My story about Jewish history in Barbados is up on the Huffington Post. Here are some pictures from my reporting.
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Jewish Barbados? Images to Accompany my Huffington Post Piece
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Culture & Trends, On History, On Judaism, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands, Uncategorized, tagged jewish, religion, travel on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jewish Barbados? Reading about Pirates, Rum and Slavery
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Culture & Trends, On History, On Judaism, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands, tagged jewish travel, religion, reviews, travel on March 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I had a great time doing the background reading for my piece on Jewish Barbados, which is now up on the Huffington Post. Here are my suggestions to learn more.
For more on Jewish history in the Caribbean, check out Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean, by Edward Kritzler, (Doubleday 2008). Lately, visitors to the Nidhe Israel [...]
Petit St Vincent Helps Guest Unwind — The Street.com 2/18/09
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Usually, by the time my Street.com column runs on a given destination, I’m in very different scenery –either home in New York, or else in a totally different part of the world.
Well, today is a rare exception, since I’m posting my column on Petit St. Vincent in the Grenadines, from my ocean-view room at Four [...]
Going Off Grid, It Ain’t Easy
Posted in Travel to Islands on January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So I am here on Petit St.Vincent, where I was supposed to be on an enforced media fast: no cell phone, no BlackBerry, no internet. Out of force of habit, and because my phone is my watch, I looked at good ol’ BlackBerry on arrival day before yesterday, and there it was: a full signal.
Turns [...]
I’m Going Off the Grid
Posted in Daybook, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow, I’m leaving for Petit St. Vincent, in the Grenadines. On this island, I will have no: telephone, internet connection, BlackBerry service. But I am going with Phil (my husband) and it will be interesting to see how we do without any telecom to interrupt our quality time.
For the first time since I did a [...]
Daybook: Jewish Pirates Ahoy! Or Just, Oy.
Posted in Daybook, On Adventure, On Judaism, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands, Travel to Latin America on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m getting started on background research for a piece about Barbados, and came across this book which published earlier this week: Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom–and Revenge by Edward Kritzler.
Jewish pirates –oh what fun! [...]
Daybook: The Real Robinson Crusoe
Posted in Daybook, On History, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands, tagged Puerto Rico, Robinson Crusoe, travel on November 1, 2008 | Comments Off
Winter Scuba: Time to Get Tanked–The Street, 10/21/2008
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, Asia Travel, On Adventure, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands, Travel to Latin America on October 24, 2008 | Comments Off
Barbados: Drink in the the History and the Rum –The Street, 10/3/08
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Food & Drink, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands on October 6, 2008 | Comments Off
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