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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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Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; © 2016; ISBN9781616-203634; 354 pages; $26.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a story of two sisters and their “aunt” who are thrown together after the parents of the two sisters are killed in a car crash. When the younger sister,
Novel portrays loves of a family of three women Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
The Wondering Jew: My Journey into Judaism by Ellen Brazer; TCJ Publishing; ISBN 9780693-739945; 188 pages including book club questions, $12.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Novelist Ellen Brazer (Clouds Across the Sun; So It Was Written; Hearts of Fire) has authored a primer on the Jewish religion, perhaps as much for her
A Jewish primer laced with spiritual encounters Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy by Richard Michelson, illustrated by Edel Rodriguez; Alfred E. Knopf publisher; ISBN 9781101-933329; 28 pages, including author’s note, $17.99. SAN DIEGO – With all the ongoing celebrations of Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, the youngsters in your life may be wondering what all the hoopla is about. This short well-illustrated
A Leonard Nimoy biography for kids Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel,” a documentary showing another side of World War II – that of a pacifistic German drafted into Hitler’s army—will be screened Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Village Theatres in Coronado. The 104-minute documentary will be one of the offerings of the G.I.
German soldier’s WWII story screens at GI Film Festival Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Bertrand Court by Michelle Brafman, © 2016 Prospect Park Books;; ISBN 978193-8849800; 255 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Bertrand Court might be found in any suburban city of the United States; its characters are as familiar as your next door neighbors. Through Brafman’s fictional work, however, you may gain keener insight into your
Insight into some secrets of suburban life Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
Every Day Lasts A Year: A Jewish Family’s Correspondence From Poland edited by Christopher R. Browning, Richard S. Hollander and Nechama Tec; Cambridge University Press; © 2014; ISBN 9781107-668768; 290 pages including index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Richard Hollander, one of the editors of this work, is the son of Joseph Hollander,
Letters take readers inside the Holocaust Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A nine-month-long, 10,000 square foot exhibition about the Jews of San Diego, including the community’s history, achievements and troubles since 1850, is now in the design stage with an opening planned in March 2017 at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. Joellyn Zollman, a professor who
Major exhibition to focus on San Diego Jews Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Hiney ma tov u’ma-nayim shevet achim gam yachad –Here is something good and nice, two brothers together in unity – Psalm 133 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –2Brothers Restaurant in San Diego is unabashedly Israeli – a sign above the door proclaims it – and brothers Ofer and Amir Grissaro proudly tell visitors that
Brothers together in Israeli restuarant Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego CountyTreyf: My Quest for Identity in a Forbidden World by Elissa Altman; New American Library; 2016; ISBN 9780425-277812; 283 pages; $26. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – What is not kosher is treyf, literally meaning “torn” but generally meaning “forbidden” and one might anticipate that in Elissa Altman’s memoir, subtitled “My Quest for Identity
In this memoir, pork is a gateway to assimilation Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
Leave Me by Gayle Forman; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; © 2016; ISBN 9781616-206178; 343 pages; $26.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Maribeth Klein seemingly does it all. She has a prestigious job at a magazine. She has two preschool twins, and a husband who loves her. But when she has a heart attack,
Novel explores abandonment issues Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
-70th and Final Installment in a Series- Exit 77 In-Ko-Pah Park Road, San Diego-Imperial County Line, California By Donald H. Harrison JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, California — The dogs that greet visitors at the entrance to the venerable Desert View Tower are alive, if sleepy in the hot sun, but there are many other animals nearby
I-8 Jewish Travel: Desert View Tower Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food
-68th in a Series– Exit 73, Jacumba Hot Springs, California By Donald H. Harrison JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, California — At one point, Henry LaZare owned practically the entire town of Jacumba, including its water company and the storied Jacumba Hotel, where legend has it that such Hollywood stars as Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich liked
I-8 Jewish Travel: Keeping Jacumba’s hopes alive Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food
The Game Isn’t Everything: The reality beyond the arena by Bruce Lowitt; Barstad Communications; © 2015; ISBN 978153-4981126; 285 pages, $14.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Bruce Lowitt is an all-around sportswriter who covered the big NFL games for the Associated Press, and, later in his career, regaled readers with stories about sports
Human- interest writer plumbs real lives of athletes Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Bruce F. Lowitt, Donald H. Harrison, Sports & CompetitionsBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – One of the joys of convention watching on television is seeing the traditional roll call when, before announcing their votes, delegates from the U.S. States and Territories get to do a little bragging about where they are from. This year at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where
Convention’s roll call a lesson is U.S. history Read More »
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