Donald H. Harrison

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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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‘Mapmaker’s Daughter’ reconstructs 15th-century Iberia

Laurel Corona, The Mapmaker’s Daughter, Sourcebooks, (c) 2014, ISBN 978-1-4022-8649-0; 400 pages, $14.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– This novel relates the story of the fictional Amalia Cresque, daughter of a famous Converso mapmaker in 15th Century Spain, who has embraced his new Christian religion, notwithstanding the desire of his wife and daughter to

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Faulconer names Jewish woman as S.D. police chief

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Mayor-elect Kevin Faulconer on Wednesday, Feb. 26, named Assistant Chief Shelley Zimmerman to succeed retiring William Lansdowne as San Diego’s Police Chief.  The appointment becomes effective on Monday, March 3, the same day Faulconer will be sworn in as mayor. Zimmerman, who is Jewish, will be the first

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Scholar examines myths about Herzl

Georges Yitshak Weisz, Theodor Herzl: A New Reading, Gefen Publishing House, (c) 2013, ISBN: 9789652295873, 295 pages including appendices and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–This is both biography and historiography of the Zionist leader Theodor Herzl.  Through an examination of what previous historians have said about Herzl, Weisz provides readers with highlights of

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Jewish community bracing for ‘silver tsunami’

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– A Jewish community forum at Congregation Beth Israel heard several ideas on Friday, Feb. 21,  for improving the lives of present and future senior citizens.  All the suggestions required legislation at either the federal or state level. The meeting was an outgrowth of ongoing consultations among local Jewish agencies

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Chesed Home: safety, yiddishkeit for mentally ill

By Donald H. Harrison ESCONDIDO, California –Now six months into operation, Chesed Home at Hope Village currently serves three residents with mental illnesses and has room for three more. Until recently there were five residents in the Home but two recently “graduated” to independent living units on the same residential property operated by Hope Village,

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Mega-Church emphasizes love of Scripture, Israel

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California—The senior pastor whose  mega-church includes architectural homages to the Holy Land recently was joined in marriage by a Christian Zionist leader from the San Francisco area with ties to the family of Holocaust rescuer Oskar Schindler.  Now, the Rev. Jim Garlow and his bride, Rosemary Schindler Garlow, are

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Book Review: ‘Unexpected Gifts’

Azriela Jaffe, Unexpected Gifts: A Novel, Menucha Publishers, (c) 2013, ISBN 978-161465-132-1,                     255 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– “Everybody’s got tzuris,” my late father, Martin B. Harrison, liked to point out.  Were he alive to have read this book, he’d have tapped it authoritatively, and said, “What did I tell you?” Some

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