Recent Reviews

I've been writing some reviews in my free time lately since the Jurotrip.

Check out my review of the Third Watch Season 2 DVDs at Chud.com

and the extremely Judeo-centric new Coen Brothers film, 'A Serious Man' write up that I did for frumsatire.net.


More soon...

Continued Research

Haven't posted in a while but I have been doing a ton of research into where to go next and what to pursue. With Jews in every corner of the globe, and a history that ties us to just about every country, it's hard to decide "what next?"

I highly recommend a book by Allan Levine called "Scattered Among The Peoples" for anyone (like me) who is interested in a brief rundown of Jews from Spain to the USA and every point in between from 1492 to 1967.

Also, for a laugh, check out this site for the Kosher restaurant in Japan, which has sushi "coming soon".

Look for more updates soon on more developments of the next Jurotrip.

Episode 11 - Paris, France

Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBO3-q7aoA4

This is the double sized finale of the initial series of Jurotrip episodes. More info and additional goodies will be posted here soon about the future of Jurotrip, so thanks for watching and in the meantime please spread this around and get more people interested!

Episode 10 - Venice, Italy

Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpxrkn0-0ng

This is the end of the cruise, but not the Jurotrip! Next week bring Paris, France!

Episode 09 - Dubrovnik, Croatia

Direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWuGo5WPITU

Community in Corfu

In the courtyard behind the Synagogue of Corfu, Greece:

(above) A shulchan (table) where bodies would be ritually purified for burial.

The walled up doorway in the background is the former entrance to the mikvah (ritual bath) for the community. The mikvah is no longer in operation.

(below) The bombed out remnants of the school behind the Synagogue. Until WWII, the building was a thriving Jewish school for the community.

The poles in the foreground are for the sukkah in the courtyard of the Synagogue.

Episode 08 - Corfu, Greece

Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfyGZScBtWQ

Episode 07 - Katakolon, Greece

Alternate link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9hOaFQyakQ

Episode 06 - Navplion, Greece

For those that have trouble loading, the direct link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ek1P2noh8

Judaism in Corinth

You will notice a distinct lack of Jewish content in Episode Six - Navplion, Greece.

While there has been a Jewish presence in Greece for Millennia, predominantly the Romaniote Jews, on this particular day we only visited one location that had any Jewish history to it.

The Jews of Corinth are long gone, wiped out or moved to other communities. This picture represents the only record of their existence I came upon in my time there.

For ancient Jews, the symbol of the Menorah (candelabra) and lulav (palm branch) with etrog (citrus) were what we would today equate with the "star of David".

Episode 05 - Sicily, Italy

If you have trouble loading it here in HD, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChMSMglSJEo.

Episode 04 - Rome, Italy

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