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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 – Temple Beth Shalom of Chula Vista celebrated its 60th anniversary Sunday with a banquet, historical reminiscences, and Yiddish folk music at Elijah’s Banquet Hall at 7061 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Founded in 1958 by businessman Samuel Vener who purchased the former St. John’s Episcopal Church buildings at the corner […]
Temple Beth Shalom celebrates its 60th Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion
My first Jewish Baby Book … From Afikomen to Zayde by Julie Merberg, illustrated by Beck Feiner; Downtown Bookworks © 2018; ISBN 9781941-367605; 28 hard pages; $10.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Is there a word in Yiddish for smorgasbord? If there were, it might be perfect to describe the contents of
Delight your child, and self, with this baby book Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two Israeli college students personally have felt the sting of the world’s prejudice against the citizens of the Jewish State. Under the auspices of StandWithUs, they currently are touring the southwestern United States speaking on high school and college campuses, and telling about their experiences. Because one is
How prejudice against Israel hurts its young citizens Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Monrovia, Indiana, a new documentary by Frederick Wiseman, 88, is a piece that will either fascinate you or bore you to tears. There is unlikely to be any middle ground. I was one of those who was fascinated by the portrait Wiseman painted, with the help of photographer
All you ever wanted to know about Monrovia, Indiana Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Jeanne Brown of the League of Women Voters of San Diego rapidly analyzed 11 statewide ballot measures and 12 local ballot measures Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, at a meeting of the Beth Israel Men’s Club that was attended by approximately 90 people. Smiling as she faced the mixed
Editor’s Note: This is the 33rd 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 By Donald H. Harrison
Waiter, cabin steward tell of their lives at sea Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – An Egyptian-born Muslim who today calls himself a proud Zionist, an Ethiopian-Israeli who taught herself to sing as a way to relieve the stress of rocket attacks on her hometown of Sderot, and an 11-year-old girl whose answer to anti-Semitism was to become a strong supporter of Israel,
Diversity of Israel’s support showcased at SWU gala Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The Samuel Project, filmed in San Diego and screened at the San Diego International Film Festival, is a gentle post-Holocaust story starring Hal Linden as Samuel, a Holocaust survivor who is reluctant to talk about what the Nazis did to him and his family. Despite prodding by his
‘Samuel Project’ stars Hal Linden as Holocaust survivor Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, USA
At Vitoria: a City’s Medieval Promise between Christians and Sephardic Jews by Marcia Riman Selz;© 2016, Archway Publishing; ISBN 9781480-852976; 217 pages plus appendices, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – While the Basque people of Vitoria, Spain, were Christians, like the Jews, they were outsiders, not quite like the other Christians of Castile
Friendship between Basques and Jews fuels novel Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
I Survived: My Name is Yitzkhak by Harry A. Butowsky, © 2015 Word Association Publishers, ISBN 9781633-851009; 201 pages including appendices, $18. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This book came to me “over the transom,” that is, without any previous warning. Even though it is three years old, I’m glad that I
Surviving the Shoah by hook or by crook Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The new 16-unit Bellamar Point Loma condominium at the corner of Rosecrans and Byron Streets in the Roseville section of the Point Loma neighborhood gained some additional luster on Tuesday, Oct. 9, when Mayor Kevin Faulconer, City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf, and members of the La Playa Trails
Plaque recalling first Roseville Hotel unveiled Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County
Editor’s Note: This is the 31st 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,
Cruise ship fun at the Equator Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If you were a reader of Harper’s Bazaar or Vogue, especially during the 20th century, you might have become very familiar with the fashion photography of Irving Penn, who was born to a Jewish father and Christian mother in 1917. He took up a camera in the 1930’s and
Photographer Irving Penn in retrospect at MOPA Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar
Six Thousand Miles to Home by Kim Dana Kupperman, Legacy Edition Books; © 2018, ISBN 9781732-349704; 236 pages plus afterword, author’s notes, and appendix, $25. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There are aspects of the story that are hauntingly familiar: A banging on the door and an arrest; people being crammed so tightly
Novel relates a lesser known Holocaust experience Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History