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Despite Covid restrictions, the demand for travel to Israel is there. Now, signs of optimism can be found in hotel openings and group bookings.

Despite Covid restrictions, the demand for travel to Israel is there. Now, signs of optimism can be found in hotel openings and group bookings.
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Exploring Cape Cod’s Midcentury Moment
This year, Cape Cod may be an escape for pandemic-weary city folk, but decades ago, it was an artists’ haven and refuge for Jewish intellectuals fleeing Nazi Europe.

This year, Cape Cod may be an escape for pandemic-weary city folk, but decades ago, it was an artists’ haven and refuge for Jewish intellectuals fleeing Nazi Europe.
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Forget Passports. Do You Have Wi-Fi?
Virtual travel remains welcome escapism for grounded tourists.

Virtual travel remains welcome escapism for grounded tourists.
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A Pilgrimage Through Ancestral Lands
In the town now called Nadvirna in Ukraine, Steve Turner says he could feel the presence of his father’s family who didn’t survive.

In the town now called Nadvirna in Ukraine, Steve Turner says he could feel the presence of his father’s family who didn’t survive.
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A Tour of Israel’s Boutique Vineyards and Wineries
Wine tourism has become big business in Israel. Travel writer Esther Hecht explores some of the country’s leading boutique wineries.

Wine tourism has become big business in Israel. Writer Esther Hecht explores some of the country’s leading boutique wineries.

California is a place where people come to reinvent themselves, and that is especially true of Los Angeles, a sprawling city of dreams. That same

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The Jewish Traveler: Barcelona

by Dyana Z. Furmansky

The serene Mediterranean coastline nestles Barcelona on one side while round green mountains frame the other. The city of 1.5 million—capital of the independent Spanish

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The Jewish Traveler: Cyprus

by Esther Hecht

Cyprus, the birthplace of Greek goddess Aphrodite, calls to everyone in search of love. Wine and romance are entwined on this Mediterranean island, the oldest

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The Jewish Traveler: Boston

by Deborah Fineblum Schabb

Boston is a town where Jewish life is found in charming cobblestoned neighborhoods and down historic colonial streets. Where on a Friday night, if you

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The Jewish Traveler: Rome

by Elin Schoen Brockman

When Sandra Moreschi opened the Saray Judaica shop in the Ghetto of Rome in 1992, the guidebooks hardly mentioned the old neighborhood. Now it is

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The Jewish Traveler: Zikhron Ya’akov

by Esther Hecht

The welcome sign to Zikhron Ya’akov is on an oversize barrel of wine—a reminder of the town’s beginnings and a hint of good things to

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The Jewish Traveler: Belgrade

by Dan Fellner

Tourists to Serbia’s White City will encounter vibrant nightlife, a reemergent cultural scene and the unmistakable sense of walking through modern history. Scattered throughout downtown Belgrade

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The Jewish Traveler: Geneva

by Esther Hecht

The Swiss canton, a hub of international organizations, banking and watchmaking, is home to a diverse Jewish community on the French border. Geneva is the nerve

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