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.
By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — One day last February I was surfing on the Internet for nothing in particular, just a nice sunny day in Taiwan and I was in the mood for some music. By complete random chance I ended up on a Youtube link listening to one of the most beautiful […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle EastMemory is Our Home by Suzanna Eibuszyc; Ibidem Press (c) 2015; ISBN 978-3-8382-0712-4; 250 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–The voices of first generation and second generation Holocaust survivors are interwoven in this family remembrance covering pre-war life in Poland, escape from the Nazis to the Soviet Union and its eastern Republics; a return
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego International Airport wanted to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week with some excitement and enthusiasm, but, goodness, not with a bang! That’s why costumed characters such as Matilda the Koala from San Diego Zoo and Max from Legoland gently coaxed children who were among arriving
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
Editor’s Note: In my quest to find Jewish stories wherever I go, I decided there is no place like home to illustrate the concept that “there is a Jewish story everywhere.” Interstate 8 roughly follows the traditional route that settlers took in their covered wagons in the mid-19th century to get to San Diego from
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – For reporters and photographers covering groundbreakings and ribbon-cuttings, such events can tend to blur together in that there often is little to differentiate one from the other. For the participants however, these events can be important milestones marking the beginning of new chapters in their corporate lives
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
Editor’s Note: In my quest to find Jewish stories wherever I go, I decided there is no place like home to illustrate the concept that “there is a Jewish story everywhere.” Interstate 8 roughly follows the traditional route that settlers took in their covered wagons in the mid-19th century to get to San Diego from the
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Although invocations by Rabbi Michael Berk of Congregation Beth Israel and Monsignor Richard Duncanson of Mission San Diego de Alcala came in reverse chronological order as far as San Diego history was concerned, they were in correct historical order from the standpoint of world history. Jews were first on the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The California state senator who heads the first-in-the-nation Jewish legislative caucus says it’s time for Jews in the U.S. Congress to form a caucus too, and adds that U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who chairs the national Democratic party, agrees with him “100 percent.” State Sen.
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Editor’s Note: In my quest to find Jewish stories wherever I go, I decided there is no place like home to illustrate the concept that “there is a Jewish story everywhere.” Interstate 8 roughly follows the traditional route that settlers took in their covered wagons in the mid-19th century to get to San Diego from
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–“How come you didn’t run our press release?” Every editor has heard the question. But not every editor answers. Although we have more than 50 regular writers, we have only one person–me–who is editing San Diego Jewish World and posting the stories. All of us are volunteers. In that I
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Donald H. HarrisonEditor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World is fortunate to have among its contributors the authors of many books. To acquaint you with them, and their literary output, we will from time to time offer articles by the authors telling of their works. This article is by Donald H. Harrison, who is the editor of this publication.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County
With G-d At My Side: A Child’s Story of Survival by Menachem Taiblum (with Cyndie Meyer), CreateSpace © 2014; ISBN 978-150-586-2270; 150 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Cantor Menachem Taiblum of Portland, Oregon, recalls his boyhood running from the Nazis in this episodic memoir, which, with the help of writer Cyndie Meyer,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish HistoryBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The eulogy delivered by Rabbi Philip Graubart about Norman Manson, including the fact that the 86-year-old former writer and San Diego Union-Tribune copy editor was being buried on Friday, April 3, the day of Erev Pesach, most likely would have prompted Manson to ask many searching questions. Graubart, spiritual leader of Congregation
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Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorialsThe Patriot Threat by Steve Berry, © 2015 Minotaur Books, MacMillan Co., ISBN 878-250-05623-8. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Here’s a bit of intrigue. Why does the dollar bill have on its reverse side thirteen stars forming a Magen David? And what does the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution mean when it
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