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What They Did for Love

Beverly Gray June 1, 2000

The Los Angeles Ulpan is one of the nation\’s oldest Israel trips geared to teenagers.

Pedaling Through the Past

Gabe Levenson May 4, 2000

The series of innovative biking tours is developed by his Historical Cycling International, a recent entry in the growing field of Jewish-oriented travel services.

Traveling Through the Emerald Isle

Tom Tugend May 4, 2000

A trip to the Emerald Isle, where folks go around kissing the Blarney Stone, has always been on our traveling wish list.

A Look at Jewish Germany

Wendy Belzberg March 16, 2000

Throughout the nation you will find hundreds of fascinating memorials remembering victims, as well as Jewish sites both old and new.

Melodic harmonies echo through Dominus Flevit, a small-but-quaint church on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, as a group of 30 Christian Bible scholars and pastors sing \”Hallelujah to the Lord,\” first in English, then Hebrew.
Built in 1955 on the ruins of an ancient church, the teardrop-shaped structure commands a breathtaking view of the eastern walls of Jerusalem\’s Old City. According to Christian tradition, Jesus, knowing his prophetic message would be rejected, wept here as he viewed the illusion of a tranquil city that, in fact, was bitterly divided, its Jewish population suffering under a brutal Roman occupation.

Symphonic Globe Trotter

Jewish Journal November 25, 1999

It says something about Gisele Ben-Dor\’s dedication to her profession that when she made her conducting debut with the Israel Philharmonic in 1983, she was nine months pregnant.\nHer concluding piece was Stravinsky\’s \”The Rite of Spring,\” which, in view of her particular condition, was renamed by the orchestra as \”The Rite of the Offspring.\”\n\n