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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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This is the first in a series of stories developed by editor Donald H. Harrison during his January 1-March 1 hiatus in which he collected stories in ports and at sea aboard the MS Maasdam on a cruise from Sydney, Australia, back to San Diego. Articles in this series normally will run on Thursdays
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and FoodQueen for a Day by Maxine Rosaler; Delphinium Books, © 2018; 9718832-85753; 243 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In this novel, Mimi is the mother of a strange, yet wonderful, boy named Danny. At first, Mimi didn’t want to admit that her son was developmentally disabled; she told herself repeatedly that
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Author and columnist Edwin Black, whose work appears regularly on San Diego Jewish World, is embarking on a multi-city lecture tour outlining Israel’s history from ancient times to the present. The tour begins March 19 and March 20th respectively at Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence, N.Y., and the Manhattan
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Donald H. Harrison, Edwin Black, Middle East, USA
What The Night Sings by Vesper Stamper; Borzoi Book of Alfred E. Knopf; © 2018; isbn pending: 18.99; 250 pages plus notes and glossary. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This novel is a welcome addition to Holocaust literature. It plumbs the emotions of young Holocaust survivors in the Displaced Persons (DP) camps as
Novel for teens depicts life in the DP camps Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Dear readers, I return to editing and publishing San Diego Jewish World after a two-month hiatus during which I was married for a second and third time – to the same wonderful woman. The first time was on February 24, 1968 in a Jewish ceremony at the
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Donald H. Harrison, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I have very mixed feelings about putting San Diego Jewish World and my Facebook account on hiatus for the next two months, from January 1st through February 28th. I am both looking forward to the change in routine and dreading it. I realize that this two-month break will
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Holocaust Postal History by Justin Gordon; Six Point Watermark;© 2016; ISBN 9780997-840100; 138 pages plus glossaries, bibliography and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The author of this richly illustrated book deserved compliments for his persistence as a collector, his clarity as a writer, and his ability as a researcher. No matter how
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Alfred Jacobs was an unassuming man, yet his graveside service at the Home of Peace Cemetery on Friday was packed with more than 100 friends, fellow congregants, and the rabbis of two neighboring congregations – the Conservative Tifereth Israel Synagogue and the Chabad of East County. Jacobs, 93,
Al Jacobs, tailor and musician, 1924-2017 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyAmerican Stranger by David Plante, Delphinium Books © 2018, ISBN 9781883-285759; 239 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Nancy is the daughter of Jewish parents who escaped Hitler’s Germany physically, but apparently not emotionally. There is a distance about them that Nancy never can seem to penetrate. Trying to compensate for their lack
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin; © 2018, G.P. Putnam’s Sons; ISBN 9780735-213180; 345 pages; $26. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a story of four young Jewish siblings who visit a fortune teller in New York City, who tells them the exact dates that they will die. The woman’s predictions take root
‘The Immortalists’ examines living in the face of death Read More »
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We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter; Penguin Books; © 2017; ISBN 9780399-563096; 398 pages plus acknowledgments; $16. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Having already achieved New York Times best-seller status in hardback, this novel of survival has now been issued in paperback, hopefully to acquaint an even wider audience with the
Holocaust novel braces the human spirit Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
He Could Make Words Sing: An Ordinary Man During Extraordinary Times by David Greene, © 2017 DCG Publishing; ISBN 980998-018201; 193 pages plus endnotes; $17.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – History teacher David Greene has written a combination social history and biography of his father-in-law, Harry Greissman, an advertising man. We come
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By Donald H. Harrison IMPERIAL BEACH, California – Serge Dedina is a 6’4 surfer, a PhD in geography, a descendant on his Jewish father’s side of Holocaust survivors, a renowned coastal conservationist, and, since December 2014, mayor of the small city of Imperial Beach. There were so many facets of his life to talk about
Imperial Beach mayor stresses community, ecology Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, The World We Share
By Donald H. Harrison SAN MARCOS, California – Arts professor Merryl Goldberg of California State University at San Marcos declares that arts equal opportunity. She explains that the more that arts are incorporated into a child’s life, the better career prospects he or she will have as an adult. A former saxophonist with the Klezmer