Apr 15, 2015
HAVANA: A MOVEABLE FEAST OF EMOTIONS
At a personal level; Friendships so deep that it is like a tattoo in your heart. Intellectual: discourses with a human face. society at the street level Food Burritos de…
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Apr 15, 2015
AIRBNB IN CUBA: NO DAMOS COMMISSION
Just a few days ago AirBnB, the USA based accommodation sharing agency and app, announced it was adding CUBA to its list of countries. Obviously things are opening up, attracting…
Apr 15, 2015
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM FORT COCHIN IN MALABAR COAST
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM COCHIN DR.YEHUDA, La Habana, Cuba Friday, 20 th March 2015. The morning began brightly enough, Rexy the owner driver of the car arrived promptly at 7 30…
Apr 15, 2015
WHO IS THE OTHER IN JEWISH COCHIN?
Who is the OTHER in COCHIN? Anthropology is about the study of THE OTHER and until recently it has been chez l’autre (in the OTHER’s home). But in light of…
Apr 15, 2015
WARM, FRIENDLY, GENEROUS FRIENDS AND SEDER IN MIAMI
Just a few days ago I was in Fort Cochin, was wondering where I would spend the first night of Pesach! No invitation was forthcoming from Portland, Oregon so I…
Apr 15, 2015
OFFER DIGNITY TO OTHERS AND YOU WILL RECEIVE DIGNITY IN RETURN
Two incidents on my recent travels to the East stand out, emphasizing what my close friend the psychologist AA in La Habana said to me: You thrive on human relationships…
Mar 15, 2015
44 hours of Journey from North American Indians to Indians of India
It took me forty four hours of travel By car from the Indian Reservation to the airport in Omaha, Nebraska and then a short flight to Chicago. Waited for the…
Mar 15, 2015
SWEETNESS COCHIN STYLE
Perhaps I have been living in the west too long or that I have been away too long from countries of my lovers and friends, I am overcome by the…
Mar 15, 2015
GASPAR DA GAMA…FIRST OF THE MANY FOREIGN JEWS ON COCHIN COAST
I had only one purpose looking through the graves at the Grave Island off the coast of Zanzibar. Would I be able to identify any Jewish names amidst the medieval…
Mar 15, 2015
Visiting With Purpose Or Just Passing
VISITING WITH A PURPOSE OR JUST PASSING THROUGH I can recognize two types of Tourists: one group that is passing through, they didn’t come here because they have any special…
Mar 15, 2015
GRATITUDE IN FORT COCHIN
Gratitude in Fort Cochin I am reminded of the line from the French writer, Marcel Ayme: I, said the man, am a Jew As I walked up to the offices…
Mar 15, 2015
AN EXTRAORDINARY WEEK IN THE USA WITH INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
ONE WEEK IN THE USA: A TRAVELOGUE This is a not an ordinary travelogue. I have just spent one week in the USA. I flew in from London on American…