Episodes

  • 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
  • A funny thing happened on the way to...Tales from airports and airplanes

    A funny thing happened on the way to...Tales from airports and airplanes
    May 6 2025
    We've all got some great travel stories to tell. This time Mark and David asked listeners, friends and one or two famous travelers for their funniest, most loveable anecdotes...

    This time:
    • The Amateur Traveler on what to do between flights
    • The Two Flying Boys have a haircut
    • Suhair and the adventures of a giant teddy bear
    • Everything melts in Karen's presence
    • Warren flies a TransAtlantic classic
    • Colin's penchant for Beethoven causes trouble
    • Is Dinesh dying in Melbourne?
    • Stanley takes his tefillin everywhere
    • From panic to singing highs with Irena
    • Mark and David add their own tales of bombs, rabbis and you-know-what at 36,000
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    41 mins
  • Holy Miles: The journeys of traveling Rabbis

    Holy Miles: The journeys of traveling Rabbis
    Apr 21 2025
    Most of us meet rabbis in synagogues, wedding halls, or cemeteries. But in this episode, we hit the road with two rabbis who have taken their faith far beyond the pulpit. First, we meet Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, affectionately known as "The Traveling Rabbi," who has spent decades serving far-flung Jewish communities across Africa. Then, we head to London Heathrow Airport with Rabbi Hershi Vogel, one of the world’s few Jewish airport chaplains, to learn what it means to offer spiritual support in one of the busiest transit hubs on Earth.
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    31 mins
  • Cruising Special IV - China, Celebrity and Crew Life

    Cruising Special IV - China, Celebrity and Crew Life
    Apr 1 2025
    Our latest episode takes you around the world in luxury, unless of course you'd prefer to work below decks.

    This time we get the VIP treatment with Celebrity Cruises, we meet an old friend in a new Far East location with Royal Caribbean International before we go behind the scenes and learn what it's like to work on a cruise ship with Jobs on a Ship.
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    44 mins
  • A spiritual excursion from the deep blue sea to the desert in Abu Dhabi

    A spiritual excursion from the deep blue sea to the desert in Abu Dhabi
    Mar 17 2025
    Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is very different from glitzy Dubai, up the road. Podcast hosts Mark and David discover the beauty of the Middle East's largest mosque and unity in the Abrahamic faiths before heading into the Empty Quarter for some desert fun with Costa excursions. This time:
    • Is it a mosque or a shopping mall?
    • The marble, the mausoleum, the majesty
    • World-record breakers
    • How to get there, where to stay and kosher options
    • *Where Muslims, Christians and Jews come together
    • It's not just a yeshiva thing!
    • What can I do in Abu Dhabi?
    • 4x4 off-roading through the desert
    • David gets a little too close to his camel friends
    • He's so dizzy, his head is spinning like a whirlpool
    • Belly dancing time - surely Mark and David aren't about to...?
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    44 mins
  • Around the Jewish World in 45 minutes

    Around the Jewish World in 45 minutes
    Mar 3 2025
    In four years of podcasting, we've visited a lot of Jewish communities, some of them in places you'd perhaps least expect to find a minyan! In this tour de force, we take you to 10 Jewish locations around the world through chat and music - among them: Salt Spring Island, Canada; Baku, Azerbaijan; Mallorca; Spain; and the very appropriately-named Bridgetown, Barbados.

    Listen. Enjoy. Share!
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    44 mins