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Whether you are religious or not, Shabbat in Israel is a special experience. Tel Aviv, where we are right now, is very different from Shabbat in Jerusalem where we will be next week. On Shabbat, although in Tel Aviv, many … Continue reading →

It’s a really long way to travel – from Salt Lake City to Israel.  Yes, I know that there are places further away, but the issue isn’t really the distance, it’s how long it takes to travel that distance.  There … Continue reading →

If you are going to Europe and someone recommends renting a car or van from a place called EuroStyle don’t take their advice. I don’t know if they have locations other than in Warsaw near the airport. We rented a … Continue reading →

Now that the Jewish holidays are almost over (one more set is coming up this Monday and Tuesday, I wanted to post about events in October 1941 coinciding (very deliberately) with the end of Sukkot on Hoshana Rabba in Stanislawow, … Continue reading →

We had a phenomenal time at the Kiev archives.  The archivists were welcoming and gave us a terrific tour.  We’ve been really fortunate in our visits to various archives. Archivists have been welcoming, eager to speak with us about their … Continue reading →

On the way to Kovel last night, I got a text message from Phyllis Grossman. Phyllis was one of my co-chairs for the IAJGS 2016 conference in Seattle and we became good friends while working on the conference.  She attended … Continue reading →

Today was to be a travel day. The best laid plans as they say.  No, I don’t mean we didn’t travel, because we did. We even got to our destination, with no mishaps, well nothing major or damaging in any … Continue reading →

Such a short distance – 80 km from Białystok to Łomża. Driving didn’t seem so short. Actually it was our error. Someone read 30 instead of 80, so the half hour drive to the archives was much longer than half … Continue reading →

We stayed at a pleasant hotel in Suwałki , The Loft. We arrived just ahead of the rain last night. One of the major challenges of a trip like this is balancing the time the travel itself takes with the … Continue reading →