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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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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Having watched the July 27 opening ceremony of the 30th Olympiad on television, and having read Danny Boyle spent $42 million to produce that spectacle, I had the altogether unwarranted and vain notion that I could produce a shorter version, but one more compelling. While there were moments of […]
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The basic message of J Street, which held an initial meeting of its local organization at historic Temple Beth Israel Thursday evening, July 26, amid protests from the Zionist Organization of America, is that Israel can have only two of the following three things: 1) A Jewish
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO — The meeting on Thursday evening, July 26, to organize a San Diego chapter of J Street, the lobbying group that describes itself as pro-Israel and pro-peace, will draw pickets from the conservative Zionist Organization of America, local ZOA President Howard Dyckman has announced. “J Street is not only far left; although
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Michael Ordman, a British expatriate now living in Netanya, Israel, contends that the worldwide media gives a false impression of Israel, focusing mainly on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and paying scant attention to the many positive contributions Israel makes towards a better world. He says he decided
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–We have one sad and one happy follow-up to stories that we previously ran on San Diego Jewish World. We’re sorry to have to report the death of Dennis Avery, the heir to the Avery Label fortune, who made acres and acres of his land available for public art, in
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CalendarBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Temple Beth Sholom in neighboring Chula Vista is changing its name to Temple Beth Shalom. What’s the difference between spelling the Hebrew word for peace with two o’s, or with an a and an o? Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel, spiritual leader of the Conservative congregation, said the double
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Herb Targum ENCINITAS, California — Plans are emerging for how the Leichtag Foundation will use its recently purchased 67 1/2-acre Ecke Ranch at 441 Saxony Road for public benefit. The foundation, named for the late philanthropists Toni and Lee Leichtag, announced last April the purchase of the Ecke Family-owned
Sicarii by Laurence Brown; 2012; ISBN 978-1475085402; 364 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Australian novelist Laurence Brown tells three stories in this novel about murder and violence in ancient Israel, modern-day Colombia, and modern-day Israel. The ancient and modern Israeli stories revolve around religious fanaticism, whereas the Colombian story focuses on illicit
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Comeback Love by Peter Golden; Washington Square Press of Simon & Schuster; 2010; ISBN 978-1-4516-5632-9; 294 pages, $15. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –If you accept the book jacket summary, this novel “is an evocative journey into the hearts of two lovers who came of age in the 1960s, and who never truly let
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Donald H. HarrisonEditor’s Note: As part of Congregation Beth Israel’s 150th anniversary celebration, San Diego Jewish World editor Don Harrison gave an after-dinner speech to the CBI Men’s Club on Wednesday, July 18, sketching ten Jewish pioneers of San Diego. Here is an edited version of that talk. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Having written a
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish HistoryBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Congressman and San Diego mayoral hopeful Bob Filner, City Council member Marti Emerald, and various leaders of the business and academic communities have signed their names to a half-page ad in the U-T newspaper urging support for J-Street. The message on Page B10 of Sunday’s edition, July
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Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — As my wife Nancy drove grandson Shor, 11, and me to the San Diego Convention Center, we noted that the car in front of us, a Saturn, had a vanity license plate that in symbol and letters announced its occupant was a Star Trek fan.
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A Candle in the Heart: Memoir of a Child Survivor by Judith Mannheimer Alter Kallman; Wordsmithy 2011; ISBN 978-1-935119010-1, 315 pages, price unlisted. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–This is an unusual Holocaust memoir because it moves from a child’s terror to her comfort, back to terror and then to reassurance, in a journey that
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Amid fans dressed as Super-Heroes, Walt Disney characters, and inhabitants of the Star Trek and Star Wars universes, two Jewish men named Stan on Thursday, July 12, assiduously worked the crowd, drumming up support for their latest ventures. Stan Lee, who as a Marvel Comic executive, brought forth
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