Donald H. Harrison

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Gosh, maybe we should have a local San Diego column called “Jews in the news.” Let’s see,  a showdown is coming at the San Diego City Council over Irwin Jacobs’ offer to fund a controversial project to take cars off the Plaza de Panama in Balboa Park. …

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Quite often, you want to shout “Mazel Tov” to the people whose accomplishments you admire!   Me, I’m lucky to be able also to publish the words. –To Dr. Joel Moskowitz, frequent contributor to San Diego Jewish World, who has received a plaque of appreciation from the San Diego chapter

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sometimes, we have to distinguish between goals and tactics. A case in point: A member of our Jewish community is justifiably outraged by the campaign to ban circumcisions as inhumane, and is particularly up-in-arms by a cartoon book depicting mohels as blood-thirsty, bearded torturers – caricatures reminiscent of

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO  — Increasingly, Congressman Bob Filner (D-San Diego) is showing his disdain for Israel and, along with it, the American Jewish communty which holds it dear. Having in the last several years refused to sign a resolution condemning the Goldstone Report, which former South African Judge Richard Goldstone himself later renounced,

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Liam Dillon, who is distinguishing himself as a political reporter for the Voice of San Diego, has reported that Democratic County Chairman Jess Durfee has threatened to oppose any Democrat running for office who has endorsed a Republican candidate against a Democrat in a non-partisan race. To

Following updates and corrects previous version   By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO—It was no surprise that Sheriff Bill Gore endorsed his former boss, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis.  After serving as the FBI special agent in charge in San Diego and before joining the sheriff’s department as Number 2 to Sheriff Bill Kolender, Gore