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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Some tips for a ‘happy’ divorce

One Happy Divorce by Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub; © 2017 Warren Publishing, ISBN 9781943-258543, 93 pages, $12.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – “One Happy Divorce” sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it?  Author Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub wouldn’t argue that hers was pain-free, or that she hasn’t experienced periods of loneliness in the five years since […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food

Historian chronicles Hitler’s friends and fellow travelers

Hitler’s American friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States by Bradley W. Hart; Thomas Dunne Books; © 2018; ISBN 9781250-148957; 283 pages including extensive notes and bibliography, $28.99   By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Former California Gov. Gray Davis, a liberal Democrat, and the Koch Brothers, billionaire businessmen and Libertarians often

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Facing and recovering from near death

Struck: A Husband’s Memoir of Trauma and Triumph by Douglas Segal, © 2018, Prospect Park Books, ISBN 9781945-551383; 253 pages plus acknowledgments, $16. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – Doug Segal, a contract writer and producer for Hollywood, wrote this compelling memoir after his wife Susan, a sometime actress, was severely injured in

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Holocaust novel probes girl’s dilemma of self-definition

What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper; © 2018, Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 9781524-700376; 266 pages including appendices, $19.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Set in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after the Holocaust, but with a lengthy flashback to the events that preceded the main story, this novel tells of a teenage girl’s struggle

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Author tells SWU of workings of the ‘Arab Lobby’

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – While the pro-Israel lobby does its work through public testimony, private meetings with members of Congress, and by making reportable contributions to the campaigns of candidates who support Israel, the opposing Arab lobby goes about its business in other, more subtle, ways, says Mitchell Bard, author of

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Scaffolding movie constructs troubled youth’s story

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO —  Scaffolding, a Hebrew-language film with English subtitles, is a story of Asher (Asher Lax), a troubled 12th grade student, whose temper gets him in trouble with teachers, administrators, and other students alike.  Asher has no respect for boundaries, nevertheless he has about him an innate sense of justice. 

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Israeli diplomat: Truth, peace under Palestinian attack

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Eitan Weiss, deputy chief of mission for the Israel Consulate General in Los Angeles, said during a lunch-time interview here on Thursday  that Israel’s Palestinian opponents neither want peace nor have any regard for the truth. Those pushing BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) against Israel “have no problems

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‘Intelligent Lives’ tracks 3 adults with mental disabilities

Intelligent Lives, a documentary by Dan Habib, scheduled for release September 21. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Intelligent Lives, a documentary by Dan Habib about the high potential of people with mental disabilities, is scheduled for New York City release Sept. 21 and around the country thereafter.  Narrated by Chris Cooper, whose son

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Guide shares the Happe- ness of travel

    Editor’s Note: This is the 29th 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,

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Holocaust survivor repays a debt in ‘The Last Suit’

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Holocaust survivor Abraham Bursztein (Miguel Angel Sola), the protagonist in the Spanish language, English-subtitled film The Last Suit, has a promise to keep before his children in Argentina move him out of his house and pack him off to a retirement home. Angry at their insistence that he

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Moorea, land of Moana and UC field studies

Editor’s Note: This is the 28th 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,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Recalling the WWII Seabees on Bora Bora

Editor’s Note: This is the 27th 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,

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