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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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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–A salute Saturday evening, Jan. 25, to Israel’s Navy and a speech by its former commander Amihai Ayalon, who also is a past director of Israel’s Shin Bet security service, was not, as one might expect, dedicated to probing analysis of the external threats faced by the Jewish State,
650 Friends of IDF have warm, sentimental evening Read More »
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-Second in a series-– By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The director of the San Diego Center for Ethics in Science and Technology says what sounds like an easy question before someone is diagnosed with cancer, can be just the reverse afterwards. During a recent telephone interview, Michael Kalichman framed the issue this way:
Cancer treatments raise ethical issues Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonFirst in a series By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Television’s game of Jeopardy is winning plaudits from San Diego academicians who want to increase public awareness about the ethical issues, history, sociology, biology, and politics surrounding cancer. Four San Diego-area universities and colleges–UCSD, San Diego State, Pt. Loma Nazarene and Grossmont–plan to compete
‘Jeopardy’ employed in study of cancer Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California — The official of the Anti-Defamation League whose job in New York is to monitor and combat Islamic extremism in the United States told an audience at Congregation Beth El on Thursday night, Jan. 23, that it is just about impossible to remove all terrorist sites
ADL official offers tips for fighting Islamic extremism Read More »
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Tamar Caspi, How to Woo a Jew: The Modern Jewish Guide to Dating and Mating, Seal Press, ©2014, 274 pages, 978-1-58005-500-0; $17. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—This book officially is scheduled for a February publication date, the same month that Nancy and I will celebrate 46 years of marriage, parenthood, and grand-parenthood. So what
Book review: ‘How to Woo a Jew’ Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison AGOURA HILLS, California — For many years, Shlomo “Momo” Lifshitz was the travel entrepreneur who tried to greet each one of the 55,000 “Operation Birthright” participants that his company, Oranim, took responsibility for showing around during their 10-day visits to Israel. “Welcome home!” he would enthusiastically say in greeting to each
Travel: Not just a tour, but an education, in Israel Read More »
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Second in a series By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Kevin Faulconer, who grew up in Oxnard, was first exposed to San Diego’s Jewish community while a student at San Diego State University, where he met other students involved with Hillel. Evidently, the interactions were positive. Today he is a supporter, at another campus,
Faulconer reflects on interactions with Jewish community Read More »
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First of two parts By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Mayoral candidate and City Councilman Kevin Faulconer says, yes, he is a Republican, but his higher priority is working across party lines for the well-being of the City of San Diego. “I am less concerned about party affiliations,” he said. “I have won two elections
Faulconer says city, not political party, comes first Read More »
Donald H. Harrison-Second in a series— By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Before moving from University at Albany (SUNY) to teach at the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego–an institution which today is part of Alliant International University–Bernardo Ferdman held a joint appointment as a professor in Psychology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Ferdman helps build Jewish-Latino understanding Read More »
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-First of two parts– By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–As a Jew who has lived in Argentina, Puerto Rico, and in different states in the mainland United States, Bernardo Ferdman has absorbed portions of numerous cultures and belief systems. Add to that the facts that he also is a professor, psychologist, and family man, among
Latino Jew makes the case for workplace diversity Read More »
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Lihi Lapid, Woman of Valor, Geffen Publishing House, (c) 2013, ISBN 9789652296405 , 202 pages By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –This is a combination novel and confession by Lihi Lapid concerning her own married life and that of a fictional domestic princess, both of whom eventually feel overwhelmed by the self-imposed obligations of being
A Woman of Valor: Can she find herself? Read More »
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Ella Verzov and Chana Oirechman, Tamar of Venice (c) 2013, Menucha Publishers, Brooklyn, ISBN 978161465170-3, 54 pages. And, Ella Verzov and Chana Oirechman, Moshe of Japan, (c) 2013, Menucha Publishers, Brooklyn; ISBN 978161465171-0, 50 pages By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Chabad has come up with a charming, multi-purpose idea for a children’s book series. Authors
Seeing the world from a Jewish child’s perspective Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–California has a different kind of lottery than the one with numbered ping pong balls which can be watched on television on a regular basis. This one is played without such fanfare by a relatively small percentage of our population — the people who buy licenses to enjoy fishing
Fishing for good fundraising ideas Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California — The Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb Riley is credited with the saying, “When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.” However, an informational sign board at Mast Park “rails” against
With animals or people, what you see is not always what you get Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, The World We Share, Travel and Food