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.
Running From Giants: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child by Margareta Ackerman, Ph.D. Illustrations by Vivien Mildenberger. © 2013, ISBN: 9781492330967, 81 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—This book retells the stories of author Ackerman’s grandfather Srulik, who against all odds survived the Holocaust as a child after running away in […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—I know you are supposed to be intently listening during a performance of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, but a Summer Pops presentation on Thursday evening, Aug. 28, got me to thinking about how, for better or for worse, the minds of children can be imprinted forever. When
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—I don’t know if it is more environmentally sensitive to go to a movie house or to watch the same film at home on a DVD. I suppose it would depend on the driving distance required for each option divided by the number of people in your party intending to
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
David and Sara Harrison admire giant head of Einstein at Legoland California Resort. An homage to Auguste Rodin’s “Thinker” reinforces the Lego Company’s celebration of the mind By Donald H. Harrison CARLSBAD, California – The Legoland California Resort here may be among the few places in the world where you can meet, after a fashion,
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
-Last of a 23-part series- By Donald H. Harrison LAKEHEAD, California – Melelani Correa, a high school senior working at Lake Shasta Caverns, and her fellow guides like to fantasize about the shapes made by mineral-laden water dripping onto cave walls. Somewhat food-focused, she sees the shape of chili peppers here, strips of bacon there,
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA
-Twenty-first in a series– By Donald H. Harrison ROSEBURG, Oregon—Having written a biography of Louis Rose, the first Jewish settler in San Diego, I was anxious to learn about Aaron Rose, for whom this town in southwestern Oregon was named. He and Louis Rose were contemporaries. Furthermore, I was intrigued by the fact that an
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Even the animals at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem have been affected by the fighting between Israel and Gaza over the last month. They have had a far less polyglot human crowd to observe and to be observed by, according to Shai Doron, executive director of the Biblical Zoo,
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s -Nineteenth in a Series — By Donald H. Harrison THE DALLES, Oregon — Today, there are few Jews living in this city, but it is not surprising that at one point in its history, Jewish merchants found it a very attractive place to do business. “The Dalles” was given its name by French Canadian
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USABy Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – Over the weekend, I attended a recital featuring an organist, two trumpet players, and a soprano at the First Church of Christ Scientist in this San Diego suburb, allowing me to look around one of the many historic buildings in this metropolitan area designed by San Diego architect
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-Eighteenth in a Series– By Donald H. Harrison SPOKANE, Washington – During an all-too-short visit with grandson Shor to this eastern Washington city, I sensed that the civic leadership of Spokane values the city’s diversity and attempts to promote inter-group harmony. From a vantage point for viewing Spokane Falls, for example, Shor and I noticed
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA
-Seventeenth in a Series– By Donald H. Harrison MOIESE, Montana — In 1908, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, a formidable conservationist, laid aside the National Bison Range to help bring the American bison (often mislabeled as a ‘buffalo’) back from the precipice of extinction. Today, to paraphrase the lyrics of “Home on the Range,” the bison
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USABy Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO–Lawrence “Laurie” Baron is professor emeritus of modern Jewish history at San Diego State. He has a doctorate in modern European intellectual history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He’s an expert on Holocaust films. So what’s a nice Jewish teacher doing writing one-liners like these?
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Ken Stone, Lawrence Baron, San Diego County
-Sixteenth in a Series– By Donald H. Harrison BROWNING, Montana – More than half-way between our previous night’s stop in Lethbridge, Alberta, and our evening’s destination of Kalispell, Montana, grandson Shor and I decided to stretch our legs in Browning, Montana, which is located on the sprawling Blackfeet Indian Reservation. We browsed the Blackfeet
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By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California — Congregant Luz Guadarrama of Temple Beth Shalom baked up a surprise for Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel: a cake shaped to look like a Torah. The Conservative rabbi turns 61 on August 6th. Arlene LaGary, the president of Temple Beth Shalom, was joined by Jorge Bernal in making the
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Donald H. Harrison, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego County