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...
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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...
Bubble Boy Ethics, Corona, and Children
Making Bubble Boy David was born in 1974 – to parents who knew that after his siblings died, he too would have no effective immune system. Doctors told the parents that future scientific advances...
My Kids Will Go to School
Last week’s Jewish Link included very strongly worded commentaries by Jeffrey Rubin (“Regarding School Closing This Fall,” July 23, 2020) and Rabbi Wallace Greene (“The Ethics of Opening Schools,” July 23, 2020) arguing that...
Forgotten Children of the Pandemic
Guest Post by Heather Feigin, LCSW. Populations all over the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are all well aware of the toll that it has taken on essential workers, the...
Movie Review: 1952 – Singing in the Rain
I am hardly the feminist by modern standards – my daughter and I startede watching old movies through the decades. We went with Singing in the Rain because it’s the best rated musical movie...