Monthly Archives: December 2024

Road trip to İzmir (and the İzmir synagogue tour)

where we visit the Roman sites of Herakleia Salbake, Nysa, Kızılçullu Su Kemerleri, Smyrna; Byzantine ruins at Kadifekale; Ottoman mosques; and İzmir’s historic synagogues Ferda and I met up with Gülizar and Ali in İzmir this spring for our Likya … Continue reading

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A Rhodes history tour

Rhodes — our 6th and final island of this month-long tour in Greece. Rhodes was the only island that I had visited before. Ferda and I arrived by ferry from Heraklion and met Ferda’s parents who arrived on the ferry … Continue reading

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