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.
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — When a gunman attacked Chabad of Poway on the last day of Passover 2019, killing Lori Gilbert-Kaye and wounding three other people, one of the first people too rush to the synagogue and offer comfort was Mayor Steve Vaus of Poway, who is also well-known as a country […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — In their first and only televised debate this election season, Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) clashed Wednesday evening, among other topics, over the U.S. role in the Middle East and whether President Trump has condoned white supremacists, and by implication anti-Semitism. While
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACompassion illustrated by bill providing meals for needy military dependents By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two members of the San Diego County congressional delegation — Democrats Susan Davis and Mike Levin — have introduced legislation to help enlisted military families assure their children are well fed. This is reflective of an ongoing effort
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I remember many years ago when I was a student at UCLA (1962-66), we occasionally would debate which is a better metaphor for the United States: Is our country a “melting pot” or a “chef’s salad?” The difference is that the former metaphor envisions melting all the individual
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By Sheryl Rowling and Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The news of the tax fraud scheme perpetrated by Chabad of Poway’s Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein has shocked the country. Ancillary questions beyond the income tax fraud have arisen related to: Why was Goldstein permitted to meet with the U.S. president even though the FBI was
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I take it as a maxim that no political party should take Jewish voters for granted, nor should any political party write Jewish voters off. Overwhelmingly, Jewish voters have preferred Democratic candidates because they more closely align with Judaism’s teaching of tikkun olam — repair of the world — than many
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Other items in this column include: Political bytes By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Hillel Newman, the South African-born, Israeli consul general in Los Angeles, has practiced highly confidential private diplomacy as the former Israeli ambassador to the Muslim countries of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Now, notwithstanding coronavirus restrictions, he is engaged in highly public
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USAOther items in today’s column include: *Political bytes By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Seated in a sukkah on her second day on the job, Karen Parry introduced herself to a Zoom audience as the new director of Hillel of San Diego. Among her priorities, she said, will be to monitor the activities
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Other items in today’s column include *Susan Davis honors Justice Ginsburg in Congressional Record *Jewish organizations By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — It wasn’t all that long ago that the City of San Diego had a City Manager form of government. That meant that the mayor was like a super councilmember, who had a
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — We should all wish President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and White House Senior Assistant Hope Hicks a speedy recovery from coronavirus, which already has killed more than 200,000 Americans. Even as we Jews pray in synagogue each week for the health, safety, and wisdom of
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Donald H. Harrison, USAOther items in this column include: *Ethnic Studies *Political Bytes *San Diego Jewish World news *In memoriam By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, now observing a nine-day holiday for Sukkot, will delay the resumption of its in-person classes until Wednesday, Oct. 14, two days after the holiday period’s
Soille returns temporarily to distance learning Read More »
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Other items in today’s column include *Political bytes *Jewish organizations *In memoriam By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This publication proudly endorses Joe Biden for President. We will give credit to President Donald Trump where it is due. We applauded his decision to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and to recognize the Golan
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USAOn behalf of San Diego Jewish World, I would like to offer sincere sympathy to the parishioners and clergy of St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Church in Rancho San Diego and Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in El Cajon, on whose houses of worship swastikas and hateful slogans were discovered on Saturday morning. [Donald H. Harrison, ‘Our Shtetl San Diego County’]
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The story of the late Irena Sendler, who is credited with saving the lives of as many as 2,500 Jewish children, is already well known. She was honored by Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem as a Righteous Gentile more than 50 years ago. Books and movies have been written about her, with more to come, including one in which Israeli actress Gal Gadot, known as “Wonder Woman” to movie goers, has been signed to portray her. In this novel by James D. Shipman, we meet an Irena drawn from both the historical record and Shipman’s imagination. Some of the characters are real, but Irena’s chief antagonist, a Gestapo major called Klaus Rein, is fictional. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison