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Giant Seltzer Bottle?

That's one way to look at Old Faithful, as it adds fizz to a Yellowstone National Park experience

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Art Ellis, Jewish Exponent Feature

Travel to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming just to see Old Faithful and you'll surely be disappointed. There's nothing wrong with the famous geyser that shoots 204-degree water 130 feet in the air on a famously predictable schedule. It's just that there are so many other must-see sights within Yellowstone and its grand old neighbor, Grand Teton. Here are the...

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Matzah and the Deep Blue Sea

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Lauren Kramer, Jewish Exponent Feature

It's just a couple of months before Passover, and I'm staring wistfully at the seder menu on Holland America's Ryndam, which hosts a seder each year for Jewish passengers and anyone else on board who is keen to participate. The four-course menu features all the traditional favorites: gefilte fish, matzah-ball soup, roast chicken with tzimmes -- even hazelnut macaroons to...

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If You're Going to San Francisco ...

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Elyse Glickman, Jewish Exponent Feature

In the late 1990s, when dot-com youth culture was in full swing and I was dating a nice Jewish programmer from nearby Silicon Valley, there were frequent jaunts to the Haight and Filmore West to drink in a taste of American pop culture and a groovy show that only San Francisco could offer. We spent many a Chanukah at Union...

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Who You Calling a Sap?

In maple-syrup country, like Vermont, it's quite the compliment

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George Medovoy, Jewish Exponent Feature

It has the look and feel of an alpine lodge, but the Stowehof Inn and Resort www.stowehofinn.com , overlooking the rolling hills of the Stowe Valley, is very much a part of Vermont, the Green Mountain State. This charming inn, remembered by many from the Alan Alda film "The Four Seasons," was our comfortable base as we went exploring in...

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Curacao's Curios of History

And that includes its history-making Congregation Mikve Israel-Emanuel

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Elyse Glickman, Jewish Exponent Feature

When we traveled as a family, my parents never chose destinations like Hawaii or the Caribbean. Their explanation? Tropical destinations with fancy resorts were not "real" places. However, Mom and Dad would find Curaçao -- located in the Caribbean's southern reaches -- quite agreeable. While it has its share of resorts, beaches and diving schools, capital city Willemstad also sparkles...