Historically Sacred L.A.
Gaby Friedman
July 28, 2005
Robert Berger is a third-generation Angeleno who dares to do the unthinkable in Los Angeles. He actually gets out of his car and studies old buildings.
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architecture
Get ‘Wicked’ in the Windy City
Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
June 2, 2005
More than 2.77 million Chicagoans work, live and play in nearly 100 distinctive neighborhoods, divided by ethnicity, class and geography.
Wilshire: Boulevard of Sanctuaries
Kevin Roderick
November 11, 2004
The boulevard in the 1920s was the natural place for the institutions and their members to relocate. They saw that, in the future, downtown\’s narrow, congested streets would no longer be the center of the community. Los Angeles was turning into a driving city, and Wilshire became the nation\’s first Automobile Age thoroughfare. Religious establishments that wished to be part of the exciting future moved to Wilshire Boulevard.
Freewheeling Around D.C.
Lisa Alcalay Klug
March 4, 2004
Bike the Sites, a smart solution to the challenges of sightseeing in heavily trafficked D.C., allows visitors to enjoy Washington\’s history and architecture in an environmentally friendly way.
Mojitos and Matzah Balls in Havana
Larry Luxner
November 6, 2003
Care for an authentic Cuban mojito at the L\’chaim bar? How about Israeli salad, matzah ball soup and cheese blintzes?
They\’re all now on the menu at the Hotel Raquel, Cuba\’s first boutique hotel catering specifically to adventurous Jewish tourists.
Amsterdam’s Split Personality
Anthea Gerrie
October 17, 2002
Anne Frank\’s house, a fabulous 17th century synagogue and an excellent heritage museum give Amsterdam special appeal for Jewish visitors. But they are all sites whose very existence reflect the city\’s incurable split personality, making for a sightseeing experience that constantly provides food for thought.
L.A. Museums: Saved by the Jews
Gene Lichtenstein
August 15, 2002
A small museum opened its doors in Pasadena last month and naturally enough made local headlines.
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Tom Tugend
December 14, 2000
More than 300,000 visitors have thronged the Jewish Museum in Berlin since it opened to the public in February 1999, and more are coming at a clip of 20,000 each month.
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