Episodes

  • Bayreuth uncorked: Beer, wine & stories between synagogues and palaces

    Bayreuth uncorked: Beer, wine & stories between synagogues and palaces
    Sep 15 2025
    Welcome to Bayreuth, a city where baroque beauty, rich brewing traditions, and deep cultural heritage come together. Famous for its beer and Franconian wines, Bayreuth is also home to magnificent architecture, leafy squares, and a story that reaches far beyond its world-renowned opera house. From sipping a local brew in a centuries-old beer garden to standing before the restored old synagogue that bears witness to the city’s Jewish history, Bayreuth offers travelers a journey through taste, time, and tradition. We also hear how the German National Tourist Board presents heritage and modernity in one attractive package.This time:
    • This isn’t Beirut…it’s Bayreuth: where synagogue, steins, and stunning streets await.
    • Where Aperol spritz flows, piazzas come alive, and Bavaria takes on a taste of Italy
    • Bayreuth’s Old Synagogue — a quiet survivor that whispers the city’s Jewish story through its walls
    • German tourism's leading woman — shaping how the world discovers Germany
    • Bayreuth: Blending heritage, culture, and hospitality to shine on the world stage
    • Savor the flavors of Franconia as we sample the region’s finest wines
    • Wagner’s circle silenced Jewish performers — today, the Bayreuth Festival raises its voice to honor them
    • FAQs at your fingertips
    • Take a city beer tour through Bayreuth — from centuries-old breweries to frothy steins that tell the town’s story
    • Raise your glass to the Beer Queen — where hops, heritage, and a royal toast come together.
    • A joyful welcome, brass and drums setting the soundtrack to dinner
    • Michelin-starred chef Alexander Herrmann is larger than life — in personality, passion, and unforgettable plates
    • A farewell to spoons
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Beyond Iconic: Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas

    Beyond Iconic: Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas
    Sep 1 2025
    🎙️ Beyond Iconic: Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas! Join The Jerusalem Post Podcast – Travel Edition, Episode 113, as we set sail on one of the world’s largest cruise ships. From unforgettable family adventures to dazzling shows, cocktails, and cuisine, discover how this Icon Class marvel is redefining travel at sea!
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    51 mins
  • Panama City: Hats, cigars, food, and a pretty big canal

    Panama City: Hats, cigars, food, and a pretty big canal
    Aug 18 2025
    Panama City is a vibrant crossroads of cultures, where colonial ruins and gleaming skyscrapers frame a city shaped by the legendary Panama Canal and centuries of global trade. Its culinary scene blends Afro-Caribbean, Spanish, and Indigenous flavors—best experienced in the bustling markets or over a plate of sancocho in Casco Viejo.

    This time:
    *Walking the city by night and day
    *Get to know a people by their food market
    *It might be the easiest way to legally buy a Cohiba Havana cigar
    *The Panama hat: It ain't what you probably think
    *From Columbus to the present day
    *How to get there? Where to stay? And all the other FAQs *Lula kosher delights in the heart of the old town
    *IMAX, YOUMAX, MORGAN FREEMANMAX
    *Going kosher at the canal
    *The only man to swim the Panama Canal - was that a crocodile?
    *You can Blame Kiki but she is kosher
    *Is that an empanada or are you just pleased to rub my back?
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    52 mins
  • Montenegro's Crown and Coast: A Journey through Cetinje and Budva

    Montenegro's Crown and Coast: A Journey through Cetinje and Budva
    Aug 4 2025
    Montenegro is a jewel on the Adriatic Coast. This Balkan gem offers sun, sea, skiing, history, great food and wine, and a whole bunch of surprises. Mark and David used the Dukley Hotels and Resort as their base, as they discovered Budva, Cetinje and much more besides. This time:
    1. They do sound hungover
    2. Breakfast with a view
    3. Golf carting in historic Cetinje
    4. What's the Montenegro story?
    5. Wine? Thank you very much, sir
    6. A chat with Montenegro Tourism Minister Simonida Kordić
    7. How to get there, the weather and more FAQs
    8. Yugoslava is not a spelling mistake
    9. Narrow alleys and great views from Budva old town
    10. Buoyancy with Bojan at Sea
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Boquete Uncovered: Pumas, Pastries & Panama’s Cloud Forest Jewels

    Boquete Uncovered: Pumas, Pastries & Panama’s Cloud Forest Jewels
    Jul 21 2025
    We travel deep into a tropical cloud forest in stunning Boquete, Panama, where we meet armadillos, sample the world's most expensive coffee bean and visit a small but thriving Jewish community center. This time:
    • Landing on David: Not as painful as it sounds
    • Morton's: A kosher bakery and café in paradise
    • In the footsteps of pumas, pumpkins and CROCS!!!!!!!
    • How to get there, where to stay and the kosher lowdown
    • The world's most expensive coffee. Go on, take a guess!
    • Meeting the cloud-forest rabbi and rebbetzin
    • Bees, butterflies and honey
    Mark and David were guests of Promtur Panama.
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    55 mins
  • Dukley, Montenegro: A stunning view and kosher options too

    Dukley, Montenegro: A stunning view and kosher options too
    Jul 7 2025
    On the shores of the Bay of Budva, on Montenegro's Adriatic Coast, sits the wonderful Dukley Hotels & Resort. Mark and David sample the delights of this vacation paradise, with its private beaches, tip-top amenities, and yes, a year-round kosher restaurant and synagogue. This time:
    • It's an early start for the boys
    • Great kosher breakfast. Phenomenal cheeses.
    • Meet the chef with a story to tell
    • It has to be Chabad: Inside the Budva Jewish Community Center
    • What does Dukley have to offer?
    • Learning the laws of Shabbat and kashrut
    • How to get there? What's the weather like? And more useful tips
    • The jacuzzi and the sea view suite
    • A restaurant on the beach
    • Reflections on a great Dukley Shabbat
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    53 mins
  • Classic Regensburg, Taipei Stopover & the Mysterious Tefillin Case

    Classic Regensburg, Taipei Stopover & the Mysterious Tefillin Case
    Jun 9 2025
    We're delighted to welcome three guests on this episode of the podcast: We quickly stop in Taipei and a small airport in northern China before meeting Olga Bokhonovskaya from Your Jewish Heritage Guide as she takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Regensburg,

    The UNESCO-recognized only authentically-preserved large medieval city in Germany. We learn of the general sites and Regensburg's fascinating millenia-long Jewish story.
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    36 mins
  • Kosher Paradise in Panama

    Kosher Paradise in Panama
    May 19 2025
    Beyond its canal, jungle and rainforests, Panama is manna from heaven for travelers who keep kosher. There are some 50 top-notch kosher eateries to try, the vast majority of them in the capital, Panama City. There's Japanese, steakhouses, fancy bakeries plus one of the largest kosher supermarkets outside of Israel. Mark and David also take you on an unforgettable journey beyond the fine dining and into the 15,000-strong Jewish community to meet its leaders and members. This time:
    • Dutch robots versus humans
    • Soft landing into the Adama (earth)
    • Now that's a pleasant Aroma (not what you are thinking!)
    • Audio perfection in the synagogue
    • One impressive study hall
    • Why Panama? Why Jewish?
    • How to get there? Where to stay? And all the other FAQs
    • Our man in Panama
    • All about the rabbi
    • A different kind of Aria
    • The wonderful Ceci
    • Spice up your life - Japanese style
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    1 hr and 12 mins