Travel
Vienna: Searching for Roots, Finding My Mission
While I thought I had an awareness of my purpose, a new one was revealed to me this past summer when my two daughters, Alexis, 28, and Shaina, 25, and I visited Vienna, the city where my father/their grandfather, of blessed memory, was born and raised.
St. Petersburg: Treated Like a Queen
Being Jewish in Russia is still a difficult choice, and being a Progressive Jew even more so. Although the fall of the Soviet Union freed its citizens to practice religion, the vast majority are Russian Orthodox.
Defying Extinction
Travel abroad and you’ll witness, as I have, the wonders of Jewish rebirth and resilience in places where Judaism was once on the edge of extinction—and now is on the ascent!
Jerusalem Botanical Gardens
The Gardens are a recreational site and an attraction for Israelis and tourists alike.
Shopping Al Fresco: Israeli Street Fairs
Israelis love fairs, festivals, ‘festigals’ and the ever-popular ‘heppening.’
