Taking a trip with a girlfriend or two is the perfect way to recharge your batteries. I love trying new things with my friends and finding time to sit around and catch up for hours. I certainly don’t take enough of this type of vacation, but when I do, I absolutely love it.\nIf you are ready for a girlfriends’ getaway, here are a few ideas.
Israel honored its 3,000,001st tourist — a pastor leading an evangelical group — for 2010.
It is so good to be a traveler during December. Whether you want a romantic escape, a girlfriends’ getaway or a family vacation, the deals are abundant as many people choose to stick closer to home through the holiday season. My family and I have traditionally hit the road and enjoyed destinations that are packed with value and are not crowded — great places for a quick winter trip.
The Haskoy quarter of Istanbul, which overlooks the historic Golden Horn inlet of the Bosphorus, was once the site of the gardens and pavilions of the Ottoman Empire sultans. In the late 15th century, it became the refuge for thousands of Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal and who built dozens of synagogues in the area. Today, Haskoy is a gritty industrial area where barely a trace of the former synagogues remains — except for one.
Tel Aviv is among the world\’s top 10 cities for 2011 listed by the popular Lonely Planet travel guide website.
Israel is ahead of its record pace for tourism in a year.
I always try to spend at least part of the High Holidays in Budapest, so I can sample some of the spicy mixture that characterizes the Jewish experience in the Hungarian capital.
In Italy, where there are only about 25,000 affiliated Jews in a population of 60 million, most Italians have never knowingly met a Jew.
The U.S. State Department has removed references to Eilat in a travel advisory that had been issued in the wake of rocket attacks on Israel and Jordan.
Whenever I visit Poland, I\’m struck by how the intensity of the Jewish presence dwarfs the tiny number of Jews who actually live in the country.
