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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.

Spiritual pilgrimages prompt introspection even as one beholds new terrains as disparate as Italy and Croatia, Germany and Poland.

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A Warm Welcome to Sugihara’s Japan

by Lisa Hostein

The newly inaugurated Sugihara Survivors Remembrance Route—largely located in Japan's Gifu Prefecture—highlights the Japanese diplomat’s life and work.

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America’s Old-New Land of Brooklyn

by Hilary Danailova

The borough’s Jewish diversity is both a boon and a challenge for the traveler. Jewish Brooklyn is, more than ever, a collection of local experiences.

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Ashdod, Home of the Tetrapods

by Esther Hecht

Ashdod is a Mediterranean port city with a lively, rich mix of young immigrants, many from the former Soviet Union.

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Israel Travel Trends

by Libby Barnea

In response to the significant dip in tourism after Operation Protective Edge in 2014, the Israeli government launched aggressive campaigns in markets all over the globe.

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Preserving the Swiss Shtetls of Endingen and Lengnau

by Alan M. Tigay

Today, these villages present a prosperous face to visitors, with historic buildings in the center of each town and newer houses with steep roofs on the periphery.

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Vermont’s Green Mountain Jewry

by Esther Hecht

In Vermont, the pace and attitudes are relaxed. One congregation uses Lake Champlain as a mikvah; another celebrates Rosh Hashanah with a tashlich ceremony in kayaks.

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The New Jerusalem

by Esther Hecht

Archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem periodically alter our view of the past, while new sights add experiences to the city’s already crowded palette.

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