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.

I-8 Jewish Travel: Preserving local Jewish history

–30th in a series– Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~Jewish Historical Society of San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Room 363 of the Love Library at San Diego State University  is the home of the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego, which lovingly preserves the written records and photographs of this county’s Jewish […]

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

Lecturer tells of Jews in India, Poland and Peru

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—When Laura Ben-David addresses a gathering at SCY High on Tuesday, Nov. 17, about the work of Shavei Israel in reconnecting “lost” communities to their Jewish roots, she could spin the globe and put her finger on almost any populated continent and have a story there to tell. In a

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East

Israel’s top police spokesman defines current violence

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Israel National Police Superintendent Micky Rosenfeld, often identified in media reports as chief spokesman for the 29,000-officer national force, on Monday, Nov. 9,  briefed 150 law enforcement officials from throughout San Diego County on tactics and strategies employed by Israel to fight terrorism. Following the off-the-record session in

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East

Humor, camaraderie mark Kolender’s memorial

  Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Michael Mantell SAN DIEGO – It was the kind of memorial service that the late Sheriff Bill Kolender would have enjoyed.  There was lots of humor and plenty of the camaraderie that he was credited with fostering among law enforcement agencies. Civilians and uniformed officers from both

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Michael Mantell, San Diego County

I-8 Jewish Travel: SDSU’s Jewish president

-29th in a Series- Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ SDSU President’s Office By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Elliot Hirshman already had obtained a degree in economics when he decided that instead of going to Harvard Business School he would apply instead for a PhD program in cognitive psychology at UCLA.  His mother, Edna May

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

Book details the greatest gatherings of Jewish athletes

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sportswriter Ron Kaplan of Montclair, New Jersey, maintains a popular blog on Jews and sports so it was not surprising that he was approached by fans of the international Maccabiahs to write a book on the world’s greatest gathering of Jewish athletes. He was surprised, however, by the

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Sports & Competitions

Painter, wood worker share their works at artisans’ fair

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At Temple Emanu-El’s annual artisans’ festival, I met a painter who is a member of one of San Diego’s longstanding and well-known Jewish families, and a woodworking craftsman who just recently moved here from Kona, Hawaii, where thanks to his Jewish wife he discovered the joy of

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

SDJW thanks its October 2015 writers

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – San Diego Jewish World acknowledges and thanks those writers whose works appeared on our daily news website during the month of October.  They were: Yael Aires Laurie Baron Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Morris Casuto Ben Cohen Richard L. Cravatts Toby Klein Greenwald Donald H. Harrison Natasha Josefowitz Rabbi Ben Kamin Steve

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Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Ordman, San Diego County, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer

Novelist predicts war, chaos in wake of climate change

The Heatstroke Line by Edward L. Rubin; Sunbury Press © 2015; ISBN 978-1-62006-626-3; 233 pages; $14.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Our correspondent in Taiwan, Dan Bloom, who is a cli-fi enthusiast, has already written about this book, but when a copy came my way, I thought I’d check it out as well.

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, The World We Share

I-8 Jewish Travel: San Diego State University

  – 28th in a Series – Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ San Diego State University By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Before I even get started on this chapter, I want to acknowledge a debt to Lawrence “Laurie” Baron, a professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University, who also is my

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

Kellermans’ novel not worth time it takes to read

The Golem of Paris by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman, G.P. Putnam Sons © 2015, ISBN 978-0-399-17173-4; 497 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –The Kellermans have teamed up on a multi-generational novel that combines old fashioned gumshoe detective work with the supernatural and the  bad old days of the Soviet empire. The result,

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Behind the scenes of the original Star Trek series

By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California – Sonni Cooper, an author and script consultant for the original Star Trek television series, said Saturday, Oct. 24, that although William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and such other members of the cast as Mark Lenard were Jewish, the cast was far from a happy Yiddishe family. Shatner played

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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Scholar’s spiritual journey to Judaism began in Vatican

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – A doctoral student in religious anthropology told the Fletcher Hills Kiwanis Club on Saturday morning, Oct. 24, that her spiritual journey, which included conversion to Judaism, began one morning on a high school trip from San Diego County to St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Jenn Lindsay,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food

Children’s story prepares them for December dilemma

Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein by Amanda Peet and Andrea Troyer, illustrated by Christine Davenier, Doubleday, © 2015, 32 pages of text; ISBN 978-0-553-51061-4; $17.99/ By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It’s coming b-a-a-a-ck. The December dilemma. That’s when American Jewish kids want to be like the other kids and celebrate Christmas. In this

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA