~1 Hotels Wins Three Awards; Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Benjamin Prelvukaj of Benjamin Restaurant Group~ More than 300 members of the hospitality industry attended the 20th Annual Hotel Excellence Awards at 583 Park Avenue Monday night. Hosted by WhereTraveler, IN New York and The New York City Association of Hotel Concierges (NYCAHC), the awards […]
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UK’s oldest synagogue will establish a religious, educational and cultural centre The UK’s oldest synagogue, Bevis Marks, has been awarded almost £2.8 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund towards a conservation scheme. The Lottery funding represents around half the cost of the project at the City of London building which has served the community […]
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New York Jewish Travel Guide sat down with Mr. Jack Fairweather, to ask a few questions about his new book “The Volunteer”. The following interview was edited for clarity: NYJTG: First, thank you for the interview. Briefly, can you tell us about yourself and other literary works that you have written? Jack Fairweather: I’m […]
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‘Judaism has witnessed a revival in Poland and we are happy to celebrate it,’ said Shavei Israel Founder and Chairman Michael Freund The Polish city of Lodz hosted its first-ever Jewish celebratory event, The Festival of Tranquility, over the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The festival, organized by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage […]
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Modern Israeli cuisine is a culinary movement spreading across the world with the intention of sharing really good food with really good people. Everyone knows bagels, shmears, and lox are the holy grail of Jewish cuisine, especially here in New York. But do you know that kubbeh, souvlaki, and labaneh are just as significant in […]
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Are you ready for a future where seamless travel is the norm? Well your customers are, but just when is that likely to happen? According to a panel of experts at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) in Seville earlier this month, that future could be coming sooner rather than later, though there are […]
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“Why is this night different from all other nights?” Passover Haggadah. You won’t see this in any other nation. Paradoxically, during the Passover holiday, which celebrates the exodus of Jews from Egypt and entrance into the land of Israel, there are a record-breaking 1.5 million Israelis doing just the opposite—exiting Israel and flying abroad—a number […]
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In fact, there is little written about the birth of Safi because we know little about its origins Comptoir Phénicien – If we must believe the geographer Ptolémée – probably attended later by the Romans, it appears in Arabic texts under the name of Asfi, from the 11th century, it is then a small harbor […]
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Chana and Rabbi Levi Banon have served the Jewish community in Casablanca for a decade. When Rabbi Levi and Chana Banon decided to move to Casablanca, Morocco, in 2008, they were hardly the first shluchim (emissaries) to do so. Chabad has had an active presence in the North African kingdom since 1950, when the local […]
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Enough space for simultaneous programs and the growing presence of young families Steve and Rachel Sicherman rented a home in Palm Beach County, Fla., for a few years before settling down for good last winter. Today, they live about a mile from Chabad of West Boca Raton. “We finally found something just right in the […]
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