A Travel Guide to Jewish Europe by Ben G. Frank

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A Travel Guide to Jewish Europe by Ben G. Frank
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Paperback: 752 pages

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company; 3 edition March 2001

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1565547764

ISBN-13: 978-1565547766

Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds

Reader Reviews
I have now traveled extensively through Europe and toted Frank's guide with me everywhere. Whenever I reach a new country I enjoy reading his account of the history of Jews there, as well as what he has to say on major Jewish sites, architecture and the other facts he offers. However, as a listing of useful reference information such as telephone numbers, addresses, etc., it is woefully short. Too many of his facts are simply out of date. He frequently gives the home phone number of rabbis and others connected with various synagogues rather than those of the shuls themselves. This can make it extremely difficult if not impossible to contact anyone on a Friday morning or afternoon before Shabbos. On the other hand, there are no personalized contacts - he never gives the information for a community liason, for instance, or anyone else who could be of assistance. He has no maps or other means of indicating how close or far things are from a central point or each other; just try and make it around Dublin with this guide and you'll find yourself miles out of town with no easy way back. It frequently becomes clear in his writing that Ben Frank is rather lenient in his halacha. He recommends kosher-style restaurants without valid hashkachah while failing to mention many of those which do. Paris and London are endowed with fabulous Jewish communities and consequently dozens of kosher establishments, but one would never know it from his guide. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)

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