Travel and Food

The Story Behind The Matzo Project

I dreamt up the idea to make artisanal matzo way back in 1995, for Brett Kelly, my next door neighbor in my rent-stabilized, West Village apartment building. Her parents were closing their pizza shop on City Island and I was trying to convince her to take it over and turn it into the City Island Matzo Factory. She didn’t take the unleavened bait and the concept laid dormant in the back of my messy mind for over two decades. [Ashley Albert]

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Yay Kosher Website Offers Recipes for All

Yay Kosher began on the advice of a friend of my wife, Caryn Padowitz. The friend, who is a professional chef and successful blogger, had seen the way that others reacted to Caryn’s cooking and noticed that she had gained a certain amount of culinary respect among our peers. In simpler terms, everyone wanted to eat at our table because they knew Caryn would have cooked a delicious meal. [Ben Schneider]

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Adventures as a Cruise Ship Lecturer

One day in 1992, I received a phone call from a man who was representing Norwegian Cruise Lines after he had seen me on television. He said one of their ships was about to sail from Miami for a trip around South America; he invited me to be a lecturer on the cruise. The position was unpaid, but the offer included a free cruise for me and my husband in a luxury cabin, the plane trip to and from Miami in business class, and all of our expenses on board would be taken care of. [Natasha Josefowitz]

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San Diego Native Named Director of L.A.’s Skirball Museum

Nearly four decades have rushed by since the day that Sheri L. Bernstein served as a high school docent at the San Diego Museum of Art, during which she learned all she could about one of the paintings on exhibit and recited to visitors what she knew. [Donald H. Harrison]

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SDJA Senior Class Program Resumes in Israel

HOD HASHARON, Israel  (Press Release)– San Diego Jewish Academy high school seniors were among the first students traveling to Israel again to continue learning and touring the country through the Jewish National Fund-USA Alexander Muss High School in Israel program (AMHSI). The spring semester abroad in Israel is a regular part of the SDJA experience,

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Good News from Israel (May 2, 2021)

Highlights of the May 2, 2021 edition of “Good News from Israel” include:
–Israel’s Covid infection levels are the lowest for over a year.
–An Israeli treatment uses a patient’s cells to bypass blocked arteries.
–Israeli humanitarian aid is on its way to four stricken countries.
–More Israeli vegan meat and milk products.
–Israeli technology will help expand space exploration.
–Israeli startups in Europe provide tens of thousands of local jobs.
–An Israeli basketball team has won the FIBA Europe Cup.
–Free Birthright tours to Israel resume. [Michael Ordman]

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New Zealand Jewry Take Their Story Online

New Zealand’s Jewish community is celebrating a new website, jewishlives.nz, in which Jewish Kiwis’ past, present, and plans for the future will be shared with each other and the rest of the world. New Zealand’s Jewish population is estimated at 7,500, out of a total New Zealand population of 4.2 million, according to the independent TotallyJewishTravel website. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Poems of Natan Alterman, Zelda, to be performed May 4

Two famous Israeli Poets, Natan Alterman and Zelda, will be featured at 7 p.m.  Tuesday, May 4, in a salute to  Jewish Poets of the Past. The evening presented by Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices, under the auspices of the Lawrence Family JCC’s Astor Judaica Library and the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, will feature on Zoom two dozen readers and vocalists. [Eileen Wingard]

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San Diego family among 104 new immigrants to Israel

One hundred and four new immigrants (Olim) from North America, including three generations of a family from San Diego,  landed at Ben Gurion Airport on a specially chartered Aliyah flight by Nefesh B’Nefesh, facilitated in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL), and Jewish National Fund-USA. [Nefesh B’Nefesh Press Release]

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Good News from Israel (April 25, 2021)

NETANYA, Israel — In the April 25, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
–Over 80% of Israeli adults have now been vaccinated against Covid-19.
–Israeli optical breakthrough allows for early detection of skin cancer.
–Israel marks Earth Day with national clean-up and new sustainability center.
–New Israeli-developed microchips are the fastest ever.
–Israel signs hi-tech agreement with one of the world’s largest carmakers.
–Discovery in Israel of the oldest example of alphabetic writing. [Michael Ordman]

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