From the Jewish Heritage Travel Blog
Pašticada Jevrejska: Croatian Jewish Beef Stew Recipe
Croatian pašticada is a braised beef dish often served for Shabbat or holidays.
The Physics Rabbi of Los Alamos
A missive from the physics rabbi shares proof that science and religion can be paired (don’t panic – no involved equations!)
A Passover Matzo-Cheese Kugel
This Passover Matzo-Cheese Kugel comes from the mother of one of our team members.
10 Facts About Portugal’s Jewish Heritage
Here’s a little collection of 10 facts about Portugal’s Jewish heritage (that many of us don’t know):
Bringing People Together: Jewish Heritage Travel in Poland
Scholar Lynne Feldman shares her personal connection to Poland and reflects on the significance of Jewish travelers coming together and sharing our stories.
Hamentaschen Home on the Range
Although hamantaschen are the most commonly known Purim pastry in America, it wasn't until the 1960s and ’70s that the cookies gained their association with Haman’s tri-pointed hat.
80 Years Since the Liberation of Auschwitz
Lynne Feldman’s offers educational insights in this brief video from Teach the Shoah.
Skip the Palace: Sneak Peaks of Anglo-Jewish London
An engaging 5-minute video, with Jewish Heritage Travel scholar Rachel Kolsky, brings the Anglo-Jewish side of London to life.
Inspiring Soups for the Jewish Soul
A cold snap ma have us rushing to fill pots with stocks, meats, and veggies to recreate Bubbe’s secret recipes. If you’re wanting to try something new, look no further!
Jung and the Jewish Experience: A Book by Jewish Heritage Travel’s Founder
In Jung and the Jewish Experience, Aryeh Maidenbaum, a Jungian analyst and co-director of the New York Center for Jungian Studies, brings a Jungian understanding to a selection of Jewish topics and stories, interspersed with anecdotes from his own life.
A Surprising Visit to Mexico City’s JCC
When Jewish Heritage Travel staff member Sarah Litvin visited Mexico City for a friend’s birthday, she decided to take advantage of the opportunity to meet up with the scholar for our tours there, Jacobo Raijman. He suggested a visit to the JCC.
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.
