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August 27, 2023August 31, 2023

Glasgow Scotland

27 July 2023

Meeting Susan Hodgins, Dorrith Sim’s daughter. We walk up the road to the Garnethill Synagogue.

Meeting Harvey Kaplan, Director of the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre

Glasgow Garnet Hill Synagogue - Google Search

The first Jewish community in Glasgow can be traced back to c1821. By the 1870s, the community numbered around 1,000 and looked to build a permanent synagogue…

The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre Glasgow - Google Search

The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre is based in Garnethill Synagogue, the first purpose-built synagogue in Scotland and a beautiful Category A listed building…

Meeting Deborah Haase, the educator

Singl-end Cafe & Bakehouse Garnethill - Google Search

Bohemian joint serving a wide array of creative dishes, homemade breads, cocktails and coffees.

Lunch with Steven Anson of Gathering The Voices

Walk to down to the city

The Corinthian Club Glasgow - Google Search

Situated in the heart of Merchant City in the former city judiciary courts, The Corinthian Club houses Teller’s Bar & Brasserie, Live Nightclub and Charlie…

Queen Street Station Glasgow - Google Search

Glasgow Queen Street (GLQ) ... Travel shop located on the main concourse of the station, near the Dundas Street entrance/exit. ... There are no First Class Lounge…

Buying my ticket for travel to Edinburgh

Glasgow Central Railway Station - Google Search

Glasgow Central (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Mheadhain) is one of two principal mainline rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station was opened by…

Meeting David Sim

The Buttery Glasgow - Google Search

Established in 1870, The Buttery stands as one of Scotland’s most beloved and renowned restaurants and is thought to be Glasgow’s oldest culinary establishment.

The Easy Hotel Glasgow - Google Search

If you’re after cheap stays in Glasgow, then easyHotel is one of the best budget hotels in Glasgow for a value-for-money city break. Located near Glasgow…

Back to the Easy Hotel

August 27, 2023

Israel – Glasgow

26 July 2023

Kiryat Malachi – goodbye to Sorrel for now!

On the way to Ben Gurion

Farewell to Eytan

BA to London then Glasgow

First time in Scotland

Glasgow - Google Search

Glasgow is a port city on the River Clyde in Scotland’s western Lowlands. It’s famed for its Victorian and art nouveau architecture, a rich legacy of the city’s 18th–20th-century prosperity due to trade and shipbuilding. Today it’s a national cultural hub, home to institutions including the Scottish…

August 25, 2023

Israel Jerusalem – Day 7

25 July 2023

Train to Jerusalem

Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Train - Google Search

The easiest and most convenient way to travel between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is the new rapid train, which has been operating since 2019.

Hagana Station

Haganah Train Station - Google Search

Tel Aviv HaHagana railway station is a major railway station on the Ayalon Railway in southern Tel Aviv, Israel, serving most lines of Israel Railways.

Jerusalem Station

Jerusalem Train Station - Google Search

Construction of the station began in 2007 and was completed in 2018 at a cost of about NIS 500 million (appx. US$140 million). 2,674,840 passengers boarded or…

Bus to Givat Shaul

Givat Shaul - Google Search

Givat Shaul is a neighborhood in West Jerusalem. The neighborhood is located at the western entrance to the city, east of the neighborhood of Har Nof and…

Cousin Nachum Stepansky

With Nachi and Eytan

Lunch with Tony Sacks near Mahane Yehuda

Back up the hill to the train station

Jerusalem Light Rail - Google Search

Jerusalem Light Rail is a light rail system in Jerusalem. Currently, the Red Line is the only one in operation, the first of several light rail lines…

Mount Herzl - Google Search

Mount Herzl also Har ha-Zikaron is the site of Israel’s national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem…

Yad Vashem - Google Search

Thematic and Chronological Narrative ... About the Holocaust explores the history of the Holocaust thematically and chronologically. Each chapter in the narrative…

International School For Holocaust Studies - Google Search

Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies (ISHS), established in 1993, focuses upon – and excels in – providing quality Holocaust education to…

Yad Vashem Archives - Google Search

In 1953, the Israeli Knesset enacted the Yad Vashem Law, which determined that among its other missions, the task of Yad Vashem is “to collect, examine and…

With Karin Dengler

Jaffa Gate – Google Search
The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the south. The old…

The Hurva Synagogue - Google Search

In 1864, the Perushim rebuilt the synagogue, and although officially named the Beis Yaakov Synagogue, it retained its name as the Hurva. It became Jerusalem’s…

The Kotel - Google Search

A source of inspiration and prayer to connect the Jewish people from generation to generation ... The sacred western wall is the closest you’ll get to our jewish…

Back to the Station by bus

The train back to Tel Aviv

August 22, 2023

Israel Day 6

ANU Museum of the Jewish People

24 July 2023

ANU Tel Aviv - Google Search

Anu Museum - Museum of the Jewish People: a museum in Tel Aviv of Jewish culture and art, which tells the story of the Jewish people.

