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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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Third in a Series Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Looking at a ceramic ‘Tree of Life’ in the gift shop of Rancho La Puerta, I discerned that it depicted Noah on his Ark. In the Administration Building was another ‘Tree of Life,’ this one picturing God, the Archangel Michael, and
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Second in a Series Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Sarah Livia Szekely Brightwood was designated to succeed her mother, Deborah Szekely, as the president of Rancho La Puerta after her brother, Alex, who had prepared for the administrative job, died of cancer in 2002. “I never studied business, never
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-First in a series- Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Unlike some Mexican cities along the U.S. border, such as Juarez, or Tijuana, where there have been outbreaks of violence between rival drug gangs, or between law enforcement officials and drug lords, Tecate is a quiet town which derives much of
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Donald H. HarrisonEnfold Me: A Novel of Post Israel by Steven Greenberg; 2012; ISBN 978-0-9856873-1-1; 280 pages; price unlisted By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — This brutal, shockingly violent novel imagines a high intensity earthquake that leaves Israel defenseless against an opportunistic strike by Iran and its Arab allies. When the smoke and dust clear,
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The Forgotten Zionist: The Life of Solomon (Sioma) Yankelevitch Jacobi by Rodney Benjamin and David Cebon; Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, ISBN 978-965-229-571-2, 248 pages including index, $24.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — This is a loving biography, well researched historically by the son-in-law and grandson of Sioma Jacobi, who was an assistant to
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Charlene Seidle & Brachie Sprung JERUSALEM–During the Hebrew month of Av, Jews around the world mark the nine somber days of mourning followed by Tisha B’Av (the 9th of Av), one of the most solemn days on the Jewish calendar. There are many reasons that we mourn during this period, but most famously it
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Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival by Yosef Mendelevich, Gefen Publishing House; 2012; ISBN 978-965-229-563-7; 337 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Feeling desperate that Jews were not allowed to emigrate freely from the Soviet Union, Yosef Mendelevich and a few compatriots planned some 42 years ago to hijack a
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Having watched the July 27 opening ceremony of the 30th Olympiad on television, and having read Danny Boyle spent $42 million to produce that spectacle, I had the altogether unwarranted and vain notion that I could produce a shorter version, but one more compelling. While there were moments of
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The basic message of J Street, which held an initial meeting of its local organization at historic Temple Beth Israel Thursday evening, July 26, amid protests from the Zionist Organization of America, is that Israel can have only two of the following three things: 1) A Jewish
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO — The meeting on Thursday evening, July 26, to organize a San Diego chapter of J Street, the lobbying group that describes itself as pro-Israel and pro-peace, will draw pickets from the conservative Zionist Organization of America, local ZOA President Howard Dyckman has announced. “J Street is not only far left; although
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Michael Ordman, a British expatriate now living in Netanya, Israel, contends that the worldwide media gives a false impression of Israel, focusing mainly on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and paying scant attention to the many positive contributions Israel makes towards a better world. He says he decided
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–We have one sad and one happy follow-up to stories that we previously ran on San Diego Jewish World. We’re sorry to have to report the death of Dennis Avery, the heir to the Avery Label fortune, who made acres and acres of his land available for public art, in
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CalendarBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Temple Beth Sholom in neighboring Chula Vista is changing its name to Temple Beth Shalom. What’s the difference between spelling the Hebrew word for peace with two o’s, or with an a and an o? Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel, spiritual leader of the Conservative congregation, said the double
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Herb Targum ENCINITAS, California — Plans are emerging for how the Leichtag Foundation will use its recently purchased 67 1/2-acre Ecke Ranch at 441 Saxony Road for public benefit. The foundation, named for the late philanthropists Toni and Lee Leichtag, announced last April the purchase of the Ecke Family-owned