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The weather was glorious for an October day in Belgium. We wanted to take advantage of the beautiful day and spend it outdoors. De Schorre was ...
Germany" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
We had a long stopover in Berlin on our way out of Belgium.
Germany is not my first choice of a country in which to spend the day due to its ...
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We had a full day stopover in Berlin on our way back from Europe to the U.S. I wanted to visit a Synagogue with historical significance.
The New ...
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The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century sandstone gate and landmark with 12 Doric columns decorated with intricate designed scenes on the walls ...
Berlin, Germany" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
After visitng the New Synagogue in Berlin, we continued down the road for about two minutes until we saw the Manbijoupark across the street. We ...
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After eating our lunch in the Monbijoupark we decided to walk along the Spree River on the Spreeuferpromenad before heading to the Brandenburg ...
Genk, Belgium" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
An hour’s drive from Antwerp, Bokrijk is well known for the open air museum where there are historical buildings set up as a town would have ...
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The Stadspark, fondly nicknamed by the locals as the Cholent Park (due to the large number of people visiting on Shabbos afternoon after the ...
Berlin, Germany" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe a Field of Stelae designed by Peter Eisenman. There are 2710 concrete rectangular Steles. The Steles ...
Amsterdam, Netherlands" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
We had one day in the Fall to spend in Amsterdam during our trip to Belgium, although we’d been there for and had already visited all its ...
Antwerp, Belgium" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
The historic popular shopping district in Antwerp is known as the Meir. Located right within the city, both natives and tourists love to visit. ...
Warsaw, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
The Umschlagplatz, the area in Warsaw where the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto were gathered in order to be deported to Treblinka Concentration ...
Krakow, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
I find The Kazimierz, the Jewish Historical area of Krakow, intriguing. Since Krakow was not destroyed during World War II, there are a few ...
On the way from Warsaw to Lublin, we made a stop in the town of Gora Kalwaria, better known in the Chassidic circles as the city of Ger. Even ...
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The plaque outside is what distinguishes the nondescript stone building which housed Sara Schenirer Seminary from the rest of them on the ...
Krakow, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
On a regular looking sidewalk between buildings on Lwowska in Krakow stands the 12 meter remnant of the original Krakow Ghetto Wall. In 1983 a ...
Tarnow, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
About an hour’s drive from Krakow in the Zbylitowska Góra neighborhood just outside the Tarnow is one of the saddest monuments of the Holocaust, ...
Oświęcim, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
It is jarring to see how Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration and death camps have become museums for people to visit. Since there are crowds of ...
Krakow, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
We had a very limited amount of time during our visit to Krakow, but we did not want to leave without seeing the building of the legendary Oskar ...
Krakow,Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
It was nighttime when we went to the site of the Plaszow Concentration Camp, but we didn’t miss out on much since the German’s destroyed the ...
LeĹĽajsk, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
There is something uplifting and almost magical at the grave of Reb Elimelech of Lizensk. The electrifying feeling of positivity and ...
Krakow, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
Krakow for You Boat Tours offer a variety of tours on the Vestula River, from half hour loop tours to 3.5 hour tours. The prices are not very ...
Krakow, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
It is hard to miss the Wawel Royal Castle located on a hill in the center of Krakow. It rises majestically above the city. The Wawel is divided ...
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When travelling in Europe or to Israel I like to sneak in a long stopover in another country in order to get to see new places. Last time, we ...
Lublin, Poland" width="333" height="250" data-ratio="0.75075075075075"/>
Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin is the original Yeshiva Building built in 1930 used for Rav Meir Shapiro’s Yeshiva. Rav Meir Shapiro was most famous as ...
Lublin, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
The Majdanek Concentration Camp in the Southeast outskirts of Lublin was our first experience of seeing the grounds of an actual concentration ...
Lublin, Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
Located on a hill and surrounded by a tall brick wall, the Old Jewish Cemetery in Lublin is the oldest cemetery in Poland still in existence. ...
Poland" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
Krakow is a charming European city, a mix of old and new. The city survived World War II, remaining intact and at the same time there are new ...
Aixe Les Bains, France" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
Located in the province of Savoie, Aixe Les Bains is a picturesque town in situated between two mountains. We stopped in Aixe Les Bains for a ...
France" width="400" height="250" data-ratio="0.625"/>
La Plagne, is an area in the French Alps which is divided into small villages, such as Belle Plagne, Plagne Aim 2000, and Plagne Bellecote. ...