With my Litvak friend Aryeh Shcherbakov

The Lobby

The Exhibition

With my “alter hero”

Benjamin of Tudela - Google Search

Benjamin of Tudela was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the twelfth century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia…

Poles. Lithuanians, Ottomans

Synagogues

Schuster Center Ramat Aviv - Google Search

This exclusive center lies in the prestigious Ramat Aviv Gimmel Neighborhood. The center offers a range of first class designer boutiques and stores,…

The bus to Florentin

With Eytan to see my sister, Sorrel

Kiryat Malachi

Back North to Florentin

August 20, 2023

Israel Day 3- 5

21 – 23 July 2023

On the road to Ra’anana

Ayalon Highway - Google Search

Highway 20, more commonly known as the Ayalon Highway, or simply Ayalon is a major intracity freeway in Gush Dan, Israel. The road runs along the eastern…

Ra’anana - Google Search

Ra’anana (Hebrew: רַעֲנָנָּה, lit. “Fresh”) is a city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel. It was founded in 1922 as an American…

Niece Kim, Lance and the boys

22 July 2023

Judd, Troy & Kyle

Jaye, Justin, Alon, Jordan & Edden

Ros & Selwyn

David & Batya

23 July 2023

On the bus to Tel Aviv with Kim

Tel Aviv

Visit Sorrel with Eytan & Kim

On the way to Herzliya

Herzliya Israel - Google Search

Herzliya is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and…

Herzliya Pituach

Herzliya Pituach - Google Search

Herzliya Pituach (Hebrew: הרצליה פיתוח) is an affluent beachfront neighbourhood in the western part of the city of Herzliya, Israel, in the Tel Aviv District.

Phillip & Rochelle Levy in Ra’anana

August 18, 2023

Israel Day 2

20 July 2023

Visiting Sorrel near Kiryat Malachi

שיכון חדש · Azor, Israel

Azor, Israel

Back to Tel Aviv

Jaffa Tayelet

Jaffa - Google Search

Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo and in Arabic Yafa (Arabic: يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, is an ancient Levantine port city founded by the Canaanites that…

Abulafia Bakery - Google Search

Aug 4, 2023 — Abulafia is an old style bakery, they have great big brick ovens and are a white flour institution, you will not find whole grain there. They…

Jaffa

Evan

August 18, 2023

Israel Day 1

Riga to Tel Aviv

19 July 2023

Overnight flight and sleepy!

Arrival!

Ben Gurion Airport - Google Search

Ben Gurion Airport Yours and for you, ever since. Arrivals Departures. Think ahead, plan your trip. Terminal 3 Terminal 1. Terminal 3. Parking Terminal 3.

Lev Tel Aviv – 19 July 2023

Lev Tel Aviv - Google Search

Lev Tel Aviv (Dizengoff Center) ... Address. Dizengoff Center 50 Dizengoff st., Tel Aviv 3rd floor ... whatsapp. To join lev Tel-Aviv’s WhatsApp group press.

Nephew Eytan & Niece Nicci

Kiryat Malachi

Kiryat Malachi - Google Search

Kiryat Malakhi is a city in the Southern District of Israel, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Ashkelon. In 2021 it had a population of 25,022.

Retirement home

My sister Sorrel

Neve Tsedek

Kiryat Malachi - Google Search

Kiryat Malakhi is a city in the Southern District of Israel, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Ashkelon. In 2021 it had a population of 25,022.

Charles Clore Beach

Charles Clore Beach - Google Search

Charles Clore Beach is conservative and very isolated which gives you a feeling of tranquility. The beach located around the park named after Charles Clore.

Carmel Market

Carmel Market Tel Aviv - Google Search

The Carmel Market (the Shuk HaCarmel) is the largest market – or shuk – in Tel Aviv. It’s a vibrant marketplace where traders sell everything from clothing…

Beit Shtraus Area

Beit Shtraus Area Tel Aviv - Google Search

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Lev Tel Aviv

Neve Tsedek

Florentin

Florentin Tel Aviv - Google Search

Neighborhood in Tel Aviv, Israel

August 13, 2023

Five Hours in Riga

18 July 2023

Breakfast at Hotel Conti in Vilnius

Change in flight schedule means I can spend five hours in Riga, on my way to Tel Aviv

Riga International Airport - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bus from airport to Old Town – Vecriga

A walk around Riga – a map of the area

The building my grandfather, Socher Zeldin, lived in a hundred years ago.

