Donald H. Harrison

Donald H. Harrison

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 Talk about Jewish San Diego at Yiddishland

If you are a regular reader of San Diego Jewish World, you may have noticed our slogan that appears on its masthead.  “There is a Jewish story everywhere,” it says.  I don’t mean that as hyperbole; rather it is a reflection of the fact that Jewish influence on the world has been so pervasive that if you look long enough, you’ll find a Jewish story anywhere that you go. [Donald H. Harrison]

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

Joey Landwehr Takes the Reins at the Center for Jewish Culture

For the last 17 years Joey Landwehr has served as the artistic director of the JCompany youth theatre.  Now, he’s been elevated to the position of artistic director of the San Diego Centre for Jewish Culture, of which JCompany is a part.  [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, The Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Despite Boycott, UCSD Prof. Plans Exchange Program with Tel Aviv University

UCSD Anthropology Professor Geoffrey Braswell says the decision last month by the American Anthropology Association (AAA) to boycott Israeli universities for their alleged support of “Israeli apartheid” will cause some American professors and students who engage in research with Israelis to feel stigmatized and ultimately may diminish, rather than elevate, the academic field of anthropology. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Middle School Remembers Jewish Astronaut Judith Resnik and Challenger Crew Mates

The seven astronauts reflected American diversity. They included Air Force Lt. Col. Dick Scobee, the spacecraft’s commander; Navy Cmdr. Michael J. Smith; electrical engineer Gregory Jarvis; physicist Ronald McNair, the second African-American in space; and these three “firsts”: Air Force Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuga, the first Japanese-American in space; Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space; and Judy Resnik, the first Jewish woman in space. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Celebrities, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Celebration Marks Purchase of Lot for San Carlos Branch Library

Now plans can proceed to build a modern, 25,000-square-foot “state-of-the-art” branch library in the San Carlos neighborhood. The planned structure has been estimated to cost between $29.5 million and $29.8 million and will replace a much smaller library that had been built in 1974. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Fred Kropveld, San Diego County

County Assessor Marks Urges Religious Institutions to Leverage Their Tax-Exempt Status to Build Low-Income and Senior Housing, Child Care Centers

County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk Jordan Z. Marks, who is the son of a rabbi, is urging religious institutions to consider utilizing their favorable tax status to build much-needed affordable housing and child care centers. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Fred Kropveld, San Diego County

School Board’s Hazan Credits JFS Experiences in Describing Her Educational Outlook

Shana Hazan says her experiences working for Jewish Family Service, such as devising and shaping a program to feed the hungry that was staffed largely by teen volunteers, helped inform the decisions she now makes as one of the five trustees of the San Diego Unified School District. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Sci-Fi Film Imagines a TV Set Receiving Broadcasts from the Future

Lola is a science fiction movie the likes of which I never have seen before, but I was fascinated by every minute of it. Most of it is shot in black and white by a hand-held camera.  The story is augmented by documentary footage, some real, some intentionally altered to accommodate what supposedly happens when the timeline of events is disrupted. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

With Heirs’ Permission, Rube Goldberg Reimagined as a Modern 6th Grader

In this fictional story, Rube Goldberg is a 6th grader, living in modern times, and he is obsessed with building novel machines.  You might think of the story as a guess about what the real Rube Goldberg might have been like if he were a kid today. [Donald H. Harrison]

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