Miami Kosher Vacation (North Miami Beach)
Introduction Miami – a city full of New Yorkers who hate winter. Well, that’s not all. There are also New Yorkers there who don’t like the intensity or taxes of New York. Combine this with...
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Walking Across the George Washington Bridge & Washington Heights Kosher
Walk Into New York City for Free Want to pay no toll and no bus or train fare into New York City? There is a way – walk. There is only one way to...
‘Kosher Patents’ Book Review
When the name of your blog is Patently Jewish and someone sends you a book titled Kosher Patents, it doesn’t get much more on topic than that. The book starts with a very good description of the patent...
Orlando, Fl / Disney Kosher Vacation – Update
The description of my Orlando vacation from five years prior is over here. This is an update in 2016. Introduction Orlando is a great place for a family vacation – we love it. It’s...
House Rental or Hotel?
Hotels Have a Problem – Internet House Rentals A few years ago, there was only one answer to this question – get a hotel room. You know, more or less, what you’re getting. If it’s...
Room Escape Games – In “Real” Life
What’s a Live Room Escape Game? Looking for a kosher, fun, adult activity? The ‘room escape’ genre started as puzzle-type video games. Very large maps with puzzles to solve actually had their beginning with...
Jewish Divorce Book: Healing From the Break
Healing from the Break by Abigail Rosenberg (not her real name) is recommended reading for anyone who goes through a divorce, Jewish or not. Though many of the references are “Jewish”, the themes are...
Unchosen: Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels – From the Re-chosen
Maybe one day I will get to reading books as they come out – while I was about 60 years too late commenting on Lawrence of Arabia I’m only about ten years behind for...
Why Aren’t There 100,000 Jews in the Dominican Republic?
My interest in Jews of the Dominican Republic piqued (or peaked, or maybe peeked) after my visit to the country. The Rabbi on my Dominican Republic kosher vacation casually mentioned how hundreds of Jews were...
Lawrence of Arabia & Israel
How I came to This Book Sometimes I find books by putzing around on Amazon . . . my latest comes from putzing around a library. I roamed the shelves and picked up a...