By Michael L. Weiss | Besorah from the Journey July 14, 2025 Some days whisper with charm before you even take your first step, and today was one of those days—a slow dance through the beating heart of Mallorca, framed by ancient stones, lofty mountains, and the sea’s endless sigh. We began in Valldemossa, a village perched […]
By Michael L. Weiss | Besorah from the Journey There are islands that invite rest, and then there are islands that invite wonder. Mallorca—sun-kissed jewel of the Balearics—is delightfully both. It seduces travelers not with spectacle, but with the slow burn of old-world elegance, seaside luxury, and a geography that seems penned by poets. It […]
By Michael L. Weiss | Besorah from the Journey Some travel days feel like they were choreographed by a higher hand. Not just a list of places to see, but a tapestry of meaning—where the thread of imagination is stitched next to the thread of memory, art beside empire, beauty against sorrow. That was our […]
By Michael L. Weiss | Besorah from the Journey | July 8, 2025 Barcelona is a city that greets you with the sound of distant church bells, the echo of a thousand languages, and the smell of freshly baked bread and warmed asphalt—a paradox of elegance and grit. It is a city where genius and […]
By Michael L. Weiss | Besorah From the JourneyJuly 8, 2025 While traveling through Spain these past weeks—walking its storied boulevards, absorbing its artistic brilliance, and tracing the remnants of once-vibrant Jewish life—I received a message from a dear friend. He sent me an article highlighting the alarming rise of antisemitism across Europe, with Spain […]
By Michael L. Weiss | Besorah from the Journey | July 2025 We departed Granada before the Andalusian sun had a chance to turn cobblestones into stovetops. At precisely 7:00 a.m.—armed with water bottles, hats, and the vague optimism only early-morning travelers can muster—we began the 2.5-hour drive westward through olive-draped hills and the dusty […]
By Michael L. Weiss | Besorah from the Journey | July 2025 As one wanders through the sun-drenched plazas and jasmine-perfumed courtyards of southern Spain, the name “Andalusia” (or Al-Andalus, in its historical glory) rolls off the tongue like poetry—elegant, exotic, timeless. It evokes images of Moorish palaces, whitewashed hill towns, orange groves, magnificent horses and […]
By Michael L.Weiss | Besorah from the Journey July 2025 Granada awakens not with the gentle sighs of a sleepy village but with the unmistakable hum of history pressing against its ancient stones. This Andalusian jewel, tucked between the Sierra Nevada mountains and the plains of olive groves, wears its past like a velvet robe—ornate, […]
By Michael L Weiss | Besorah from the Journey After days exploring Spain’s golden heartland, our journey brought us to Granada—a city poised between the folds of the Sierra Nevada and the weight of its own history. Arriving under the blistering Andalusian sun—41 degrees Celsius (106 F) to be precise—we found immediate refuge in the […]
By Michael L. Weiss | Besorah from the Journey There are certain places in the world that demand a kind of reverent silence the moment you arrive. Toledo, Spain — shimmering beneath the Castilian sun like a city forged in myth — should be one of them. But yesterday, beneath a relentless 40°C (104°F) heat […]