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.

Israel advocate says pro- Palestinians excel on campuses

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Former IDF Lt. Hen Mazzig, who coordinates Israel advocacy for StandWithUs’s Pacific Northwest Chapter on 15 college campuses in and around Seattle, Washington, says the American Jewish community may be too focused on interacting with present-day elites, while pro-Palestinian advocates are building a constituency among the college […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israeli Consul-General Siegel says Israel hopes Abbas will reverse his U-turn and return to the negotiations

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — David Siegel, Israel’s Consul-General in Los Angeles, said Thursday, May 1, that his government is still hopeful that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority “will reevaluate their position and come back to the negotiating table and move away from Hamas.” While the “ball is in

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East

From generation to generation — in reverse

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Like child, like parent. Although that may seem to be the reverse of the adage, it appears to be the case in my family.  Bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies have tremendous impacts on preceding generations. The latest example was when my grandson Shor became a bar mitzvah on Saturday, April 26, at Temple

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Resisters, defiers praised at Yom HaShoah service

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – San Diego’s communal Yom HaShoah observance on Sunday, April 27, focused on the Jews who met the Nazi scourge with “Defiance, Rebellion, Resistance,” including, but not limited to, the Jewish partisans who actively waged guerrilla warfare against the Germans. The featured speaker at the commemoration in the Garfield

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

UCSD team wins ‘Jeopardy’ competition at Grossmont

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – With a steady drumbeat on the buzzer and an apparent photographic memory for every little fact in Siddhartha Mukherjee’s book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, James Dohleman led his UCSD team to a runaway victory in a three-way contest against Pt. Loma Nazarene

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

2 Jewish community members seek election as judges

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Two members of the Jewish community are seeking election as California Superior Court judges in the June 3 election.  Carla Keehn, a federal prosecutor, is opposing Judge Lisa Schall for Office No. 20, while Brad A. Weinreb, a California deputy attorney general, is seeking to prevail in a three-candidate race

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Book tells of Martin Luther King’s best white friend

Ben Kamin, Dangerous Friendship: Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy Brothers, Michigan State University Press, © 2014, ISBN 978-1-61186-131-0, 256 pages including bibliography, notes and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Martin Luther King Jr. had as a trusted aide a millionaire friend, who was an attorney and a successful real estate

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‘San Diego Yesterday’ filled with fascinating tidbits

Richard Crawford, San Diego Yesterday; American Chronicles: A History Press Series, 2013, ISBN 9781609499761, 158 pages, cover price $16.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Anyone who has ever seriously researched San Diego history sooner or later has the pleasure of meeting Richard Crawford, long-time special collections supervisor in the California Room of San Diego’s Central

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Donald H. Harrison