Traveler Trepidation
Sophia Fischer
November 22, 2001
Of all the businesses affected by both Sept. 11 and the recession, the tourism industry is perhaps the hardest hit.
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Sin City Shaliach
Gaby Wenig
November 15, 2001
The table is sumptuously laid out for 16, with appetizer plates and enough silverware to promise a multicourse meal. With smells of chicken soup and sounds of seven children playing, it\’s just a typical Friday night in … Las Vegas.
Bagels and Beignets
Tom Tugend
November 15, 2001
The theme of this year\’s Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans was \”2001: A Space Fallacy,\” and the Jewish contingent, masked as the Cohenheads, hora-ed its way through the French Quarter behind the Mothership Yentaprise, tossing out a thousand Star of David-emblazoned bagels to the hungry masses.
Down by the Riverside
Tom Tugend
November 15, 2001
About the most pleasant way to arrive in New Orleans is aboard a steam-powered paddlewheel boat, as that old Mississippi River pilot Samuel Clemens, who adopted the pen name Mark Twain, used to do.
Closed for the Duration
Larry Derfner
November 1, 2001
Whenever there\’s a wave of terror in Israel, the nation\’s hotels come up against a wave of cancellations, and the country\’s entire tourist industry — from five-star hotels to souvenir hawkers — goes into a slump. But in a few months the terror and fear subside, and the tourists come back.
How to Fly if you look Middle Eastern
Tom Tugend
October 4, 2001
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, Jerry Snyder, said that his agency has not issued advisories for any special ethnic group.
Tijuana: A Tale of Two Synagogues
Ruth Stroud
September 6, 2001
A bus trip to visit two Tijuana synagogues this spring provided an irresistible opportunity to learn about two distinctly different Jewish communities in a bustling border metropolis where Jews number fewer than 1 percent of the city\’s 1.2 million residents.
By far the more unusual of the two shuls was Congregacion Hebrea de Baja California, made up almost entirely of converted Mexican Catholics, including its leader, a charismatic non-ordained rabbi, whose resume includes a stint as a Methodist minister. Carlos Salas Diaz, an imposing man in a dark suit, who welcomed us warmly into the temple\’s brightly lit sanctuary, looks like the successful businessman he continues to be and at least two decades younger than his chronological age of close to 70.
Get Lost in Girona
Tammy Weisberger
August 16, 2001
Girona (pronounced heh-row-na) is a small, culturally rich town in Catalan, Spain — and is the perfect place to get yourself gloriously lost.
Shalom and G’Day, Mate
Beverly Gray
August 2, 2001
Last summer, when Sydney, Australia, burst onto my television screen as part of the coverage for the 2000 Olympic Games, the city struck me as an urban Disneyland, full of fanciful architecture and enchanting public gathering spots.
High Anxiety
Rob Eshman
July 12, 2001
The concerns that keep Americans away compel Israelis to stay home as well.
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