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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Sisters are leaders in Auckland Jewish community

Editor’s Note: This is the 22nd 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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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Jerusalem Zoo’s Doron sentimental in visit to S.D. Zoo

Story by  Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – In Hebrew, Shai Doron’s names – both his first and his last name – mean “gift,” and as he goes from one successful post to the next, perhaps he feels that in the matter of careers, he has been doubly gifted.  Currently

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, The World We Share, USA

Family’s warm memories escort Marilyn Greber to grave

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – You may not have heard of “Camp Greber,” but the woman who ran it—Marilyn Greber of Carlsbad—was a major influence on the lives of her grandchildren who flew from homes in Connecticut to experience the warmth of the California sun and of her sometimes “spunky” and “firecracker” personality.

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Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County

Novel probes stress between Jews and Blacks

The Hazards of Good Fortune by Seth Greenland, Europa Editions © 2018; ISBN 9781609-434623; 614 pages, $20. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Whoever said money can’t buy you happiness would have received resounding agreement from Jay Gladstone, the fictional philanthropist, real estate developer, and professional basketball team owner who is the protagonist of

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

Movies at sea enhance the cruise

Editor’s Note: This is the 21st 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,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food

Join the SDJW family

A Note from Our Co-Publishers Dear Readers: Our free publication at www.sdjewishworld.com reflects our commitment to serve the Jewish community by chronicling its diversity, controversies, and accomplishments every day. Come get to know more than 50 regular writers living across the United States, in Israel, and in diverse parts of the world as they bring 

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

‘The Cakemaker’ is an intense drama of love and lies

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Oren had a wife in Jerusalem and a gay lover in Berlin.  Leaving Berlin for home, he forgot some of his personal belongings, so the cakemaker Tomas (Tim Kalkhof) called him again and again.  But Oren didn’t answer.  Distraught, Tomas investigated, only to learn from business associates that

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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Bobcat Goldthwait pumps his ‘Misfits & Monsters’ series

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait recently had his premiere of the half-hour television series, Misfits  & Monsters, in which Jewish actor Seth Green played a voice actor whose character Bubba The Bear comes alive.  The Bear proves to be murderously angry at Green’s character for giving him such a stupid

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Survivor Ruth G. Sax impresses Comic- Con audience

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Although Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax of Chula Vista conceded that she didn’t grow up with comics, or even know about Superman, whom she subsequently came to admire, she was clearly the hit of a panel on art and the Holocaust that was held Thursday, July 19, at the Comic-Can

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USA

Small Press: A little convention within Comic- Con

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Miriam Libicki, a Comic-Con veteran of more than a dozen years, says even though the annual convention “is so huge and corporate,” she keeps coming back because “there are many smaller cons inside comic con.”  In a section of the main exhibit hall that is reserved for

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Dance, carvings, geysers high points of Maori village

Editor’s Note: This is the 20th 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,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food

Editor’s personal blog: Declining language, politics

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Perhaps I am becoming my own grandfather, a gentle architect born in the 19th century who prided himself on being a proper and decorous man.  Recently, I wrote a column decrying the bitter partisanship that divides Washington, D.C., and which sadly is exemplified by the rancorous way that

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA