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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 SAN DIEGO – Coming to theaters Dec. 14 in Los Angeles and hopefully soon after that in San Diego is a Leon Marr film about life and love in a convalescent home. The Second Time Around stars Linda Thorson as Katherine and Stuart Margolin as Isaac. It also features the works
‘The Second Time Around’: Hope for lonely seniors Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Editor’s Note: This is the 40th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,
Climbing the cruise ship employment ladder Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food
Becoming by Michelle Obama; © 2018; Crown Publishing; ISBN 9781524-763138; 421 pages plus acknowledgments and photo credits; $32.50 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — If one theme predominates throughout former First Lady Michelle Obama’s memoir, it is that, notwithstanding the fact that she and her husband had risen to the very pinnacle of power
Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ also about belonging Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA
Hadassah celebrates its ‘Women of Excellence’ By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Dafna Michaelson Jenet, an author and Colorado state legislator, perhaps felt that she was preaching to the choir when she addressed the San Diego area contingent of Hadassah Southern California on the issue of community problem solving. In 2009, she had traveled to
Problem- solving a Jewish woman’s forté Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California — Steven Schoenherr, a professor emeritus of history at the University of San Diego, researched information for a book celebrating the Chula Vista Centennial, published in 2011. As the book could not contain all Schoenherr’s research, unpublished material subsequently was put on line. In 2014, Schoenherr and Susan
Chula Vista has diverse Jewish history Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County
Editor’s Note: This is the 39th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
Married crew members court, live aboard cruise ships Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Museum of Natural History, familiarly known as “The Nat,” began attracting new visitors last July when it installed an Escape Room on its bottom floor, with the idea of inducing gamers to come to the museum. Escape Rooms grew out of video games, only instead
‘Escape the Nat’ diversifies the museum experience Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World by Robert H. Mnookin; © 2018; Public Affairs, Hachette Book Group; ISBN 9781610-397513; 228 pages plus 80 pages of notes, acknowledgments and index; $28 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Author Robert Mnookin, a Harvard Law professor, argues that Jewish peoplehood should have permeable boundaries.
Redefining who can become a Jew Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
Mother India by Tova Reich; ©2018; Syracuse University Press, ISBN 9780815-611066; 253 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If you walk through ankle-deep sewage overflow while batting away flies and choking on ashes of incinerated human remains, you’ll experience the India of author Tova Reich’s description. You probably would prefer to visit Dante’s
Is it India or is it Gehenna? Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – By now, many people have noticed that on sale at the U.S. Post Office is this year’s Hanukkah stamp, which features a papercut version of the 9-branched menorah (one arm being the shamash) set within an ancient oil jug, such as the one that might have contained the
Israel and U.S. share Hanukkah stamp design Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
Editor’s Note: This is the 38th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
Don’t panic, stay in the moment, therapist counsels Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I watched the documentary There Are Jews Here more than 1 ½ years ago, and I will reprint below the review that I wrote for the April 15, 2017 edition of San Diego Jewish World. Now the documentary by Brad Lichtenstein is scheduled to air as part of
Plight of small town shuls to air Dec. 4 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – Three years after she converted to Judaism, actress Marilyn Monroe made the Billy Wilder comedy Some Like it Hot in 1959 with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Now, almost 60 years later, this city across the bay from San Diego still remembers her vividly. The Hotel del Coronado, where
Marilyn Monroe, other Jews, recalled in Coronado Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
Holocaust Survivor to Harvard Dean: Memoirs of a Refugee’s Progress by Michael Shinagel © 2016, Xlibris, ISBN 9781524-509606; 150 pages plus Index; Available on Amazon. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Having served for nearly four decades as dean of the Harvard Extension School – the longest known deanship in Harvard’s history – author
This life in academia makes for pleasant reading Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education