Planning a trip to Cuba.

Tourism to Cuba has surged nearly 20 %  this year so if you’re planning a trip or are an arm chair traveler, read “The Scattered Tribe: Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond, “ (Globe Pequot Press) a travel narrative, http://amzn.to/J3Z47T. Also an ebook. Follow me on twitter @bengfrank.

Ah Odessa!

Ah Odessa. Nice to see that despite the terrible civil war in Ukraine, the Jews of Odessa keep up Jewish heritage, and why not. Odessa has a special place in Russian Jewish history, great Jewish writers lived and worked there, it was an enlightened and Zionist city, a unique place, "the only large Russian city they weren't barred from in Czarist times." For more on Odessa, check out my "Klara's Journey," (Marion Street Press) and ":The Scattered Tribe:Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond," (Globe Pequot Press). Follow me on twitter @bengfrank. www.bengfrank.blogspot.com

New Cold War

Whether we call it a new cold war or just tension, we're in for a long standoff with Russia. Never a better time to know the background and history. Check "Klara's Journey," (Marion Street Press) an historical novel,http://amzn.to/13Sp769. and "The Scattered Tribe, Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond," (Globe Pequot Press) )http://amzn.to/J3Z47T. Both ebooks. Wherever books are sold, Follow me on twitter @bengfrank. www.bengfrank.blogspot.com