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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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The Cousin (Ha Ben Dod) written, directed and starring Tzahi Grad; Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles; 93 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 12, at Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Everyone has
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRedemption (Geula), by Joseph Madmony and Boaz Yehonatan Yacov; Hebrew language with English subtitles; 100 minutes; to be screened during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, and at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17 also at the Reading
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastCarl Laemmle, a documentary by James L. Freedman, English language, 91 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 1 p.m. Sunday, February 10, at the Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, and at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, February 17, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont
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From Cairo to the Cloud ~ The World of the Cairo Geniza; filmmaker Michelle Paymar; English language; 92 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Lawrence Family JCC, Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Retired Judge Sol Gothard of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal told a kiddush luncheon audience at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Saturday, January 5, that some major tenets of the American legal system are derived from the Torah and the Talmud. Adding that “justice doesn’t win law cases,
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori RAMONA, California – Camels know all about water conservation. Just ask Gil Riegler, the Canadian-born, Israeli-raised owner of the Oasis Camel Dairy located in this inland San Diego County town. “Camels can go two weeks without drinking, lose 25 percent of their body weight in
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori and Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – San Diego County is the animal capital of the United States, and possibly the world. I say this without reservation or qualification after a 10-day vacation period during which my son David and grandchildren Brian, 10 and Sara,
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Today (Dec. 23) is comedian Harry Shearer’s 75th birthday. Most people know him as someone who used to perform on Saturday Night Live and who now provides some of the voices for The Simpsons. I remember him as the city editor of the UCLA Daily Bruin in 1962, the year I
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
Editor’s Note: This is the 42nd and final installment in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Immigrants Tammuz Dubnov and Gad Shaanan from Israel and Michel Cohen of Mexico are among 76 New Americans who are featured in an innovative exhibition that was created by the staff of the San Diego Union-Tribune in cooperation with the New Americans Museum at Liberty Station. Each life-size
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
Editor’s Note: This is the 41st in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
A casino host’s life aboard the Maasdam Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food
Memories, Miracles & Meaning: Insights of a Holocaust Survivor by Fanny Krasner Lebovits (with Selwyn Isakow and Sid Shapira); Mascot Books (c) 2019; ISBN 9781643-071909; 199 pages plus family tree, photos and glossary; $22.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At 96, Fanny Krasner Lebovits is still going strong. I saw her as recently
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – – The spotlight of the pro-Israel organization, StandWithUs, shone brightly Tuesday night, Dec. 11, on a Muslim reformer and a Christian evangelist. Both Shireen Qudosi, a national correspondent for the Clarion Project, and Sara Miller, the outgoing San Diego regional director of the StandWithUs organization, personify the
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison, Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Undeterred by last month’s massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, or by more recent anti-Semitic vandalism in Poway, more than 100 Jews and Christians joined in a March of Light late Sunday afternoon, Dec. 9, from Ashley Falls Park
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