Riga Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral - Google Search

Riga Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral

Freedom Monument Riga - Google Search

The Freedom Monument (Latvian: Brīvības piemineklis), is located in Riga, Latvia, honouring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence…

Vecrīga - Google Search

Vecrīga (“Old Riga”) is the historical center and a neighbourhood (as Vecpilsēta) of Riga, Latvia, located in the Central District on the east side of…

OLD RIGA HOTEL VECRIGA | ⋆⋆⋆⋆ | LATVIA | SEASON DEALS FROM €290

Hotel Old Riga Vecriga Riga - 4 star hotel. This 4-star Old Riga Boutique Hotel “Vecriga” is situated close to Powder Tower and offers airport shuttle bus service, 24 hour front desk assistance and …

Stayed here a few times

Walking the Old Town

House of the Blackheads (Riga) - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St Peter’s Church Riga - Google Search

Petrikirche) is a Lutheran church in Riga, the capital of Latvia, dedicated to Saint Peter. It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia.

Peitav Synagogue - Google Search

The Peitav Synagogue or Peitav-Shul is the only synagogue in Riga to have survived the Holocaust and to be currently active. It is a center of the Latvian…

Riga Marketplace - Google Search

Marketplace is a convenient destination on Facebook to discover, buy and sell items with people in your community.

Riga Soviet Tower - Google Search

Latvian Riflemen Monument

Ruins of the Choral Synagogue

This synagogue was completed in 1871 but it was burned down on 4th July 1941 after the Nazi German occupation of Riga. 20 Jews were locked and killed in the basement. Only ruins, a metal menorah, and a memorial stone remain. A memorial to Zanis Lipke and other Latvians who saved hundreds of Jews is…

Back to the airport – on way to Tel Aviv

August 13, 2023August 13, 2023

Kaunas, Ziezmariai & Vilnius

17 July 2023

Kaunas - Google Search

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the…

Choraline Synagogue Kaunas - Google Search

Kaunas Synagogue (Lithuanian: Kauno choralinė sinagoga) is one of two operating choral synagogues in Lithuania. It is located in Centras eldership, Kaunas.

Kaunas Old Town - Google Search

A nice old town with beautiful architecture.A lot of cafes and restaurants with good food quality .Very quiet never crowded so no need for reservations…

Avraham Mapu Kaunas - Google Search

Abraham Mapu (1808 in Vilijampolė, Kaunas – 1867 in Königsberg, Prussia) was a Lithuanian novelist. He wrote in Hebrew as part of the Haskalah…

Ziezmariai - Google Search

Žiežmariai ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city in the Kaišiadorys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Kaišiadorys.

Hotel Conti Vilnius - Google Search

Conti Hotel | Check prices for your dates

Tolerance Education Centre Lithuania - Google Search

The Network of Tolerance Education Centers is the unique educational project in Lithuania. The creation of the network has started in 2003.

Meeting with Ingrida Vilkiene

Jewish Vilnius - Google Search

Vilnius’ Jewish population today is 5,000, a mere five percent of what it once was. The country is home to but 6,500 Jews, some 200 of whom are Holocaust…

Choral Synagogue Vilnius - Google Search

The Choral Synagogue of Vilnius (Lithuanian: Vilniaus choralinė sinagoga) is the only synagogue in Vilnius that is still in use. The other synagogues were…

Vilnius Old Town - Google Search

The Old Town of Vilnius one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres).

August 12, 2023August 12, 2023

Kedainiai, Seduva & Krakes

16 July 2023

Josvainiai Lithuania - Google Search

Josvainiai is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Šušvė River 10 km southwest from Kėdainiai.

With Laima Ardaviciene and Harry Gorfine

Kedainiai Jewish Cemetery - Google Search

CEMETERY: Kedainiai has two Jewish cemeteries, just outside town. The old one, founded in the 18th century, was destroyed, has no gravestones,…

Harry & Laima doing maintenance

Daukšiai

On Thursday August 28, 1941, a group of over 2,000 Jewish men, women and children from Kėdainiai and the nearby settlements of Šėta and Žeimiai were marched to the hamlet of Daukšiai approximately 5km north of the town centre and shot in small batches by 20 Lithuanian volunteers. The corpses we

Lost Shtetl

A world-class institution, the Lost Shtetl Museum, will open its doors in Šeduva in 2023. “Shtetl” is the Yiddish word for small town, and the name Lost Shtetl Museum was chosen to reflect the disappearance of Jewish communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust in Lithuania and throughout Ea…

Update on opening of Lost Shetl: now in Summer 2024

Seduva - Google Search

Šeduva is a town in the Radviliškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 18 km east of Radviliškis.
Šeduva was an agricultural town dealing in cereals, flax and linseed, pigs and geese and horses, at the site of a royal estate and beside a road from Kaunas to Riga. Wikipedia

Windmill Restaurant Seduva - Google Search

Jewish settlers in Lithuania - Seduva, Darbenai, Kedainiai, Ukmerge, ... The wooden mill has burned down, but the brick windmill built in its place,…

Krakes Lithuania - Google Search

Krake, Krakes, Krakiu, Krakių, Krakės, Kroki, Кракес · Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.