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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Rep. Davis endorses Green New Deal at forum

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) surprised and mollified a restive crowd of environmentalists Saturday when she announced that when she returns to Washington for Tuesday’s congressional session she will “be signing onto the Green New Deal.” Her announcement was greeted with 16 seconds of applause, which might […]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USA

Wonderful advice from grandson’s peers

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO and EL CAJON, California – Thanks to my grandson Shor Masori graduating from three different schools this semester, I recently had the opportunity to listen to several remarkable young women who respectively were speakers at the ceremonies at Community Jewish High School,  Grossmont Middle College High School, and Grossmont

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori

Adat Yeshurun celebrates families with circus gala

              By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – “From generation to generation” is a popular saying among Jews to indicate how Torah learning has been passed down from parent to child through the millennia. At Congregation Adat Yeshurun on Sunday night, the saying was happily augmented with another:

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Donald H. Harrison, Jacob Kamaras, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Three movie wizards recalled at Oz- flavored county fair

  By Donald H. Harrison DEL MAR, California – At the San Diego County Fair on Sunday, June 2, I was reminded of three Jewish entertainment figures who were instrumental to the making of the celebrated movie, The Wizard of Oz, which because of its San Diego connections provides the theme for this year’s fair.

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food

‘Fiddler’ pulls heart strings at Civic Theatre

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — There was an obvious division in the house on Wednesday night at a performance of Fiddler on the Roof at the Civic Theatre downtown. There were those in the packed audience who never had seen the musical before, and there were those who had seen it in other incarnations since

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jewish wisdom following a tough academic year

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Devorah Marcus, spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El, told the graduating class of Community Jewish High on Tuesday evening that in the five years since their b’nai mitzvahs, she hopes that they gained more than Jewish information by attending the voluntary supplemental high school which primarily draws students

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori

Soille gala honors U.S. soldiers, Shoah survivors

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School honored two Holocaust survivors at a Memorial Day gala on Monday, May 27, with keynote speaker Elizabeth Robbins, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, spelling out the connection. “I think Rabbi [and Headmaster Simcha] Weiser picked the best possible day to honor Fanny

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

OpEd: Geologist Abbott should share his opinions

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In this column, I will respectfully disagree with esteemed Geology Professor Patrick L. Abbott, not about his subject matter, over which he has a sensational command, but rather about his reticence to offer public policy suggestions based upon his knowledge. If anyone still needed convincing that climate change

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, The World We Share

Jewish pins and a badge help document our past

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Longtime San Diego residents Robert and Helaine Baum were doing some Spring cleaning and found hundreds of pins and patches that they had collected over the years, then put away, and forgot. Their wide-ranging collection included memorabilia from the worlds of politics, sports, broadcasting, the labor movement, local

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ now in graphic format

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque; graphic adaptation by Wayne Vansant, © 2019 published by Dead Reckoning, ISBN9781682-474601, 170 pages, $24.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If I suddenly had universal authority, I would order every world leader, every man or woman capable of summoning an army to fight

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International