July 2012

Viena, I almost left you. Twice. First time you tricked me with a pub crawl but instead, I went to see the Shoenfield castle, where… Read More »A night in a Vienna Yeshiva

At 2am, having purchased the ticket for the ferry to the Island Chios, I was in bed as Mehmet, Bulent (Mehmet’s father) and I would… Read More »Enter Vienna: Yes You Can

      I took the hard easy way out. I’ve been searching all the normal places for Jewish life and failing in many ways to… Read More »Margaritas in Babyl On, Ismir Turkey

I’m in Odessa. The second homeland of the Jews. I have seen a dozen or so getting off the train from Simferopol. Before I arrived… Read More »No crime in Crimea just emerald water.

Near Bessarabian Market, where Golda Meir was born. Kyiv, Kiev, Kieff.. capital of Old Russia.  The city seems small and yet you can keep discovering… Read More »Kiev, Kieff, Kieff