This April, travel in Argentina and Uruguay with Ariel Goldstein, a veteran tour guide who was born and raised in that region, and Fred Rosenbaum, an award-winning scholar of contemporary Jewish communities.
Buenos Aires, the “Paris of the South,” boasts trendy cafés, glamorous inhabitants and elegant boulevards. Visit the imposing el Obelisco; the colorful immigrant neighborhood of La Boca; San Telmo, home to a lively antiques fair; the Recoleta cemetery, where Evita Peron is buried; and the newly reconstructed Teatro Colón, one of the world’s top opera houses.
The Jewish community, one of the largest in the world, has been an integral part of Buenos Aires for more than a century. Learn of their triumphs and tragedies and participate in a Shabbat service and dinner with local Jews.
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Egypt-Israel Top 10 Audio
Lehrhaus Executive Director Jehon Grist, Lehrhaus Founding Director Fred Rosenbaum, and JCCSF Tour Manager Ariel Goldstein will be leading a tour of Egypt and Israel January 7-18, 2011. Click on the above audio to hear Jehon’s captivating account of Fred’s and his top 10 reasons to go on the trip. Or, feel free to read text of the audio below. Enjoy!
Top 10 List Narrated by Jehon Grist
I’m going to Egypt and Israel next January, and I’d love to take you with me. Now I’ve been to these legendary lands many times, so I really don’t need 10 top reasons to go, but maybe you do. So I and my friend and tour co-leader, Fred Rosenbaum have come up with our top ten:
Weather: Mark Twain said the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco, so that must make San Francisco winters even worse. Not in Egypt: You’ll bask in gentle sunshine that the ancient Egyptians worshipped.
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January 7-18, 2011
Join us for a journey that connects our ancient and modern heritage. Walking in the footsteps of the Pharaohs, we’ll discover the treasures of its fabled past: pyramids you know well (and some you don’t), the masterworks of the Cairo Museum, and the awesome monuments in Luxor of the possible Pharaoh of the Exodus, Ramses II. We’ll also seek out the Jewish community’s more modern heritage and examine the unique geo-political role that Egypt plays in today’s Middle East conflict .
Then, we’ll make our own Exodus to the Promised Land of Israel, exploring sites and museums that reveal the Israelites’ early years, such as the completely renovated and newly reopened Israel Museum. We’ll also visit the spectacular new Rabin Center in Tel Aviv, and the Begin Heritage Center Museum in Jerusalem as we assess the modern peace between Egypt and Israel, and ponder the possibilities for closer ties between these ancient enemies.
Tour Leaders: Lehrhaus Executive Director, Jehon Grist is an Egyptologist. Lehrhaus Founding Director, Fred Rosenbaum has taught Middle-East history at the University of San Francisco and San Francisco State. Ariel Goldstein is the tour manager of the JCCSF.
For more information, please contact Ariel Goldstein at agoldstein@jccsf.org or 415-276-1506.
