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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.

There were many extraordinary sights on our trip through Southeast Asia, but what moved us the most were the personal connections, especially the unexpected Jewish ones.

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Buenos Aires

by Ilan Ben Zion

With its emergence in the mid-19th century, Argentina’s Jewish community was the first reincarnation of Castillian-speaking Jewry since the Spanish expulsion in 1492.

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A Hotel with Spa, Bar and Social Justice

by Leora Eren Frucht

The Desert Iris, Yeruham’s firs hotel, is getting rave reviews on TripAdvisor and is up to a 70-percent occupancy rate.

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Venice, Sights Beyond the Ghetto

by Ruth Ellen Gruber

Getting lost amid the dense, shadowy network of Venice's canals, alleyways, bridges and plazas is the stuff of romance.

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A Graffiti Street Tour that Teaches Hebrew

by Leora Eren Frucht

Guy Sharett's graffiti tours are an “innovative method of Hebrew-language instruction combining the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of Tel Aviv.”

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Atlanta

by Ronda Robinson

The prosperity of the Jewish community today belies the struggle of earlier generations who fought against anti-Semitism and openly supported civil rights