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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 , , on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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? 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 , , , 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 [...]

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My Chinese Love Affair

Posted in Asia Travel, Daybook, On Food & Drink, On Judaism, On Too Much Information, tagged , , , on January 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »

There’s one of those memes going around on Facebook right now called “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me”, in which you’re supposed to list, well, 25 little known facts about yourself. I’ve been tagged but haven’t participated because I over think things: I don’t know who knows what about me, and the mental macrame [...]

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The Jewish Pirate of Barbados?

Posted in Daybook, On History, On Judaism, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands, tagged , , , on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I’m waiting in the airport in Barbados to fly home, but I thought this was pretty funny.
I spent some time yesterday at the Nidhe Israel Museum, Synagogue, cemetery and archaeological site in Bridgetown, for an upcoming story. Michael Stoner, the archaeologist on the site, told me that ever since Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean by [...]

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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! [...]

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Live Like Anne Frank –& Other Strange Travel Fantasies –The Huffington Post, 11/19/2008

Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Culture & Trends, On Judaism, On Places & Travel, Travel to Europe on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In Amsterdam, there is a two-bedroom apartment for rent, just opposite the Anne Frank House.
This is the place, of course, where the Frank family hid from the Nazis
for two years, until they were betrayed, arrested, and transported to
concentration camps. Good family fun.
So, naturally, you can see why this particular apartment would tout the idea of [...]

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