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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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Editor’s Note: This is the 19th 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
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I have been disappointed for quite a while about the indecorous way that our United States government goes about deciding who should serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. I don’t lay exclusive blame either on the Republican party or the Democratic party; I blame the spirit of partisanship
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Lillian Faderman, an historian of gay and lesbian progress and struggles in America, is the curator of the San Diego History Center’s newest exhibit “LGBTQ+ San Diego: Stories of Struggles and Triumph,” which will last a year, or more if attendance merits.
Curator tells of LGBTQ+ history, struggles, triumphs Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori
Jewish Libya: Memory & Identity in Text & Image, edited by Jacque Roumani, David Meghnagi & Judith Roumani; © 2018, Syracuse University Press, ISBN 9780815-635628; 280 pages plus bibliography, appendices, and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jewish Libya is an anthology about a place that no longer exists. Since Israel’s successful 1967
‘Jewish Libya:’ background for the next James Michener Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison ANGELUS OAKS, California—Along with a few other San Diegans, I visited Camp Mountain Chai in the San Bernardino Mountains last week. On arrival, I saw a Baer. It turned out that Dan Baer is the director of the camp, located 134 miles from the parking lot of the Jewish Federation of
Ruach, plenty of spirit, at Camp Mountain Chai Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA
Editor’s Note: This is the 18th 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
John McCormick: A Kiwi friend of Israel Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, John McCormick, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — It was heartwarming to read on the front page of the San Diego Union-Tribune today (July 4) about members of the military who were born in other countries becoming U.S. citizens in a ceremony yesterday aboard the museum ship USS Midway. I particularly was pleased by the comment
Editor’s personal blog: Welcome immigrants Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA
Celebrate, Commemorate: The History and Heritage of San Diego’s Jewish Community, editor Joellyn Zollman, San Diego History Center, ISBN 8780918-740090, 91 pages including acknowledgments and room for personal remembrances. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The recent exhibition at the San Diego History Center about our local Jewish community contained more information than most
S.D. Jewish history book helpful exhibition souvenir Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –I’m sure that many Jews of my so-called “Baby Boomer” generation will recognize the way in which my late mother Alice would have reacted to two stories in Tuesday’s San Diego Union-Tribune. One story told about how movie mogul Harvey Weinstein may be facing life imprisonment for rape and
Editor’s personal blog: What mom would have thought! Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Perhaps it is my bias, but sometimes I think that rabbis should often talk about the lessons drawn from their own lives and not only about the morals we should glean from the legends of such rabbis of old as Shammai, Hillel, and Tarfon. This is not to
Personal blog: The joy of Jewish reading Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Roz Rothstein was galvanized into responding to the anti-Jewish violence of the Second Intifada and especially to the mutilation murders discovered on May 8, 2001 of teenagers Koby Mandell, 13, and Yosef Ishran, 14. The boys had hiked in the Judean Desert
Holocaust Survivor’s daughter leads StandWithUs Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At the Asian Film Festival in New York, there is a Hong Kong-produced film titled Operation Red Sea. Always interested in stories about waterways near Israel, I requested and received a screener for review purposes. It’s a well-done, riveting war film—on the order of Dunkirk or Saving Private
Clumsy propaganda diminishes Chinese war movie Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Editor’s Note: This is the 17th 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 By
Those special touches on a cruise ship Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 16th 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 By Donald
A posthumous salute for Rabbi Katz of Wellington Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA