, here are one author’s nominees

Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg, © 2018; Gefen Publishing, ISBN 9789652-298812; 187 pages including afterword and sources. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – You might call this book a Jewish hagiography, one which may be interesting for Young Adults to read but really not suitable for quotation in

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The Fleet and the Nat teach about water

  Story and Photos by Donald H. Harrison Additional Photos by Bob Lauritzen SAN DIEGO –Quite a bit of information overlaps in the exhibits on San Diego’s water supply, conservation, and runoff at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and the San Diego Museum of Natural History, two museums that face each other in Balboa

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‘Witnesses’ to screen Jan. 20 at Chabad in Poway

Witnesses by Konstantin Fam, 2018, Russian and English subtitles, some English. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Witnesses, a film by Russian filmmaker Konstantin Fam, is a Holocaust trilogy.  Three short subjects, “Shoes,” “Brutus,” and “Violin,” are shown consecutively, each a complete story in itself, but all three are tied together in the last

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Sightseeing ~ Adventure Hornblower whale watching

Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison and Shor M. Masori  SAN DIEGO – Even before one comes aboard the Adventure Hornblower for a 3 1/2 -hour whale-watching tour, one begins learning about the California Gray Whale, which is the sightseeing vessel’s quarry.  Yellow-shirted volunteer “whalers” from the San Diego Museum of Natural History –

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Book Review: ‘Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story’

Gittel’s Journey by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Amy June Bates; Abrams Books for Young Readers, ISBN 9781419-727474; Ages 5-8 years old, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — With immigration a hot topic heard on the news, this book personalizing the experience of our own Jewish ancestors immigrating from Eastern Europe to the United

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Intermarried couple honors each other’s beliefs

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Before David Ogul and Sharon Wilson were married, they learned about each other’s faiths.  David attended Mass at Sharon’s Catholic church.  Sharon attended Friday night Shabbat services at David’s Reform temple in Riverside, the city where the two had met and worked for the daily Press-Enterprise.  David was

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