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Jul 21, 2024, 6:13 PM

Preserving History: The Journey and Legacy of the Czech Memorial Scrolls

As a writer for the New York Jewish Travel Guide, I recently had the pleasure of exploring the enchanting city of London. With its rich history, stunning architecture, and vibrant culture, London offers a unique blend of the old...

Ziona Greenwald

Dec 14, 2023, 9:57 AM

Prisoners of Zion

After governments shut down the world almost overnight because of Covid, making travel all but impossible, I published an op-ed about how it felt to be grounded in Israel, no vacations or reunions with distant family on the horizon. ...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Dec 31, 2022, 11:24 PM

The Forever-Young Delusion

A common mental illness not yet named. I vote for DSM-6: FoYoD. I once saw someone of 70 years standing on a kitchen chair painting the ceiling. What are you doing; that's dangerous, I called out. She replied: I also...

Sep 7, 2022, 9:43 AM

Preserving travel dreams of the bankrupt kibbutz

I was sitting by the beach on a plastic chair with my feet in the water. The west breeze is in my face and the sun is slowly disappearing in the horizon behind the Galilee mountains. The Golan Heights...

Aug 19, 2022, 3:02 PM

These are my unfavorite things

Illustrative. Transitions. (iStock)

The first prevailing challenge is in the transitions, for I must pretend to love everything new, when really I want it all returned to how it was before

Michael Feldstein

Aug 11, 2022, 8:29 PM

The Magic (and the Hassles) of Airline Flight

Henry Charles, Sarit Maayan and Emma Pearl Feldstein (Credit: Michael Feldstein)

That’s our three grandchildren in the accompanying photo – Sarit Maayan, Emma Pearl, and Henry Charles – at the airport, before a recent plane trip they took with their parents to the West Coast this summer. What you don’t see...

Erris Langer Klapper

Aug 9, 2022, 7:03 AM

Five Ways to Stay Sane While Traveling This Summer

Photo Credit: Stuart Dempster

Flight cancellations, lost luggage and stranded travelers have dampened the joy of travel these past few months. It seems unfair that now that the world has re-opened, it's harder than ever to navigate. Everyone wants out at the same...

Avraham Parshan

Jul 12, 2022, 12:49 PM

How to get an appointment for an Israeli passport

Have passports, will travel!

I get asked this a lot, how can I renew your Israeli passport and where? In this article, I will answer that question in addition to giving you some useful tips to book slots and save money! It's cheaper if...

Jun 13, 2022, 10:58 PM

Israel relieving pandemic travel regulations and returning to the old normal

The pandemic that swept the globe shuttered borders for months on end. Now that we’re reaching the second year of having to deal with the pandemic, things are easing up a bit with regulations to manage the spread of...

Joseph C. Kaplan

May 5, 2022, 8:56 PM

Leave Mind Reading to the Mentalists

When people of a certain age who haven’t spoken to each other in a while get together, oft-asked questions include “Are you retired yet?” and, if yes, “How do you keep busy? When I recently had this conversation with a...

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