Grandees: America’s Sephardic Elite – Book Review
Background to the Book Stephen Birmingham, author of “The Grandees” seems to be as much of a goy as any. This is good because he is able to write without the blinding emotion that...
Author: tostien
The Story of Uriah Levy
A short play with too much narration – by Moshe Feigin. Narrator 1: Uriah Levy’s great-great-grandfather was the doctor to King John V of Portugal. George Washington attended the wedding of Lecy’s grandparents. Uriah...
American Dream Mallstrosity Review – New Jersey
Some Background After twenty years of a huuuggeeee empty building with a famously hideous ski slope building viewable from the highway, some very rich Jews decided to open the mall. They did this by...
Key West / Florida Keys Kosher Vacation
Introduction A few years before this trip I took a day trip from Miami to Key Largo and thought, “one day I want to see all the Florida keys.” In Key Largo we para-sailed...
Mystic, Connecticut – Kosher Vacation
Introduction Mystic, Connecticut is an old boating/fishing town which was smartly converted into a vacation destination and ‘saved’. You could find things to do there for a few days. There’s no kosher food or...
Cape Cod, MA Kosher Vacation
Introduction Cape Cod is a wonderful peninsula off the end of southern Massachusetts, only a few hours from the New York – New Jersey area and about one hour south of Boston. You can...
Museum of the Bible, Washington, D.C. – Jewish Point of View
The Best Jewish Museum I’ve Ever Seen It’s not actually a place I planned to go. I’d read about it in the news when it first opened – all bad press as I recall....
Denver, Colorado – Kosher Vacation
Intro This is a guest post by Yehoshua Feigin. Usually considered a “fly-over state” by those of us who live in NY/NJ, Colorado has a remarkable amount of worthwhile things to do, see, and...
Getting the Hater Arrested
This article is written with much thanks to the Washington D.C. parks department. 9:30am – 2:00pm: At the Israeli Embassy A good part of my day was already spent at the Israeli embassy in...
Savannah, Georgia – Kosher Vacation
This is a fun one. Savannah is a little different than the usual places people go and that was why we went. It seems to be a “pass-thru” place for Jews to stop for...