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.
Enrico Lamet, A Gift From the Enemy: A True Story of Escape in War-Time Italy; 2013 revision of 2007 Syracuse University Press , ISBN-12: 9781493646029, 472 pages in proof, including a glossary. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—This book is a love story, written by a man reflecting on his childhood as an Austrian Jewish […]
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Philanthropists Joan and Irwin Jacobs of San Diego told of four Jewish institutions they had a hand in building—and also disclosed a detour that happened along the way. The couple—who met at Cornell University and later migrated to San Diego where Irwin went on to co-found the large digital communications
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was lauded Tuesday, April 1, by members of the Jewish Community Center Association of North America for legislation that has benefitted Jews and other minorities in America. A presentation by former recipient Ronald L. Leibow of
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Having the pleasure of company from Israel, our correspondent Dorothea Shefer-Vanson and her husband Dr Yigal Shefer of Mevasseret Zion, I made certain that our itinerary on Sunday, March 30, included some of the attractions of Balboa Park. In particular, I wanted them to see how Israelis and American Jews work together to
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If JCC’s across North America desire to assure their longevity, they need to switch from “transactional” institutions to ones that build relationships among their members, Education Prof. Ron Wolfson of American Jewish University told delegates Sunday, March 30, at the Jewish Community Center Association of North America’s
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J. Dylan Yates, The Belief in Angels, She Writes Press, ISBN 9781938314643, 314 pages, $16.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—This is a book bound to prompt mixed feelings among Jewish readers. It’s well written, engrossing, and offers some important insights into how horror, shame and tragedy can be transmitted and mutated through the generations.
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Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison and his wife Nancy made the rounds of Purim carnivals at four different congregations on Sunday, March 16, working their way from north to south. The first one they hit was at Temple Solel in Encinitas, followed by Congregation Beth Israel near University Towne Center,
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Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison and his wife Nancy made the rounds of Purim carnivals at four different congregations on Sunday, March 16, working their way from north to south. The first one they hit was at Temple Solel in Encinitas, followed by Congregation Beth Israel near University Towne Center,
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Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison and his wife Nancy made the rounds of Purim carnivals at four different congregations on Sunday, March 16, working their way from north to south. The first one they hit was at Temple Solel in Encinitas, followed by Congregation Beth Israel near University Towne Center,
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Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison and his wife Nancy made the rounds of Purim carnivals at four different congregations on Sunday, March 16, working their way from north to south. The first one they hit was at Temple Solel in Encinitas, followed by Congregation Beth Israel near University Towne Center,
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — You might have to watch the movie Hairspray several times to fully appreciate just how clever were the Tifereth Israel Synagogue writing team of Susan Levy, Amy Stanley, Beth Klareich, Maya Klareich, Jerry Hermes and Cheryl Katz. In the Purimshpiel presented Saturday evening, March 15, they successfully integrated
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By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California–At Purim carnivals to be held on Sunday, March 16, throughout the world, children will dress up as such adult characters as Esther, Mordecai, Ahasuerus and the wicked Haman, and through the device of masquerade, will once again tell how Esther and Mordecai saved the Jews of old against
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–The former Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, is credited with rescuing 30,000 people from the Nazi terror by means of issuing them visas to live in neutral Portugal, even though he had no authorization to do so. After the Germans invaded France in 1940, he signed
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — A representative of the Blue Star Camps near Hendersonville, North Carolina, says if you chat with any of the 65,000 alumni who have attended the kosher Jewish summer camp since its establishment in 1948, eventually the conversation may turn to the signature Elmore Solomon Chapel. “The chapel
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