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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 CORONADO, California –A student who once was bullied has established what President Theodore Roosevelt might have called a “bully pulpit.” Starting at Coronado High School, spreading to La Jolla High School, and now under consideration at other high schools and colleges in California and Arizona, Voices Against Cruelty, Hatred and
Anti-bullying campaigner wins Tikkun Olam Award Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two Jewish officeholders–Congressman Bob Filner and District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis– were rivals in the recent primary for San Diego mayor, from which Filner emerged a runoff candidate. But on Wednesday, June 27, anyone perusing press releases might get the impression the two former rivals were reading from the
Filner, Dumanis push transparent, open government Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar
Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison DEL MAR, California — Attorney Fred Schenk compares his job as a board member of California’s 22nd District Agricultural Association to being an appointed city councilmember of a small town. Given that he is vice president of the board, one might even liken him to being the deputy mayor
Fred Schenk feels like a Del Mar Fair city councilmember Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Although a precedent-setting prostate surgery occurred in New York City, the setting for much of the story is San Diego, where the doctor grew up and the mother of the patient resides. The doctor is Herbert Lepor who on October 31, 2011, performed a radical prostatectomy–the removal of
Playwright, 83, thanks mother and doctor for life-saving surgery Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — At least four Democrats and four Republicans will serve on the San Diego City Council, with the swing-vote contest being in the 1st Councilmanic district between Democratic incumbent Sherri Lightner and Republican challenger Ray Ellis. There is a heavy concentration of Jews in the district, and the election
Ellis reaches out to Jewish voters in 1st Council District contest Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Remember when some of the kids in your class –not you, of course– would pass the course simply by skimming through the comic book version of the great piece of literature that you all had been assigned to read? It used to be that comics were shortcuts
Once an escape from texts, comics are prompting more of them Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Perhaps county residents who want their children to become proficient in modern Hebrew should be thankful that young Jennie Lipowich used to feel left out when her family traveled from Chicago to Israel to see her father’s family. Her father and all her relatives would chatter away a mile a
Being ‘left out’ prompted Tarbuton Hebrew-language program Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California –Jeanne Feldman, 96, was memorialized Thursday, June 14 in the Ner Tamid Synagogue sanctuary that bears her name and that of her husband, Morey. Noting that the couple lived unassumingly while giving generously to philanthropies, Rabbi Nadav Caine said the Feldmans personified a Talmudic teaching that what people
Philanthropist memorialized in sanctuary named for her family Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I received a phone call from a happy Yoni Peres on Wednesday night, June 13, a few hours after his father, Israel’s President Shimon Peres, was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. Yoni, a veterinarian who occasionally
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Earlier this week, my 11-year-old grandson Shor participated in a ceremony marking his promotion from elementary school to middle school. Next week, his 5-year-old brother Sky will participate in another ceremony commemorating his advancement from pre-school to kindergarten. Like most parents, grandparents and occasional great-grandparents, we were
Multiple meanings of pre-school and grade school graduations Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two dogs, two cats, a mouse, a wolf, and a horse co-starred Monday evening, June 11, in Animals I Have Known, a production by Write Out Loud which also co-starred four humans, who read the animal tales at the Theatre at Old Town. With red light bathing the
Animals are the co-stars of Write Out Loud production Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Stanley Rabinowitz, who helped comfort President Lyndon B. Johnson and the nation after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, died in his sleep Friday, June 8, in the nursing facility of Seacrest Village Retirement Community in Encinitas Rabinowitz, 95, longtime rabbi of Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation in
Famed Washington D.C. rabbi dies in San Diego County Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, USA
Superman: The High Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero by Larry Tye, Random House, 2012, ISBN 978-1-58836-918-5; 409 pages including appendices and bibliography, $27. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Was Superman Jewish or Christian? Author Larry Tye lays out the claims for each religion in his history detailing the character, his history
Superman: Was he a Jew or a Christian? Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Not that he’s holding his breath, but there’s still a slim chance that Mat Kostrinsky may yet win a place in a runoff election against Scott Sherman in the 7th City Council District. Sherman’s 50.59 percent winning percentage does not include an uncertain number of the 88,000 “provisional”
There’s still a chance Kostrinsky can make runoff Read More »
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