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.

Marking July 4th with Jewish and alternative histories

    By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – As the aroma of kosher hot dogs and hamburgers wafted from the barbecues on the parking lot of Ner Tamid Synagogue in the early evening of July 4th, Rabbi Nadav Caine and congregational president Mitchell Freedman, each in turn, contemplated how American ideals reflect those articulated in Jewish […]

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Not confusing tactics with the goal in the circumcision controversy

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

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Tel Aviv mayor tells of Israel’s illegal immigration

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Mayor Ron Huldai of Tel Aviv, after showing the Oscar-winning short-subject documentary Strangers No More at a private gathering June 30 to promote the work of the Tel Aviv Foundation, found himself discussing a subject that has preoccupied both Israel and the United States recently: what should be done to

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Multicultural shtick in ‘My Mother’s Italian My Father’s Jewish…’

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, I’m in Therapy!  is a stand-up comedy act in which comedian Ron Tobin gets to sit down at a piano bench and in an arm chair—supposedly located in the empty office of a psychiatrist—while performing his shtick.  And it’s good that this script

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What I might not know if I didn’t read press releases

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The press releases from Washington are forever interesting. For example, astronaut Mark Kelly, the final commander of space shuttle Endeavor, has announced his retirement from NASA to spend more time with his wife, Congressman Gabrielle Giffords, who is recuperating from the injuries she sustained when a madman opened fire in

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‘Amigos’ volunteer builds cement and human bridges in Nicaraguan hamlet of El Quebrachal

Editor’s Note: This is the sixth article in the World-At-Home series, in which we posit that one can “travel” around the world without leaving San Diego County, through interactions with the people and resources within the county. By Donald H. Harrison CARLSBAD, California –When Ana Reyes recalled her stint of a few summers ago as

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S.D. mayoral battle is on for Jewish vote, financial backing

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Tom Blair reported in his San Diego Union-Tribune column on Friday, June 17, that some Democrats were backing Republican Bonnie Dumanis in the approaching officially non-partisan race for mayor, and suggested that Democrat Bob Filner should take note.  The veteran columnist listed Murray and Elaine Galinson, Lynn

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