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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A Righteous Gentile’s own story

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke and Jennifer Armstrong; Penguin Random House/ Ember; (c) 1999, 2015; ISBN 978-0-679-99181-6; 278 pages including appendices, $10.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — This publication has reviewed, and will continue to review, numerous memoirs by Holocaust survivors. What makes this memoir different […]

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

Growth of Museum of Tolerance, Moriah Pictures told

Meant To Be by Rabbi Marvin Hier; Toby Press, LLC; © 2015; ISBN 978-1-59264-389-9; 342 pages including photo sections and index; $29.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –This memoir tells the story of the founding of the Yeshiva University of Los Angeles, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Moriah Pictures, and the Museums of Tolerance in

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Ohr Shalom dedicates Pillars of Cloud, Smoke

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Before Holocaust Survivor Lou Dunst died last year, he and his wife Estelle commissioned art to enhance the Holy Ark at Ohr Shalom Synagogue at Third and Laurel Streets in San Diego. Four artists competed for the honor of designing the works, with architect Amy Reichert of Chicago,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

S.D. City Council attention focuses on Bry vs. Ellis

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — As of the end of January, Democrats had a slight registration lead in San Diego’s First City Council District – 26,107 Democrats (34.8 percent) to 22,448 Republicans (29.95 percent) among a total pool of 74,941 voters. Independent voters, listed as “decline to state” also outdrew Republicans with 23,135

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Election 2016: What’s a Jew to do?

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Let’s imagine that you grew up in a liberal, self-identifying Jewish family.  You’re pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-immigration, pro-diversity, and pro-Israel. On the first four counts, it would seem, you are closely aligned with Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. But on the fifth count, Israel, you find

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA

Anachnu: Joe Spier

By Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – One of retired attorney Joe Spier’s favorite stories is about the one and only time he appeared before Canada’s Supreme Court in a case that had been appealed from the court of appeals in the Province of Alberta, where he lives. The Calgary attorney carefully had donned the

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I-8 Jewish Travel: An opera star’s abode

  -44th in a Series- Exit 14C, Fuerte Drive, La Mesa ~ Ernestine Schumann-Heink home By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California –One climbs the Grossmont—named in the early years of the 20th century by land developer Ed Fletcher for his partner William Gross—up narrow, curving El Granito Avenue, seemingly only big enough for one-way

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

Temple Beth Shalom declared a historic site

By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California –Temple Beth Shalom, a Conservative congregation that in 1958 became one of the first local Jewish houses of worship to locate outside the City of San Diego, was designated on Wednesday, Feb. 17, as a historic site of the suburban City of Chula Vista. The  Jewish congregation, then

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Two IDF reservists tell of morality in combat

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two IDF reservists, touring Southern California as guests of the pro-Israel advocacy group StandWithUS, described to several audiences the precautions the Israeli military takes to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza and other areas of combat operations. At the same time, Edan and Gilad (their last names withheld by

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Hungry Americans far exceed total number of Canadians

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Speaking at a Shabbat luncheon at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Rabbi Jonathan Stein, secretary of the national Mazon board of trustees, said that hungry people receiving government food stamps obtain the equivalent of $4.50 per day, which based on three meals a day, works out to $1.50 per meal. The

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Donald H. Harrison, International, The World We Share, USA

Anachnu: Norm Katz

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Norm Katz is a conversationalist who can speak with insight about a great number of fields, including the government’s use of microfiche; diseases of the retina; how to detect submarines while they are under water; data jukeboxes; police communications; retirement funds; credit card theft; genome sequencing; and ways

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County