Traveling is all about getting away from the usual experiences you have at home. It’s all about spending a different kind of day and embracing new experiences. Unexpected turnouts and awesome moments await you when you go on a getaway. Getting a planned time off from work is good for the soul to retrace its center, or whatever people may call it, and that is why a lot of travelers often travel alone. To some that prefer traveling with a group, the experience is entirely different. When people go on exciting kosher river cruises like the ones organized by Kosher River Cruise, it’s always a good idea to go with friends. A lot of people may think that traveling with a group is a complete riot, but compared to going on cruises alone, traveling with friends is much safer. That secure feeling you get knowing someone has your back is just one of the many joys of traveling with a group. Here are some more reasons to travel with a group: You Are Never Bored With Friends When you’re traveling with your closest friends or your day ones, traveling is sure to be a blast. Imagine going on three nights on a cruise ship without someone to talk to. Drinking all by yourself is sad enough to think about. Sure, there are a lot of friendly people in Jewish cruises, but a lot of them come in groups. Going with your BFFLs (best friends for life!) means you get to spend quality time with them. You can agree to go on exciting excursions, or team up and be an unstoppable group when you join onboard activities. It’s always nice to have someone to laugh with over drinks, and it’s always awesome to dominate a hot tub with the clique. It’s Easier to Meet New People When You’re With Someone Guests on Jewish cruises usually prefer these types of getaways to mingle with like-minded people. If you’re seated with another group, you become less shy to speak with them first when you’re with your own friends. All these minglings become more exciting when you find out more about each other. Who knows? You may find something in common or something unique. Everybody always has that friend who is always late, or drinks too much, or is the life of the party. Meeting new personalities with your friends expands the adventure. It’s not only a time to explore new places, but new personalities as well. You can either keep these new connections, or if it goes south, you can always go back to your friends. You Still Have Time to Go on a Solo Adventure One bonus feature when traveling with a group is the fact that you can choose whether you wanna go with them or not. When you’re on a seven-day cruise, for example, give yourself time and go on a solo adventure. Other people in the group would have time to do the same thing. If you’ve bumped into awesome stuff, you get to talk about it with them. If, on the other hand, you get into tricky situations, you have someone you could call. This feature is not available for solo travelers and is exclusive to travelers that go in groups. Gaining new experiences is much more awesome when you got someone to share it with. There are a lot of things a group can do that a solo traveler can only envy about. While traveling solo presents other benefits, traveling with a group is an entirely different thing. From group discounts to experiences only available to groups, there are a lot of things you can do when you got strength in numbers. Assemble the group now, plan that next trip, and check off that big squad goal you and your friends have been craving so long for as you go on one of Kosher River Cruise unique cruises.
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How many weeks has it been since you’ve been cooped up at home? The global outbreak of the novel coronavirus has affected many outdoor activities, like congregations and Jewish cruises. In times of uncertainty and distress, it does well to have faith and something to occupy your time. Some people put themselves at risk everyday by working essential jobs outdoors, while others do their part by either dutifully working at home (if their jobs allow it) or by not going outside at all. Whatever you’re doing right now, it’s good not to let the amenities taken away by the pandemic get you down. Let’s try to cheer you up by giving you a few fascinating pieces of Jewish historical trivia. What’s Up with the Bird’s Head Haggadah? Passover has been celebrated for as long as Jews have practiced the Seder, where the haggadah is read. Chances are, you’ve just finished putting your family haggadah back in its place on the shelf, until the next year that it will be used. However, have you ever heard about the Bird’s Head Haggadah, a Jewish text in the Middle Ages that has all the hallmarks of a traditional haggadah, except for the fact that all the Jewish figures depicted within have bird-like heads with hair, like that of a lion. It would be easy to dismiss this peculiar haggadah as the work of antisemitic propagandists, but all the details within (the preparation of the matzah, the accurate words and language, and the generally beniegn depiction of medieval Jewish life) present it as something truly Jewish. Professor Marc Michael Epstein suggested that the Jews in the haggadah are depicted as griffins, mythical creatures with connotations to nobility and honor. Interesting, isn’t it? The Jewish Connection in Jamaica When one thinks of Jamaica, one doesn’t usually imagine a place of Jewish heritage. However, as evident by the Shaare Shalom, the sole synagogue in Jamaica, there is an evidently historical Jewish context to this island. When Spain expelled its Jewish population in 1492, some Sephardic Jews fled to Jamaica, far away from the cruelty waiting for them on the mainland. Over time, as persecution (relatively) lessened in the area, more Jews began to live in the island, to the point that a part of Port Royal (before it was destroyed by an earthquake) was known as Jew Street. Jamaica would be a great place for a Glatt Kosher Tour one day. It is easy to feel the tug of despair in today’s environment. This is why keeping to faith and finding ways to pass the time are important. The great indoors might not feel so great when you think too much about what you can’t do in the world outside for the time being, like visiting synagogues, going out with friends or planning Glatt Kosher Tours. However, if you dedicate yourself to doing productive and uplifting things while indoors, you can surely get through this global quarantine in one piece together with your family. Here are a few Jewish things that you can do while waiting for the world to become all clear again. Explore the Works of Jewish Artists Are you familiar with the poem “The New Colossus?” This poem single-handedly changed the context of the Statue of Liberty, solidifying it as a beacon of hope for the many immigrants seeking a new home in the United States, including Jews who sought to flee the oppression in their original countries. Emma Lazarus, the writer of this poem, was a Jewish American author, and this sonnet is not her only claim to fame. She wrote many other poems, a good number of which focused on Jewish life. Her collection, Songs of a Semite (1882) is one such example of her explorations on the Jewish experience in America. Emma Lazarus is but one Jewish artist whose work you can explore while cooped up indoors. However, her somber yet resolute verses are a good start. Trace your Heritage Across the Centuries As per the Haggadah, we remember the struggle of our ancestors against Egyptian slavery, and how we eventually triumphed. However, the space between then and now is a vast gulf of Jewish legacy, entwined with the complicated histories of countries and nations, a frontier that you can explore. Have you ever wondered where your great grandparents lived, or the origin of that one Passover recipe you always looked forward to savoring? By conversing with your elders or consulting your old family records, you might discover that your ancestors were Sephardic traders, expelled from Spain by the monarchs and forced to eke out an existence in other nations, such as Amsterdam or America. You might even discover that your grandmother fought as a partisan against the Nazis in World War 2, or that you have distant relatives among the chocolatiers of France. While you can’t go on Kosher Vacations at the moment, you can travel through time by rediscovering your ancestor’s stories, their struggles, and their triumphs. Like the Seder reading during Passover, you can learn from the past to give you strength in the present, to let you move on to the future.
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