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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Vicious politics, betrayal, divide fictional college faculty

All Quiet on the Midwestern Plains by Dorothea Shefer-Vanson © 2018, ISBN9781723-871801, 399 pages plus acknowledgements, available on Amazon. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – My colleague, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, has written a novel based in part upon the time that she and her husband Yigal had come to the American Midwest together while he

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Adventures of an Orthodox Jewish bond trader

Editor’s Note: This is the 37th 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  

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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA

Jews of the U.S. military honored at Veterans Museum

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A famous U.S. Navy admiral, two U.S. Air Force officers, and a U.S. Army major currently are being saluted in a display sponsored by the Jewish War Veterans of San Diego at the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center in Balboa Park. Honored are Admiral Hyman J.  Rickover, Army

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Synagogue members hold Veterans Day ceremony

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In honor of the centennial of the Armistice that ended World War I, members and friends of the Tifereth Israel Synagogue Men’s Club on Veteran’s Day Sunday hoisted a fresh American flag up the flagpole, pledged allegiance, sang “God Bless America” (composed by Jewish immigrant Irving

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Variety of form, materials in SDMA outdoor sculptures

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –In some cases, sculptures are grouped to tell a story, but at other times their storytelling groupings are accidental.  You’ll find both sets of circumstances outside the San Diego Museum of Art. For example, two Jewish artists who immigrated to the United States from the Czarist Russian Empire have

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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori

Touring Maasdam’s provision area, kitchen and laundry

    Editor’s Note: This is the 36th 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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Races for Congress highlight S.D. election results

  Story by Donald H. Harrison, Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Even before San Diego’s polls closed, the national news media was reporting that Democrats had captured the House of Representatives, while Republicans had retained the U.S. Senate. The Democrats needed a net gain of 23 seats to win control of the

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Christina de Jesus is a Jewish song leader

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — On the third Friday evening of each month, the Shir Chadash (New Song) Band leads services celebrating Shabbat at Tifereth Israel Synagogue.  The young mother whose alto voice provides the harmonies to the Shabbat melodies is an example of religious mobility.  Just hearing that her name is “Christina

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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Crafts, art, books featured at Temple Emanu-El fair

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Often you will meet women who either are in their second careers, or have become very proficient at their hobbies, at the Artisan Festival sponsored annually by the Women of Temple Emanu-El. On Sunday, I found that to be the case when I interviewed artist Enid Texler and

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Snippets from ‘Show Up on Shabbat’ weekend

SDJW staff report SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – In synagogues in San Diego and across the country, Jews and their friends answered the call of the American Jewish Committee to “Show Up for Shabbat” to demonstrate just one week after the Pittsburgh massacre that people of good conscience will not be intimidated. Contributors to San Diego

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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, Eva Trieger, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Sheryl Rowling

‘BeteBrune’ novel filled with hateful stereotypes

BêteBrune (Brown Beast): The Saga of Judith Sanders by Kim Hester, Kim Hester LLC, © 2018, ISBN 9781543-939330; 241 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This was a truly difficult book to read.  Not stylistically; the author has a clear and concise style.  The book’s content was severely off-putting, so filled is this

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A medical evacuation from the Maasdam

Editor’s Note: This is the 35th 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 By Donald H.

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