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The Dark Ages

Why would anyone make a vacation out of historical sights of torture and death?

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Courtney Reed, JE Feature

I knew I had to go. But I couldn't say why I wanted to travel to Auschwitz, and why I wanted to do it alone. No one in my family had perished in a concentration camp. I have no Jewish heritage. My relatives did not even fight in World War II. But since adolescence, I have been saturated with brutal...

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Seeing Red Over a Czech Museum

From bagels to Bolsheviks: Summertime for Dubcek and Czechoslovakia?

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Jelena Kopanja

The Museum of Communism rents its space from McDonald's, on one of the busiest streets in Prague. Its neighbor, on the first floor of a beautiful Baroque building, is a casino. Haphazardly thrown into the corners of its rooms are artifacts from the communist years of the former Czechoslovakia (today's Czech Republic): pieces of Soviet airplanes, propaganda posters, a time...

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Oxnard as Outpost for Kosher Winery?

Drink in a great surprise if you're out L.A. way

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George Medovoy, JE Feature

Driving up Highway 101 between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, you'll pass Oxnard, where new housing growth edges out to beautiful beaches and broad farmlands. But what may surprise you is that this central coast city, just 43 miles north of Los Angeles and 11 miles inland from Channel Islands National Park, is also the home of the Baron Herzog...

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Indian Summer

Where better to stop off for a little nosh than Delhi?

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Elyse Glickman, JE Feature

Quite often, when you tell some people you are flying to India, they may assume you're headed to a yoga retreat, you work in high-tech or you're taking an enlightened voluntourism path. However, my path involved a different kind of enlightenment -- exploring the culture of a country that has fascinated me since childhood. By the time I was 10,...

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Singapore Fling

Chopsticks and a choppy schedule on the menu

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Elyse Glickman, JE Feature

Singapore Air not only has to its advantage a great economy class section, but also Singapore itself. Even if your travel plans take you elsewhere in Asia, a long stopover in Singapore lends the perfect opportunity to stretch both body and mind. Though Singapore is a (relatively) small city-state that's big on stuff to do, and you really cannot do...