The canyon approach to Petra (Photos: Mike Altman,
Baruch and Mimi Tanaman)
The Treasury, Petra’s most famous facade
Ancient mosaic
church-floor map detailing
the columns along
Jerusalem's Cardo
An oasis of
souvenirs
in the
Wadi Rum
desert
Sights of Petra, from simple homes to palatial tombs, all carved into the mountainsides
Echoes of
ancient desert
caravans
The whole happy ESRA group in Jordan's Wadi Rum desert
There are some countries that as soon as you enter, you feel...
The Museum wing named after Sammy Ofer (Photo: Lydia Aisenberg )
The bust of Israeli shipping magnate Sammy Ofer in the National Maritime Museum, London (Photo: Flickr)
During a recent sojourn to London, I included a visit to Gre...
Negotiating one of the many locks
Henry Gild (left) and family enjoying a meal on board narrow boat Martha
Story and photos by Henry GildMy wife Chippy and mysel...
Grandpa and Yirmy in the Natural History Museum, London, looking at all that
remains of the poor, defenseless Dodo
Grandpa Mike and Yirmy Porter ... with Harry Potter somewhere in London’s Palace Theater behind them
Barmitzvah treat for grandsonSome months ago Yirmy turned 13...
Hitting the road ...Dani Margolis (center) with father Phil, brother Ilan, and the VW camper bus
To say that Leeds-born Israeli educator and tour guide Dani ...
Traditional Chinese medical herbs section in a store on Kowloon’s Nathan Road
Feeling hungry? Late night food served in a street booth in Kowloon
Casino Lisboa on Macao island . . . the gambling capital of the world with 38 casinos
We think Taiwan is our next holiday destination. Ruti ...
Hindu temple in Singapore
Gardens at Flower Dome
Jurong Bird Park
Merlion, the official mascot of Singapore
In my many trips to the Far East, while flying to my d...
Mike Porter enjoying his
Greek holiday
Our Greek holiday began smoothly. July 13: we – grandfather,...
Depicting the 1960s and the famous Post Office Tower which opened in 1965
Stand and deliver . . . the postal past
Modes of transport
How the delivery of mail changed over the years
Penny Black was
the world’s first
adhesive stamp
Story and photos by Lydia AisenbergA visit to the Postal Mus...
General view of the Lower Himalayas
A Tibetan student
The meal at the Chabad House
Dumplings ...Tibetan street food
The colorful lobby of the hotel in Mcleodganj, a village next to Dharamshala
Story and photos by Marion StoneAfter travelling all da...
Thumbing a lift:
A young Mike
Porter in France
Oslo 1955: “I meet my first Israelis,”
says Mike Porter who took the photo
The winter of 1955 was a hard one, even for Europe. Blocks o...
Pompei inspired painted tiles
Rooftop Biblical hideaway
In the heart of Cardiff, the capital of Wales, sits an impre...
The Jain Temple at Chendamangalam.Story and photos by Vera Freudmann
A bridal couple on the morning of their wedding
The Ark in a synagogue in Cochin, Kerala
Holiday high point ... the Freudmanns at the Taj Mahal
Indian women happy to pose in typically colorful dress
Mumbai, where every day is washday in the world’s largest outdoor laundry
India was one of those places that my husband and I ag...
Hamam Yehudi.Story and photos by Buzzy Gordon
The Holocaust memorial sculpture in Saloniki
The interior of Yad Lazikaron Synagogue
A gravestone (museum exhibit)
Ladadika. Saloniki's Jews were so critical to running the city's seaport that it closed on Shabbat
Greece's second largest city and environs have a lot to offe...
The Heydar Aliev Museum is in the shape of a reclining figure 8.
Photos: Ruti Porter
The caravanserai in Sheki
Exterior of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
Ruti had been reading about Baku and had chosen Azerbaijan's...
