For those who have never visited, Cuba has a wonderful Jewish history to explore. Once home to over 15,000 Jews prior to the revolution, the city of Havana still boasts three temples, a small but well-maintained Holocaust exhibit at Centro Sephardí and a Jewish cemetery at Guanabacoa. Travel to Cuba is still permitted under the […]
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The beauty of this little land is so paradoxically vast that sometimes it’s best to focus on a few outstanding spots at a time. The range of gorgeous scenery in the very small state of Israel can be a bit overwhelming when you’re planning to stop on a trip. The Israel Nature and Parks Authority […]
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The small Balkan nation of Montenegro, home to a diverse group of about 500 Jewish people, now has its first resident chief rabbi. Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Ari Edelkopf was formally appointed to the post last week in the presence of the nation’s president, Israel’s religious affairs minister, members of government, rabbis from Israel and Europe, […]
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A quick anniversary trip to northern Israel takes our writer to half a dozen terrific spots you’ll want to put on your own travel itinerary. Nahariya holds a special place in my heart – it was there in 1986 that my then-girlfriend and I made several pivotal choices about our budding relationship. So, when it […]
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It’s impossible to run out of things to do in Jerusalem. Israel’s capital, one of the fastest-growing tourism destinations in the world, is Israel’s largest municipality and possibly the most famous city in history. Well known for its historical and religious sites for the three major religions, Jerusalem also has 60 museums, 2,000 archeological sites […]
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It was a Thursday night last August when Rabbi Mendy Segal, the chief Chabad emissary of this island off the southwestern coast of Thailand, received a phone call every rabbi dreads. Two Israelis were in a Thai jail on drug charges and needed the rabbi’s help to bail them out. The call came at the […]
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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: […]
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After the orphanage of the Kraków ghetto was brutally liquidated in 1942, its leader, Rabbi David Alter Kurzmann, was offered to save himself but instead marched with 300 orphans to their death at Bełżec death camp Kraków City Council is announcing that one of the city streets will be named after Rabbi David Alter Kurzmann, […]
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The American Sephardi Federation (ASF) and Association Mimouna presented their Jewish Africa Conference from Sunday, January 27th through Tuesday, January 29th at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. The event was intended to coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, for we are one people. We share in each other’s successes and feel […]
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From Friday night to Saturday evening, the pace of life in Israel slows down, but there are still plenty of options for going out and about. When traveling in Israel, part of your initial culture shock may not be the assertiveness of the Israeli people, the knock-you-down summer heat, or harsh winter downpours. It just […]
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