Jewish History

  –15th in a series– Exit 5:  Mission Center Road, San Diego ~ Former Anti-Defamation League offices By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Although Jewish agencies and organizations including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) recently have clustered their offices near those of the Jewish Federation of San Diego in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood,  they used to […]

-13th in a Series- Exit 4: Hotel Circle, San Diego ~ Riverwalk Golf Course By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Handlery Hotel, on the northeastern portion of Hotel Circle, adjoins the Riverwalk Golf Course, on land that the Levi and Cushman families have owned for over a century.  Currently they and a developer

-Twelfth in a Series- Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego: Temple Beth Israel, Heritage Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Many fine carriages pulled up to the new building at the corner of 2nd and Beech Streets on a hill overlooking downtown San Diego and the Bay.  Their occupants came to observe or to participate

  – Eleventh in a Series– Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego~Courthouse, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There were no televisions, radios, motion pictures, or YouTube videos back in the mid 19th century.  There were, occasionally, traveling stage productions and these were well-attended.  But for day-to-day entertainment, San

-Eighth in a series- Exit 3: Taylor Street, San Diego — Wadie P. Deddeh State Office Building SAN DIEGO — No, Wadie P. Deddeh isn’t Jewish.  He’s an Iraqi Christian, whose success in San Diego County rising from a professor at Southwestern Community College to a state Assemblyman and eventually to a state Senator was