In Cuba, Finding a Tiny Corner of Jewish Life CLAUDIA BARLIYA, a 6-year-old Cuban-Jewish girl, stood on a cobblestone street in Trinidad, a small centuries-old city on the south coast of Cuba. A donkey carrying an old man passed behind her; a group of 30...
Bonding on Family Trips, (Without the Parents) In the summer of 2002, Pat Solan, now 66, found herself on a 37-mile rafting trip in the depths of the Grand Canyon. With a guide from Elderhostel, her husband and two of her grandchildren onboard, the raft took on the...
Amateur Archaeologists Get the Dirt on the Past Four families, with members ranging in age from 5 months to 40-something, stood in a semicircle around Yoav Bruck, a 31-year-old Israeli and our archaeological guide for the next three hours. In an effort to define a...
At Your Request, A Bespoke Adventure When was the last time you did something for the first time?” shouted Cindy Read’s friends from down below. Scared and injured with a scraped-up leg, Ms. Read, from Denver, struggled to make it to the top of...
