Travel
Why Are Jews in Budapest So Cool?
Natan Edelsburg travels to Budapest during his semester abroad at New York University’s campus in Prague Read More »
Sheraton free-overnight-stay promotion excludes observant Jews
From October 6 to October 9, Sheraton will be giving customers the opportunity to win a free overnight stay at one of 86 recently renovated Sheraton hotels across the United... Read More »
Not your parents’ Israeli cuisine…
I have visited Israel three times, all within the past five years. Friends and family who visited Israel many more years ago have related stories of the country from days... Read More »
A new reason for travel
I remember in either Time Magazine or Newsweek a couple of years ago, they ran a feature about people traveling to India to receive medical care at a fraction of... Read More »
How to Swear
There is an old adage that goes “Don’t judge someone until you have walked a mile in his shoes.” I have a simpler litmus test that does not require finding... Read More »
“Israel in Focus”: an Israel advocacy conference for student leaders
Here is a great event for student leaders who want to strengthen their Israel advocacy skills, and receive amazing resources. “Israel in Focus” 2008 will be held in Beverly Hills,... Read More »
Seeking a Different Birthright Israel experience
Over the past decade over 100,000 Jews from around the world have participated on Taglit Birthright Israel’s amazing 10-day trip. Each trip offers participants a unique experience to meet the... Read More »
Bridge of Strings: Monstrosity or Beauty?
Some have called it a monstrosity. To others it’s a thing of beauty. One thing’s for sure: the new Bridge of Strings at the entrance to Jerusalem, which was formally... Read More »
MashBash Tel Aviv – The Official Jewneric.com Report
MashBash TLV the Official Jewneric.com Media Partner Report Last night, as previously reported, I had the pleasure of being a sponsored guest to MashBash TLV. For those who still don’t... Read More »
Davening Man Removed from Plane
On Wednesday night, an Orthodox man boarded a United Airlines flight from JFK to San Francisco. Before the flight took off, he went to the back of plane to daven,... Read More »
Traveling Geeks – SF Bay Area Bloggers Travel the World, Starting With Israel
I have found myself following the likes of a few SF Bloggers who are now in Israel. There for the The Marker Com.vention, “famous” bloggers have banded together to post... Read More »
The Huffington Post Goes to Israel
Several influential bloggers have been taken on a tour of Israel courtesy of the Solomon Project. Writers from DailyKos, The Huffington Post, MyDD and several other progressive blogs were brought... Read More »
Skittles No Longer Kosher in Europe
After nearly a decade, Skittles are no longer under hashgacha (kosher supervision) in Europe. For years, you could travel, or at least stop over, at a European destination and buy... Read More »
New Jet Will Get You from New York to Tel Aviv in Under 3 Hours
Imagine flying to Israel and back in a day and still being able to get in a whole day’s worth of work, play and spiritual uplifting. That could be a... Read More »
Des Moines 2004 – My Kosher Presidential Election Caucus Experience
“Why don’t you come to Des Moines and help us win an election?” There were so many reasons to say NO to going to Iowa to help campaign for someone... Read More »
A New Shabbos Experience
I am about to make Shabbos in a place where I have never been before, yet I have been here a million times during the week. The Upper West Side... Read More »
This Land Is My Land
The fact that there are disputes over land in Israel is not a statement that would shock anyone. Israelis and Palestinians have been quarreling over territory for years now. Egypt,... Read More »
Virtual Sukkah Hop
One of the mitzvot of Succot is to invite guests (Ushpizzin) into the sukkah to share in the simcha of the holiday. With that in mind we at Jewneric would... Read More »
HeBrew
When I was in yeshiva in Israel I had to make certain dietary adjustments. I got used to drinking milk from a bag, I gave up regularly drinking Mountain Dew,... Read More »
Why is this vacation different from all other vacations?
Oddly enough, there is actually a biblical requirement to go to the Holy Land for Passover. For thousands of years, our ancestors only dreamed of such a Messianic opportunity. More... Read More »
