By Jerry Klinger TRINIDAD, Colorado — Temple Aaron in this city celebrated its 130th birthday, Big Time on the weekend of June 21-23. The Temple is 200 miles from Denver, 200 miles from Albuquerque, 200 miles from nearly everything sustainably Jewish. Its last full-time rabbi died 103 years ago. Yet, the town enduringly refuses to […]
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USABritish comedian Marty Feldman, who many Americans remember for his role as Igor in Young Frankenstein, had a long and successful career doing sketch comedy. Feldman was born on this day (July 8) in 1934. We salute his memory.
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Travel and FoodBy Sandi Masori JUNEAU, Alaska — We went on a family cruise to Alaska and stopped off in the capital city. While there we worked up quite an appetite rafting on the Mendenhall River under the auspices of Alaska Travel Adventures, so we were really happy to go for dinner afterwards at the Gold Creek
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Sandi Masori, Travel and Food, USAThe late movie critic Joel Siegel was born on this day (July 7) in 1943. Here is a tribute to his memory.
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By Donald H. Harrison AT SEA, Aboard Star Princess – As our family did quite often during the week we were aboard the 3,100-passenger, 950- foot-long M.V. Star Princess, we gathered one afternoon at a round table on Deck 14, which is where the swimming pools and the indoor buffet are located. On this particular
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Donald H. Harrison, Sandi Masori, Shor M. Masori, Travel and FoodOn this date in 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam. This movie retells the story told in The Diary of Anne Frank, but continues where that movie left off, with the arrest of Anne and her family and their subsequent lives and deaths in Nazi concentration camps.
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Travel and FoodIn honor of the 69th anniversary of Israel’s Knesset passing the law of return on this date (July 5) in 1950, guaranteeing every Jew in the world the right to become an Israeli citizen.
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By Donald H. Harrison VICTORIA, British Columbia – Thanks to the U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886, M.V. Star Princess made a required stop in this Canadian provincial capital, providing a brief opportunity for my wife Nancy and me to hunt down a honeymoon memory. That 133-year-old protectionist piece of legislation banned foreign flagged
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Story an photos by Oliver B. Pollak ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – We’re in Albuquerque for the 75th birthday of Dr. Steve, the father of my daughter-in-law Erika. Steve’s wine cellar with red wines dating back to the early 1980s was an added pleasure. New Mexico’s Jewish history is more complicated than the rest of American
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Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USAIn honor of our nation’s 243rd birthday today (July 4).
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By Donald H. Harrison SKAGWAY, Alaska – Our family had enjoyed our salmon bake so much in Juneau, we decided to partake in another one here in Skagway, and while we were at it, to take in a show at the “Liarsville” campgrounds and then to pan for some gold, which we later learned had
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By Donald H. Harrison JUNEAU, Alaska – Getting ready for rafting down the Mendenhall River is almost as exciting as the ride itself. “T,” a guide for Alaska Travel Adventures who says his Japanese name sometimes is too difficult for western tongues to pronounce, had our eight family members pull rubber trousers over
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USABy Rabbi Jeremy Gimbel Beth Israel Quarterly SAN DIEGO — Are you going on a vacation this summer? Here are 7 easy ways to live out your Jewish values, even when you’re far away from home! 1) Travel Justly “You shall not abuse a needy and destitute laborer.” -Deut. 24:14 Wherever you’re staying, think about
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The World We Share, Travel and FoodIn honor of Larry David’s birth today (July 2) in 1947.
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