Travel and Food

11 million stamps, 18 collages recall the Holocaust

    From The Israel Philatelist FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts –Students and faculty leaders at the Foxborough Regional Charter School have completed 18 collages made with donated postage stamps and celebrated with an open house.  The 18 signify Chai (Life).  They have collected over 11 million stamps for the 6 million Jews and 5 million others murdered […]

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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA

Wanted: Better listeners, who don’t interrupt!

By Sheldon F. Merel ENCINITAS, California — You’re sitting around chatting with a group of friends, and someone says ,” I just bought a new Honda.”  Quick as a flash….another person  immediately chimes in , “ Well, my friend bought a Cadillac.!”, OR , at another time,  a person says, “My cousin went to Miami,….”

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Travel and Food

Searching history for original wines

Tasting the Past, The Science of Flavor & the Search for the Original Wine Grapes by Kevin Begos. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, ISBN 9781616-205775, 277 pages, $26.95 By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California —  Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant in Berkeley was the 2nd stop on a three-week, nine-event book tour traversing Florida, California and New York.

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food

Those special touches on a cruise ship

Editor’s Note: This is the 17th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 By

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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 27, 2018 (10 Items)

Poland revises its law on Holocaust responsibility The American Jewish Committee has welcomed the action by the Polish Parliament to remove the criminal penalties provision of the country’s controversial Holocaust responsibility law. “As long-time friends of Poland, correcting this counterproductive measure is an important step to restore confidence and advance ties among Poland, the Jewish

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 26, 2018 (5 Items)

Supreme Court’s 5-4 ‘Travel Ban’ decision saw Jewish justices in the minority In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s Executive Order Number One which the administration describes as a ban of travel from countries which have insufficient vetting procedures against terrorists, and which opponents describe as a “Muslim ban,” as most

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA