Travel and Food

Auschwitz artifacts to go on exhibit in New York City

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has announced plans to present the most comprehensive Holocaust exhibition about Auschwitz ever exhibited in North America. Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. is produced in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland and the international […]

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International, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA

Dan’s Place: A chance to eat and do a mitzvah

By Mo Bailey POWAY, California  – Dan’s Place is a restaurant that celebrates the spirit of the late Dan Green and  local community, while  giving opportunities to people with disabilities who are often underestimated and marginalized. Many things make Dan’s Place a unique and holistic experience that patrons seem to ‘eat up’ (pun half-intended). Each

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Lawrence Halprin’s West Coast kibbutz: The Sea Ranch

By Oliver B. Pollak SAN FRANCISCO — In 2004 my law partner and I went to Washington DC for a conference. Our sightseeing included The Watergate, Jewish War Veterans Museum, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial on the Mall. The Memorial first conceived in 1960, authorized in 1974 with Lawrence Halprin’s winning design went unfunded

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USA

Sightseeing ~ Adventure Hornblower whale watching

Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison and Shor M. Masori  SAN DIEGO – Even before one comes aboard the Adventure Hornblower for a 3 1/2 -hour whale-watching tour, one begins learning about the California Gray Whale, which is the sightseeing vessel’s quarry.  Yellow-shirted volunteer “whalers” from the San Diego Museum of Natural History –

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food