A Journey of Understanding

As promised, here now is a sample of my most recent travel article on GoNomad.com. It's about a Jewish festival called El Ghriba on the island of Djerba, in Muslim Tunisia.

"The island of Djerba, floating off the southeast coast of Tunisia, is a popular destination for relaxing in a traditional hammam, grilling your body on a sandy beach or haggling over handmade Andalusian pottery. Few realize that only a few miles away is one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world; some say it dates back 2,500 years to time of King Nebuchadnezzar, more....