From the Jewish Heritage Travel Blog
Ropa Vieja Recipe — Brisket, Cuban Style!
Writer Jennifer Stempel provides a delightful perspective on her Jewish-Cuban identity and shares a family recipe for Ropa Vieja, which, she says, is the Cuban answer to a traditional Jewish brisket.
Why Jewish Travel Matters — A Conversation with a Few of Our Scholars
Jewish Heritage Travel sat down with a few of our accompanying scholars to hear their thoughts on why we must visit the lands of the diaspora — the kind of enlightening discourse and guidance our scholars provide on each and every one of our trips.
Morocco’s Jewish History: Highlights from a Scholar
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller spoke to Jewish heritage travelers about this remarkable and unique country.
A Warming Polish Cinnamon Kugel Recipe
For over a thousand years, Jewish communities in Poland developed their own unique styles of cooking, blending Ashkenazi Jewish culinary traditions with local Polish ingredients and techniques.
History of Moroccan Jews
Broaden your knowledge of Jews in war-time North Africa with this lecture.
The Cable Street Mural: Another Side of London
The Cable Street Mural, located in London's East End, commemorates the Battle of Cable Street
Explore Morocco
The Jewish Heritage Travel staff has prepared a cultural primer with photography, biography, travel writing, film, and more…
Explore Polish Culture
Jewish Heritage Travel regularly takes travelers to Poland. Our staff has compiled a few novels, poems, and movies as a head start — to help you explore Polish culture, remember its Jewish history, and get excited about an historical learning adventure.
The Gaon of Vilna
Since the venerable sage, born in 1720, is about to celebrate his 303rd birthday this April, here are just a few tales about one of European Judaism’s most influential figures.
Who gets the credit?
The survival of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews is something most of us have heard about, but who deserves the credit?
Whose is this song?
A haunting melody, Usküdara, Fel shara or Terk in America, is known everywhere. But where does it from?
The 1943 Rescue Of Denmark’s Jews: Danish Fishermen Ferry Survivors to Safe Shores
In October of 1943, an extraordinary rescue plan brought 7,000 of Denmark’s Jews to safety — a resistance and rescue mission that saved a majority of the country’s Jews from the Nazis.
500-year-old Sephardic Recipes Brought a Network of Cousins Together.
“We ate, that’s how we communicated.”
From Patras to Baltimore…
The pair raised their children in a tiny Jewish community with only 265 members — until WWII…
Jewish Refugees in Portugal
Learn about a little-known chapter of Jewish history from award-winning historian Marion Kaplan.
Discover New York’s First Jewish Settler
Some say New York's very first Jewish pioneer was Jacob Barsimon, in 1654. Find out more about New York's first Jew!
Curious about a classic NYC beverage?
The mysterious Egg Cream, which some say originated on the Lower East Side among Eastern European Jewish immigrants, somehow contains neither eggs nor cream.
