The densest population in the world today is in Manila Philippines. To get from one part to another it can easily take an… Read More »A Synagogue amongst the millions in Manila

“Amazing things happen when ten men come together to pray.” Beth Shalom Rabbi Micah Hyman I visited five synagogues in one day and yet-only one… Read More »The Meaning of Congregation, San Francisco.

“This is not a museum,” the Rabbi said while I was taking pictures. It’s true; at the museum they don’t allow photographs. I was inside… Read More »Paris Paris Paris Paris

http://www.singaporejews.com/After three days on trains without sleep or shower, I arrived in Singapore. Singapore is not a small Island and it took about an hour… Read More »Dancing Rabbis in Singapore

  Jewish Museum Aside from golden bricks pockmarking sidewalks, a museum a synagogue and chabad, there is hardly a trace of  Hebrews in Oslo. The golden… Read More »Cold Warm Oslo

Photos and Writing (MJS)Editing: Clayton BeachIt’s funny how fate works out. I am partly a Litvak (Lithuania Jew) several generations removed. I didn’t think I’d… Read More »Surprising Vilnius

Belarus was never on the list of places to go, but I have relatives here that I hadn’t seen in a long time, I had to… Read More »Belarus wasn’t on the list

At the “100 Beers” bar a few blocks from my hostel, the bartender poured me a Berliner with foam as light and fluffy as whipcream.  The… Read More »Berlin Reborn