Boris Fishman » New York Times: Travel

Going to Oaxaca

Boris — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:01:26 +0000

WHY GO NOW
Equally cosmopolitan, but far more tranquil than Mexico City, Oaxaca is fast becoming the artistic capital of Mexico, drawing artists from around the country while shepherding its own to acclaim. It’s difficult to find a block in…

Five Years After Intifada, Leisure Tourists Are Starting to Walk Among the Pilgrims

Boris — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:06:48 +0000

After the Palestinian intifada began in the fall of 2000, traveling to Israel became a statement of sorts. The Israeli tourism industry came to survive on a demographically narrowed but ideologically committed clientele: Christian pilgrims and American Jews. Leisure travel…

Discovering Jewish Roots on Caribbean Soil

Boris — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:16:10 +0000

When Lisa Hock’s son Corey was about to turn 13 and she began looking for an alternative to the routine and occasional excess of banquet-hall bar mitzvahs in Toronto, her hometown, she hardly imagined that he would end up reciting…