I'll be speaking at Broken Sound Hadassah in Boca Raton, FL

I’ll be giving a talk on “Russia and the Ukraine,” at 11 am Friday morning, April 15, at Broken Sound Hadassah,  Boca Raton, FL, Also discussing “Klara’s Journey,” (Marion Street Press) an historical novel and story of “betrayal, drama, and love. I will stress that the origins of the “new Cold War,” can be traced back to the Bolshevik Revolution and the brutal Civil War that followed. http://amzn.to/13Sp769. Available wherever books are sold. Follow me on twitter @bengfrank. www.bengfrank.blogspot.com

Starwood and hotels in Havana. Jewish Community in Cuba.

US hotel company Starwood has become the first American firm to agree a deal with the Cuban authorities since the revolution of 1959.Starwood will renovate and run three hotels in the Cuban capital, BBC reports the BBC. Chk out the latest travel book on the Jewish Community in Havana. "The Scattered Tribe," traveling the diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond, (Globe Pequot Press) http://amzn.to/J3Z47T, ebook Follow me on twitter @bengfrank

My travel article in the Jerusalem Post, on St. Petersburg, Russia.

Check out my travel article in The Jerusalem Post, on St. Petersburg, Russia. http://www.jpost.com/International/St-Petersburg-Russia-city-on-the-Neva-447706. Nearly 100 years ago, the Russian Revolution and the Civil War that followed began in this city. If you're into history as well as a story of "betrayal, high drama, love," read "Klara's Journey," (Marion Street Press), http://amzn.to/13Sp769, wherever books are sold, also, an ebook. Follow me on twitter @bengfrank. www.bengfrank.blogspot.com

Maybe "The Scattered Tribe," someday in Havana, Latest book on Jews in Cuba.

Major publishing houses, such as Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, urge White House and Congress  to end the Cuba  trade embargo  for books and educational materials. Maybe some day “the Scattered Tribe, Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond, (Globe Pequot Press) will appear in Havana, http://amzn.to/J3Z47T.Ebook “The Scattered Tribe,” is the most recent book on Jews in Cuba. Follow me on twitter @bengfrank. www.bengfrank

                                                                    

The more Russia changes,the more it remains the same.

The more Russia changes, the more it remains the same: Pushing itself onto world stage as per Syria and Ukraine. That’s what it also did after the Bolshevik Revolution 100 years ago when Klara Rasputnis fled. Read her story of “betrayal, drama and love” in “Klara’s Journey,” (Marion Street Press) http://amzn.to/13Sp769 ebook, Follow me on twitter, @bengfrank

Second anniversary of Ukraine ousting Yanukovych.

Ukraine is marking the second anniversary of the protest that ousted President Yanukovych.The last three days of the protests were the most violent and more than 70 people were killed. Since those events, Russia has annexed Crimea and armed conflict broke out in the east. Check out “Klara’s Journey,”(Marion Street Press) an historic novel and a story of betrayal, drama and love.” http://amzn.to/13Sp769, wherever books are sold and an ebook.  Follow me on twitter @bengfrank

Israel is destination for India tourists!

Israel is an emerging tourist destination in India and has witnessed a phenomenal growth of 13 per cent in 2015, from 35,000 to 40,000. The India ministry of tourism noted that over 3 million tourists, world-wide, visited Israel last year. For more on Incredible India and its small but vibrant Jewish community, read “The Scattered Tribe: Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond,” (Globe Pequot Press)  http://amzn.to/J3Z47T, a travel narrative. )  Blog: www.bengfrank.blogspot.com, twitter @bengfrank