For Cheryl and Nikki Bart, ain\’t no mountain high enough. Seven years after their first adventure in Nepal, the Barts are heading back to Katmandu this week in an attempt to become the first mother-daughter team to conquer Everest.
If you\’re heading down Mexico way, all the way down to Oaxaca, you should know about a bed and breakfast there called Casa Machaya. The name is a sly Jewish reference, a wink at potential clients for the B & B: That\’s right, it\’s not meant to be the Spanish \”ch,\” as in \”change,\” but a guttural \”ch,\” as in mechaya, Yiddish for \”joy.\”
There is a saying that in Ireland there are no strangers, only friends you haven\’t met yet.
On our visit we experienced a tangible expression of this in Kenmare, where perfect strangers went out of their way to help us get our laundry done and then volunteered to drive us back to our hotel when we couldn\’t find a taxi.
The effort to reinstate the University of California\’s study in Israel program entered the state Legislature last week.
Tahiti\’s community of some 200 Jews is among the farthest flung in the world.
But with the summer reopening of Club Med Opio in Provence — after a $40 million renovation — it\’s possible to avoid every one of those hassles. Within an hour of my arrival, I felt totally blessed rather than stressed. Call it the kinder, gentler Cote d\’Azur.
Yet, as a result of the efforts of Bema\’aglei Tzedek, a Jerusalem-based nonprofit organization, consumers are now on the lookout for a second type of certificate indicating that the restaurant conforms to a completely separate set of kosher guidelines — good employment practices and accessibility for the disabled. Called the Social Seal or tav chevrati in Hebrew, the certificate is now being prominently displayed in more than 300 Israeli eateries from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and in various other locales. It was introduced by Bema\’aglei Tzedek to combat what the organization\’s director, Asaf Banner, calls \”an all too often ignored, yet deeply troubling, aspect of Israeli society.\”
The idea of hunting for Jews in the Australian outback may sound as ridiculous as combing the streets of Jerusalem for Aborigines. But when two Chabad emissaries set out this summer to find landsmen in the desolate outback, they were not disappointed.
Planning a bar mitzvah in Israel? The Israeli Ministry of Tourism has just posted a Web site to help you get started
