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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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

Family, clergy, extol Cantor Merel on his 95th birthday

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Family members and three fellow clergy saluted Cantor Emeritus Shelly Foster Merel of Congregation Beth Israel  on his 95th birthday  during a dinner gathering Saturday night, May 18, at the Bay Club Hotel and Marina on Shelter Island.  There were so many speakers that the presentations went on

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Grossmont College vigils for Chabad victims

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori EL CAJON, California – The city of El Cajon boasts a large population of refugees from Iraq, with some estimates running as high as 60,000.  Behind Detroit, the city is said to have the second highest concentration of Iraqi Christians (Chaldeans) in the United States. 

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Beer and Torah? To this, they say ‘L’chaim!’

  By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California  — “What’ll it be, sir?” “I’ll have a beer and where’s that Torah discussion group?” “Over there, sir.  And here’s our beer menu.” Once a month, members of Tifereth Israel Synagogue sample the selections at one of San Diego County’s burgeoning microbrewery industry’s locations, where they socialize,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food

Food, song, reflections mark TIS Yom Ha’ atzma’ ut

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Tifereth Israel Synagogue celebrated Yom Ha’atzma’ut, Israeli independence day, on Thursday night, May 9, with songs, four American perspectives on Israel, and the kind of dairy dinner you might be served in Tel Aviv. Oscar and Olga Worm own Bekker’s Catering, which typically serves non-kosher food.  But the

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA