Comments on: Famous Journeys http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=famous-journeys A potpourri of: Highland Park; Jewish topics; Central New Jersey; art, nature, WordPress, health, photography ... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ramblingwoods http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13828 ramblingwoods Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:12:07 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13828 Interesting post..I always view life as a journey... Interesting post..I always view life as a journey…

]]> By: Leora http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13803 Leora Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:34:02 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13803 Thanks. Nice ones (especially your own journey - it sort of already is there as those who came after the Pilgrims)...I'll add them later... Thanks. Nice ones (especially your own journey – it sort of already is there as those who came after the Pilgrims)…I’ll add them later…

]]> By: Ellie http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13801 Ellie Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:34:57 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13801 20 000 leagues under the Sea My own journey from Bulgaria to the USA Titanic 20 000 leagues under the Sea
My own journey from Bulgaria to the USA
Titanic

]]> By: School Vacation Weekly Review « Ilana-Davita http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13796 School Vacation Weekly Review « Ilana-Davita Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:14:15 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13796 [...] Leora posts about Famous Journeys [...] [...] Leora posts about Famous Journeys [...]

]]> By: Dhaval Jani http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13791 Dhaval Jani Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:52:49 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13791 I don't usually read novels but I really liked "Around the World in 80 Days" and fortunately they made a movie based on it and it starred Jackie Chan... I don’t usually read novels but I really liked “Around the World in 80 Days” and fortunately they made a movie based on it and it starred Jackie Chan…

]]> By: Shimshonit http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13790 Shimshonit Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:00:43 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13790 What a thoughtful and thought-provoking post. Two journeys of my own (non-Jewish) ancestors included Lady Godiva's 11th century ride through Coventry to protest her husband's excessive taxation of his subjects, and that of the Pilgrims, first to Leiden and later across the Atlantic to Plymouth in 1620. I fell in love with journeys reading The Lord of the Rings. It inspired my own solo travels through Asia and Europe after college. What a thoughtful and thought-provoking post. Two journeys of my own (non-Jewish) ancestors included Lady Godiva’s 11th century ride through Coventry to protest her husband’s excessive taxation of his subjects, and that of the Pilgrims, first to Leiden and later across the Atlantic to Plymouth in 1620.

I fell in love with journeys reading The Lord of the Rings. It inspired my own solo travels through Asia and Europe after college.

]]> By: Ilana-Davita http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13789 Ilana-Davita Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:51:54 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13789 Good list Leora. As regards Jewish history, in the 1960s a lot of Jews fled Muslim countries. Thanks for the link to my post. Good list Leora.
As regards Jewish history, in the 1960s a lot of Jews fled Muslim countries.
Thanks for the link to my post.

]]> By: Mrs. S. http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13788 Mrs. S. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:50:40 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13788 How about the journey of the 12 Spies who were sent to scout out the Land of Israel? How about the journey of the 12 Spies who were sent to scout out the Land of Israel?

]]> By: Leora http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13787 Leora Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:04:14 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13787 Great list, Daniel. I wonder if any of these Jewish journeys can be related to Rashi's comments on the pasuk on Avram's journey. Certainly, expulsion from Spain meant loss of wealth and less chance of childbearing, though the childbearing probably caught up again once the Jews resettled in new countries. Great list, Daniel.

I wonder if any of these Jewish journeys can be related to Rashi’s comments on the pasuk on Avram’s journey. Certainly, expulsion from Spain meant loss of wealth and less chance of childbearing, though the childbearing probably caught up again once the Jews resettled in new countries.

]]> By: Daniel Saunders http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2009/10/famous-journeys/#comment-13786 Daniel Saunders Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:00:09 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=11654#comment-13786 The mention of the hegira made me think of Mohammed's 'night journey' to Jerusalem and on to Heaven. Jewish journeys include the exile to Babylon and the return to Israel in the book of <i>Ezra</i> (I think in several waves) and the various major Aliyot of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There is also Ruth's journey from Moab to Israel (and to Judaism) and Yaakov's journey to Aram and back and then to Egypt with his family, preceeded by Yosef. The Sanhedrin used to send messagers to Babylon to tell them it was Rosh Chodesh, before the Romans (I think) started imprisoning the messagers. The Medieval Jewish expulsions, of which the expulsion from Spain in 1492 is the most famous, precipitated many journeys. The mention of the hegira made me think of Mohammed’s ‘night journey’ to Jerusalem and on to Heaven.

Jewish journeys include the exile to Babylon and the return to Israel in the book of Ezra (I think in several waves) and the various major Aliyot of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There is also Ruth’s journey from Moab to Israel (and to Judaism) and Yaakov’s journey to Aram and back and then to Egypt with his family, preceeded by Yosef.

The Sanhedrin used to send messagers to Babylon to tell them it was Rosh Chodesh, before the Romans (I think) started imprisoning the messagers.

The Medieval Jewish expulsions, of which the expulsion from Spain in 1492 is the most famous, precipitated many journeys.

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