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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Famed Washington D.C. rabbi dies in San Diego County

 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Stanley Rabinowitz, who helped comfort President Lyndon B. Johnson and the nation after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, died in his sleep Friday, June 8, in the nursing facility of Seacrest Village Retirement Community in Encinitas Rabinowitz, 95,  longtime rabbi of Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation in

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La Jolla Community Planning Association to Hillel: “No! No! No!”

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–A La Jolla planning group had three answers to Hillel of San Diego’s request to build a religious, intellectual and spiritual center on land it owns near the UCSD campus:   “No,” “no” and “no.” There were three interrelated questions before the La Jolla Community Planning Association on Thursday evening, June

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How did Jewish candidates fare on San Diego ballots?

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Congressman Bob Filner (D-San Diego) won a spot in the November runoff election for mayor of San Diego by gaining 30.11 percent of the votes cast in Tuesday’s election, two percentage points behind the frontrunner, City Councilman Carl Demaio. If elected in November, Filner would be the second member

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County