Saturday, July 25, 2015

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.

Friday, July 10, 2015

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

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

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