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November 5, 2019

Judit, the Jewish Warrior Queen of Ancient Ethiopia

Judit, the Jewish Warrior Queen of Ancient Ethiopia By Rich Juro Have you heard of Judit, the lady who overthrew the king of Ethiopia 1000 years […]
January 1, 2013

The “Stans”: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan (2013)

There are actually 5 “Stans”.  The ones listed in the title above, plus Tajikistan. They are located in Central Asia, south of Russia and west of […]
January 1, 2012

Tales of the South Pacific: The Marshall Islands and Tonga (2012)

Fran‘s Namesake City and The Almost-Absolute Monarchy The Marshall Islands We just had to go to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. We hadn‘t been there, […]
January 1, 2012

North Korea: (2012)

Privileged Prisoners in “Alcatraz East”, How Fran Was Almost Arrested, and Other True Stories At the Pyongyang, North Korea, airport immigration counter, the unsmiling guard states: […]
January 1, 2007

Ethiopia: Baptism of the American Jews (2007)

We were quite excited to sign up for a two-week tour of Ethiopia. The land of the Queen of Sheba, Emperor Haile Selassie, and the Black […]
January 1, 2004

New Zealand: The Saga of the Milford Track (2004)

Greetings (or as son Kevin says in Kiwi-speak, “Kia Ora”), We’re back from Down Under and it was (in retrospect) an excellent trip. We started with […]
January 1, 1990

Over The Hindu Kush From China To Pakistan (1990)

We had been to the usual tourist destinations in China –the Great Wall, Shanghai, Xian, Guanjo (Canton)–and decided to skip them in order to fly to […]
January 1, 1979

New Guinea (1979)

New Guinea: The Anthropologist and Tribal Justice When Fran told her Uncle Art in 1979 that we were going to New Guinea, he couldn’t believe it. […]
January 1, 1971

Haiti Memoir (1971)

Haiti (1971): Baby Doc and the Empty Maternity Hospital Fran and I had our first two kids, Kevin and Kimara, now ages two and three, and […]