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.
Finding Emilie by Laurel Corona, Gallery Books, 2011, 427 pages plus reading guide and conversation with author, $15. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Questions often arise about biblical passages, which seem to skip a lot of material. To fill in those blanks, rabbis over the centuries have written explanatory stories known as medrashim. […]
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 9 — Daniel Viflich, the 16-year-old boy who was injured Thursday, April 7, on the Israeli school bus that was hit by an anti-tank shell fired from the Gaza Strip, had been visiting his grandma at Kibbutz Ruhama and had gone on a ride with his grandma’s neighbor,
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California, April 8—I learned once again that do-it-yourself can be a recipe for disaster, especially when there are professionals paid by others just to guide your way. I accompanied two of my journalism students at Grossmont College, Russ Lindquist and Earnest Carter, to an interview on Friday with Olivia
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 7 – Fueled by kosher pizza, members and guests of the Tifereth Israel Men’s Club participated Thursday night in a ceremony that was both solemn and light-hearted: the packing of yellow candles for congregants to light at their homes the evening of April 30, Erev Yom Hashoah – the evening
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish ReligionBy Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California, April 6 – I don’t drive an electric car, or even a hybrid, but I can be proud, in a green, tikkun olam sort of way, about my tires. They’re filled with nitrogen, so I’m at least doing something about that global warming. A fellow at a tire shop here explained
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Grossmont Community College is a study in fiscal contrasts. On the one hand, work is being completed on a new student center and administration complex, the last in a series of shiny and modern buildings and additions paid for by bonds that voters approved in 2002. The
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 5 – There’s a commercial on television that has been drawing chuckles about a hapless bride and groom. You hear an off-camera voice ask whether the groom takes the bride for his lawfully wedded wife, but there’s no person to whom the groom can direct his answer –
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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The term ‘apartheid’ is being bandied about with increasing frequency with regard to Israel. The crime of apartheid is defined by the 2002 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as ‘inhumane acts of a character similar to other crimes against humanity committed in the context of
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 4 – An Israeli and a Nigerian walked into an Italian restaurant last night, and …. No, this is not a joke. The restaurant was Pernicano’s in Scripps Ranch, and after they both ordered veal parmigiana, the two septuagenarians compared memories of the times when their native countries
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California, April 3 – Last night, Nancy and I had the opportunity to look into what could become our future and that of other Baby Boomers. We visited a fashionable condominium complex run for senior citizen residents by a well-known hotel chain. The high-rise building has many of the
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 2– “Count to three, and I’ll make the magic happen.” Grandson Sky, aged 4, dutifully counted. “One-two-three.” The television screen jumped to life, and an episode began of “The Land Before Time,” perhaps Sky’s most favorite show. It’s about dinosaur youngsters and their adventures. This one, telling the
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO — The dedication of Louis Rose Point on March 24, 2011–the 204th birthday of the pioneer Jewish settler– was captured on videotape by Edward Zeiden, who donated his work to the Louis Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish History. Following is that videotape, beginning with an introduction by Norman Greene, president of
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, VideosBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Board of Education on Tuesday, March 29, formally approved a sister-school agreement between Cabrillo Elementary School here and the Grundschule of Neuhaus-an-der-Oste, Germany, thereby making partners of schools in the hometown of Louis Rose and his adopted home in San Diego. Rose, an entrepreneur who
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Grossmont College has been revisiting the Civil Rights Movement, bringing to campus former Freedom Riders like Robert and Helen Singleton and Congressman Bob Filner. The Singletons appeared at a March 17 event introducing Breach of Peace, a photo and follow-up book by Eric Etheridge on what happened
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