What Happened to my Scandinavia? Part III: Sweden Published on June 1, 2016July 27, 2016 / Temple Beth EL Posted in Rabbi's Travel Blog Continue reading Stockholm felt more alive to me than the other Scandinavia capitals and, of the three, it has the largest Jewish […]
What Happened to my Scandinavia? Part II: Finland Published on June 1, 2016July 27, 2016 / Temple Beth EL Posted in Rabbi's Travel Blog Continue reading The story of the Jews in Finland is unique: During the Holocaust not one Finnish Jew was deported or killed. […]
What Happened to My Scandinavia? Part I: Norway Published on June 1, 2016July 27, 2016 / Temple Beth EL Posted in Rabbi's Travel Blog Continue reading What follows is a sad story. I visited Scandinavia for the first time in 1984, having been invited by the […]
Cuba Published on June 1, 2016July 27, 2016 / Temple Beth EL Posted in Rabbi's Travel Blog Continue reading I went on a hunger strike in order to leave the Soviet Union. I was willing to die to get […]