Donald H Harrison
Harrison is editor of San Diego Jewish World. He may be contacted via donald.harrison@sdjewishworld.com
Going the way of movable type and printing presses
Paul Aken operates the Platen Press Museum which is located, appropriately enough, in Mt. Zion, Illinois. Although it is coincidental, the religiously themed name of Aken’s city harkens back to the primary use of...
Animation may help teach youngsters about the Shoah
SAN DIEGO – What started as a family research project has developed into an intriguing way to tell the stories of Holocaust survivors that may ignite the interest of younger generations.
Sarah Kamaras, an independent...
Love, not conflict, drives this pro- Israel novel
An interesting aspect of this multi-generational, multi-ethnic, and dual religious novel is that love, rather than conflict, pulls the plot along. Among the central characters in this ode to Israel and brotherhood, there are...
Documentary on San Diego Jewry very well done
SAN DIEGO – Isaac Artenstein’s newest documentary, To The Ends of the Earth: A Portrait of Jewish San Diego, which is on sale at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park, tapped present and past...
70 years of Israeli crafts on display at Mingei
The Mingei International Museum’s current exhibition of Israeli crafts and design is a retrospective that incorporates aspects of the Jewish State’s history with what the exhibit’s curator, Smadar Samson, describes as four major themes...
‘Wrestling Jerusalem’ depicts the conflict’s emotions
SAN DIEGO – Wrestling Jerusalem is a rather incredible one-man show, now filmed, in which writer and actor Aaron Davidman, in some 22 vignettes over 93 minutes, portrays the complexities, hardened positions, anger, sadness, frustration, fervor,...
‘Landing Up’: a sensitive look at the homeless
Landing Up, a debut film by Israeli director Dani Tenebaum starring and co-produced with him by his wife Stacey Maltin, is a sensitive portrayal of a young homeless woman who dreams of having her...
It could be, it might be, it is (!) a great sports book
SAN DIEGO – I learned when I was a rookie reporter for the Associated Press back in 1967 that any fool, including yours truly, could write a story about an athletic contest. Essentially, you...