CAIRO, Egypt (eturbonews) – Egypt’s tourism revenues dropped 43 percent in first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period the previous year to register $1.3 billion, reported Reuters Wednesday. The Ministry of Tourism was not immediately available to confirm the results. The decline is seen as a consequence of the Taba attack in February […]
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LOS ANGELES (eturbonews) –With continued growing interest in its Jewish Heritage excursions, Crystal Cruises is expanding its spiritual offerings ashore for 2014 luxury European cruises. In Istanbul, a brand new Crystal Adventure ashore—offered with Crystal Serenity‘s May 7 and June 22 voyages—explores the city’s storied Jewish history and some of the most enduring spiritual landmarks, including: Centuries-old
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ST. LOUIS (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is deeply disturbed that the mayor of Marionville, Missouri has publicly stated that he “kind of” agrees with the virulently anti-Semitic views of Frazier Glenn Miller, the man charged in the shooting deaths of three people outside two Jewish institutions in Overland Park, Kansas. In interviews with
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO– Marsha Sutton informs us that Yedida Freilich, the young woman who sings this song, is engaged to an Israeli soldier “adopted” by Congregation Beth El.
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ZURICH, Switzerland (Press Release) – A global poll by WIN/Gallup International has revealed that over half of respondents believe that religion plays a positive role in their country, with people in Western Europe recording significantly lower positive results than other regions. Highlights Over half (59%) of global respondents said that religion plays a positive role. 22% of
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Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-If only Canadian filmmaker Alan Zweig’s comments and questions were as funny as his voice, this would be a hilarious movie. Zweig, who sounds like a cross between Gilbert Gottfried and Arnold Stang, queries famous Jewish comedians about why Jews once dominated the field of American comedy and no longer do
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SINAI DESERT, Egypt (ETN) — It’s a major travel and tourism attraction in Egypt, and a UNESCO heritage site – yet a former Egyptian general wants St Catherine’s Monastery–by tradition built at the site of Moses’ well– demolished. The monastery’s lawyer, Ihab Ramzy, said that in May 2012 Ahmed Ragai Attiya obtained 71 administrative orders
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By Dr. Elinor Gary ETN Editor-in-Chief I was at the bar with a frriend discussing the merits of the kosher wine we were drinking as we waited for the arrival of Uzi Landau, the current Israeli Tourism Minister. Guests came and went with their wine glasses and I hardly noticed – until I heard a
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Middle East, Travel and FoodBranko: In Praise of a Good Man’s Journey Through Life, by Stuart Tower, The Lighthouse Press, LLC Mobile Alabama. 2013, 473 pages. By David Strom CHULA VISTA, California — Bracha Horvitch was six years old, hiding under the floorboards of the house while he heard the curdling screams of his mother, father and two sisters as
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Travel and FoodJewish groups react to Kansas City area shootings (JNS.org) Leading American Jewish groups reacted swiftly with an outpouring of support for the Kansas City Jewish community following Sunday afternoon’s shootings. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called the shootings “heinous and unspeakable acts of violence.” “We at the Jewish Federations stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in
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TEL AVIV (eTN) — The Israeli airline Arkia will offer flights linking Tel Aviv with Lleida-Alguaire, near the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. A total of 20 flights will be offered during the summer and 20 more during the winter between Tel Aviv and the Lleida-Alguaire Airport, the airline announced The new connection will start on
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By Debra Rubin/JNS.org Rachel Ament noticed that she and her friends often shared humorous anecdotes that were typically variations on a theme: overprotective, worrying Jewish moms who smothered them with love. That includes Ament’s own mother. “My mom is probably every Jewish stereotype scrunched into one,” the Washington, DC, resident tells JNS.org. “At the root
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HURGHADA, Egypt (ETN) –As the Egyptian government announced plans to use coal as an important source of energy, the Red Sea Tourism Investment Association based here rejected the plans to import coal, especially from South Africa, as it said that this would mean using Red Sea ports and could be a direct threat to Egypt’s tourism industry.
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — Of Many, a documentary produced by Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the former President Bill and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will make its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17 in New York. Directed by Linda Mills, it features the friendship of Imam Khalid Latif and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna.
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