The Jewish Traveler

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Summertime in Graz and Salzburg
Schvitz your way through Austria’s charming old towns speckled with restored synagogues and classical music.

Schvitz your way through Austria’s charming old towns speckled with restored synagogues and classical music.
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Encountering Ghosts in Poland
Why travel to the most famous region where Jews were ever burned? To connect with Jewish history, to mourn our people and to bear witness.

Why travel to the most famous region where Jews were ever burned? To connect with Jewish history, to mourn our people and to bear witness.
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The Berkshires Beckon This Summer
A guide to the longtime haven for Jewish visitors flowing with natural, culture and ‘Yiddishkeit.’

A guide to the longtime haven for Jewish visitors flowing with natural, culture and ‘Yiddishkeit.’
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Barbados and Its Jews
Discover the laid-back island’s singular Jewish history that stretches back to the 17th century.

Discover the laid-back island’s singular Jewish history that stretches back to the 17th century.
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In Portugal, Shadows of a Jewish Past
See strains of ancient Sephardi lineage from Porto to Lisbon.

See strains of ancient Sephardi lineage from Porto to Lisbon.
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Jewish Heritage Along the Danube
See sights of great beauty and pain from Budapest to Bucharest.

See sights of great beauty and pain from Budapest to Bucharest.
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Elegant and Cosmopolitan Trieste, Italy
Discover the Adriatic delights, and rich Jewish sites, of Trieste, in Northern Italy.

Discover the Adriatic delights, and rich Jewish sites, of Trieste, in Northern Italy.
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Contemporary Vienna Is a Diverse Jewish Mosaic
Vienna is a multinational city of 1.9 million residents and a focal point for German-speaking culture and international diplomacy.

Vienna is a multinational city of 1.9 million residents and a focal point for German-speaking culture and international diplomacy.
Destination Israel
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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Forget Passports. Do You Have Wi-Fi?
Virtual travel remains welcome escapism for grounded tourists.

Virtual travel remains welcome escapism for grounded tourists.

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