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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Book review: ‘Memories, Miracles & Meaning’

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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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Stand With Us extols Muslim reformer, Christian director

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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March of Light concludes with chanukiah lighting

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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Climbing the cruise ship employment ladder

Editor’s Note: This is the 40th 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, 37,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food

Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ also about belonging

Becoming by Michelle Obama; © 2018; Crown Publishing; ISBN 9781524-763138; 421 pages plus acknowledgments and photo credits; $32.50 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO —  If one theme predominates throughout former First Lady Michelle Obama’s memoir, it is that, notwithstanding the fact that she and her husband had risen to the very pinnacle of power

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA

Problem- solving a Jewish woman’s forté

Hadassah celebrates its ‘Women of Excellence’ By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Dafna Michaelson Jenet, an author and Colorado state legislator, perhaps felt that she was preaching to the choir when she addressed the San Diego area contingent of Hadassah Southern California on the issue of community problem solving. In 2009, she had traveled to

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Chula Vista has diverse Jewish history

By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California — Steven Schoenherr, a professor emeritus of history at the University of San Diego, researched information for a book celebrating the Chula Vista Centennial, published in 2011.  As the book could not contain all Schoenherr’s research, unpublished material subsequently was put on line.  In 2014, Schoenherr and Susan

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County

Married crew members court, live aboard cruise ships

Editor’s Note: This is the 39th 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,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food

‘Escape the Nat’ diversifies the museum experience

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Museum of Natural History, familiarly known as “The Nat,” began attracting new visitors last July when it installed an Escape Room on its bottom floor, with the idea of inducing gamers to come to the museum.  Escape Rooms grew out of video games, only instead

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Redefining who can become a Jew

The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World by Robert H. Mnookin; © 2018; Public Affairs, Hachette Book Group; ISBN 9781610-397513; 228 pages plus 80 pages of notes, acknowledgments and index; $28 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Author Robert Mnookin, a Harvard Law professor, argues that Jewish peoplehood should have permeable boundaries.

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Is it India or is it Gehenna?

Mother India by Tova Reich; ©2018; Syracuse University Press, ISBN 9780815-611066; 253 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If you walk through ankle-deep sewage overflow while batting away flies and choking on ashes of incinerated human remains, you’ll experience the India of author Tova Reich’s description.  You probably would prefer to visit Dante’s

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Don’t panic, stay in the moment, therapist counsels

Editor’s Note: This is the 38th 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, 37

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