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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SDJW thanks its March 2016 contributors

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Jewish World expresses its appreciation to the byliners and staff photographers whose works appeared in March 2016 editions. They included: David Amos Eitan Arom Judy Lash Balint Kenneth Bandler Laurie Baron Amber Bartlett Jeremy Ben-Ami Boaz Bismuth Ronnie Blair Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Cynthia Citron Richard L. Cravatts Jack Forman […]

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Barry Shaw, Cynthia Citron, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Michael Ordman, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shor M. Masori, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer

I-8 Jewish Travel ~ Resettling refugees

-50th in a Series- Exit 18, Mollison Avenue, El Cajon ~ Refugee Resettlement Program By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California –With millions of refugees lingering in camps around the world, receiving refugee status in the United States is a difficult process – only a fraction of the refugees ever make it. And for those

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SD Police Chief asks Taser Int’l to develop an automatic recording device when officers draw guns

Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori SAN DIEGO — Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said she has asked Taser International, which provides body cameras, to develop a system by which a police officer’s body camera automatically will turn on whenever he or she draws a gun from a holster. “They are working on

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA

Military families sacrifice for us; can’t we feed them?

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jewish Family Service, Mazon (The Jewish Response to Hunger) and now Democratic U.S. Rep. Susan Davis, ranking member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, are teaming up to help alleviate food insecurity among the families of the lower enlisted ranks of the military.

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

Novel explores Berlin on the eve of World War II

Midnight in Berlin by James MacManus; Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin’s Press; ISBN 978-1-250-07949-4; 404 pages; $26.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a novel of political intrigue set in Nazi Germany just before the outbreak of World War II.  The British military attache in Berlin, Noel Macrae, learns of Adolf Hitler’s

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Annual shpiel twists plot, lyrics in Purim fun

  Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor Masori SAN DIEGO – They fractured the lyrics of numerous popular American songs, and twisted the tale in the Book of Esther to fit those lyrics, but nobody objected.  In fact, the audience loved it.  It was the annual Purimshpiel on Wednesday evening, March 23, at

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I-8 Jewish Travel: ECPAC, Sydney Wiener’s passion

-49th in a Series — Exit 17C, Magnolia Avenue, El Cajon ~ East County Performing Arts Center By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – The  East County Performing Arts Center (ECPAC) was the glittering gem of downtown El Cajon’s “super block” when it hosted its inaugural performance on September 8, 1977.  Many people gave

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Anachnu: Rabbi Roberto D. Graetz

By Donald H. Harrison LAFAYETTE, California – It has been a quarter century since Rabbi Roberto D. Graetz came to this Northern California community after serving as a rabbi in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But the soon-to-retire senior rabbi of Temple Isaiah has remained intimately involved in Latin America as a

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

‘The Passover Surprise’ is brief yet topic rich

The Passover Surprise by Janet Ruth Heller; illustrations by Ronald Kauffman; © 2015; Fictive Press; ISBN 978-1-927663-17-1; 35 pages including glossary and discussion drive. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –A lot of ground is covered in this story for middle schoolers.  It begins with a pre-teenage girl, Lisa, competing with her younger brother, Jon,

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I-8 Jewish Travel: Chains of success

-48th in a Series- Exit 17A, Johnson Avenue, El Cajon, California  — Tilly’s and Home Depot By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Near the intersection of Johnson Avenue and Fletcher Parkway stands the Parkway Plaza Shopping Center, in which the trendy tween-teen-20’s clothier Tilly’s is one of the tenants. Across the street at

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

Never read ‘The Book Thief’? Steal the time

The Book Thief (10th Anniversary Edition) by Markus Zusak; Alfred A. Knopf; ISBN 878-0-399-55652-4; 550 pages plus bonus material covering the creative process; $19.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sometimes a book comes out and, like a news article, dies after a period of time, forgotten by everyone except the author and perhaps

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