{"id":234380,"date":"2017-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/highway-stories-3\/"},"modified":"2017-12-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:00:00","slug":"highway-stories-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/highway-stories-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Historias de carreteras"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author writes about Jewish people and their history, along Interstate 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Por Sara Appel-Lennon<\/p>\n

San Carlos resident Don Harrison believes there are Jewish stories everywhere.<\/p>\n

To prove his point, Harrison recently wrote a book that recounts 70 Jewish stories culled from all 35 exits along Interstate 8 between Mission Bay and the Imperial County line, titled \u201c77 Miles of Jewish Stories: History, Anecdotes, and Tales of Travel Along I-8.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you can tie a story to a place, it can have a lasting impact,\u201d Harrison said. \u201c[It\u2019s] an opportunity to learn about our people and our customs in a nonthreatening way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Courtesy Don Harrison)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Writing about San Diego\u2019s Jewish community is something Harrison has done since 1985, as editor and publisher of San Diego Jewish World. Many of the stories in the book appeared in San Diego Jewish World online in the past two years.<\/p>\n

With an affinity for travel, Harrison is a self-described \u201cwandering Jew.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd a wondering Jew,\u201d he added. \u201cI love to travel, and find stories wherever I go, my absolute joy in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

For \u201c77 Miles,\u201d Harrison drove around to get a sense of the areas of each exit along Interstate 8, leading to an almost accidental quality in the writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has the stories that I found, not what I intended,\u201d he said. \u201cI was guided by the exits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those exits guided him to research the history and people he found there, which gave him the stories in the book. Some local examples include:<\/p>\n

Exit 2 \u2014<\/strong> At the University of San Diego, Harrison learned of Colonel Irving Saloman, the first Jewish layperson to be knighted by the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

\u201cPope Paul VI personally had approved [of the knighthood] because of Saloman\u2019s open-heartedness,\u201d Harrison said.<\/p>\n

Saloman donated large sums of money to USD, Point Loma Nazarene University and other universities. A lecture hall at USD and a theater at Point Loma Nazarene University were built in Saloman\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n

Exit 2 \u2014 <\/strong>Harrison wrote about how Monsignor I. Brent Eagen, chancellor of the San Diego Diocese, asked Rabbi Wayne Dosick to lead an all-faith service every spring at University of San Diego. Eagen also invited Dosick to teach a class on Judaism,<\/em> which he did for 17 years.<\/p>\n

Exit 6 \u2014<\/strong> Harrison wrote about Rep. Susan Davis after visiting her office on Adams Avenue. He discovered that Davis introduces herself by first name and \u201ctikkun olam\u201d \u2014 Hebrew for \u201cimproving the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Exit 8–<\/em><\/strong> Harrison spoke with Dr. Paul Bernstein, Kaiser Permanente\u2019s San Diego Regional Medical Director. Bernstein shared stories about his hero, the late Dr. Sidney Garfield, who was a Jewish surgeon.<\/p>\n

In Harrison\u2019s book, Bernstein said, \u201cAlmost everything we do in American medicine today was really developed by him.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Author Don Harrison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1933, Garfield started a 12-bed hospital in the Mojave Desert for 5,000 employees building an aqueduct to transport water from the Colorado River to Los Angeles. This was the first hospital in America with air conditioning for patients, not doctors. \u201cIt was unique, caring about how patients were feeling,\u201d Bernstein said.<\/p>\n

Garfield was also a pioneer of the idea of pre-payment for medical care, preventative health care through health maintenance organizations and using technology to keep accurate medical records.<\/p>\n

Exit 9 \u2014<\/strong> Harrison wrote a story about Del Cerro resident Saul Snyder \u2014 a world class tennis player in his 80s who won gold medals in the United States, Israel, and Croatia.<\/p>\n

Exit 10 \u2014<\/strong> The College Avenue Center and Temple Emanu-El were the focus for stories from Exit 10. Harrison wrote about free classes offered to seniors through the San Diego Community College District there and how Jewish Family Services provide hot lunches at a nominal cost, followed by entertainment on Fridays.<\/p>\n

Exit 11 \u2014<\/strong> One of the more intriguing stories in the book is the origin of DZ Akins Delicatessen, which Harrision recounts in his chapter about Exit 11.<\/p>\n

Debbie Epstein was attending University of California Los Angeles when her aunt told her to check out the Israeli butcher, Zvika Akin. Epstein ordered a kosher chicken, hoping for enough liver to make chopped liver. Akin offered to give her the extra liver if Epstein promised to bring him a sample of her chopped liver. She did and he loved it. Epstein disclosed her secret ingredient, which led to further disclosures resulting in dating, marriage, and starting DZ Akins Delicatessen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think of DZ Akins as the restaurant that ate San Diego because it grew and grew,\u201d Harrison said.<\/p>\n

The famed delicatessen and breakfast restaurant first seated 48, then expanded to 100, then 150, so the Akins built a gift shop where patrons could browse before being seated.<\/p>\n

There were no profits in their first three months. But in the 1990s, the Restaurant Association awarded them \u201cBest Breakfast.\u201d Persistence and consistency were secrets to their success.<\/p>\n

Exit 14 \u2014<\/strong> Dr. Ronald Goldberg from La Mesa Cardiac Center, was the first cardiologist to work in \u201cinterventional cardiology\u201d \u2014 a term he coined.<\/p>\n

Since Goldberg implants heart monitors, in Harrison\u2019s book, Goldberg is quoted as quipping that he does \u201cmajor plumbing and minor electrical work.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Exit 14 \u2014<\/strong> On El Granito Avenue in La Mesa, Harrison found the home of Ernestine Schumann-Heink, who he described as \u201cthe opera star of her day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe owed her great popularity to a phenomenal voice with a range from D to high C and a magnetic personality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u2014Sara Appel-Lennon is a freelance writer and former professional clown. Follow her at sara-appel-lennon.vpweb.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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