www.dartmouth.edu/~frommer/Food,Travel. Freelance: Contributor to Travel-Watch.com. Poet. Contributor to such publications as The Forward, Ha'aretz, The New York Times, and The Encyclopedia of Jewish Women.
Author, Photographer
Co-author with spouse, Harvey Frommer, of the critically acclaimed interactive oral histories It Happened in the Catskills, It Happened in Brooklyn, Growing Up Jewish in America, It Happened on Broadway, and It Happened in Manhattan. Author of "Always Up Front"
Published Books
Always Up Front : the Autobiography of Helen Fried Kirshblum Goldstein
It Happened in Manhattan
It Happened on Broadway
Growing Up Jewish in America
It Happened in Brooklyn
It Happened in the Catskills
Published Articles
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The Oldest Romans of Them All
…one day, when Paolo, by then the Excelsior's general manager, received a phone call from the Israeli ambassador, he was at a loss to understand. “The ambassador wondered whether I could arrange for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pass through Titus's Arch in the Roman Forum. It was after hours; all the buildings and monuments were closed. It was such a strange request. Nevertheless, I quickly arranged for the visit.” |  |
In Quest of Alsace's Jewish Heritage
In 1994, when Catherine Lehmann and her fiancé were planning their wedding, everyone expected them to select the modern synagogue in Strasbourg, the capital city of Alsace famed for its university and great cathedral. For untold generations her family lived in the Alsatian region which has alternately belonged to France and Germany |  |
Building Bridges in Segovia, Spain
The limestone towers of Segovia rise from behind a medieval wall, a radiant skyline overlooking the dramatic vistas of the Castille y Leon Province of central Spain. Set on a rocky hill between two river valleys, the ancient city has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |  |
A Story That Is About to End: The Jews of the Azores
“I am the last Jew in all of the Azores,” says Jorge Delmar. He is a stocky man in his early fifties who runs an import/export business in Ponta Delgada, the capital city of Sao Miguel, largest of the nine islands that comprise the Portuguese archipelago. “Thirty years ago, there were sixteen Jewish families on this island… |  |
Discovering a Forgotten Past in Girona, Spain
It is a January morning in Girona, a Catalan city of modest size, about an hour's drive north of Barcelona. From the window of the Hotel Ultonia, children in uniform can be seen crossing the street on their way to school. Around the corner, the chef at the Larcada restaurant builds a fire of cork and olive wood over whose embers mushrooms, leeks, and fresh fish will be grilled… |  |
The Spanish-Jewish Connection: The Jews of the Basque
Since it opened in the fall of 1997, the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao, a gleaming curvilinear ship of titanium, limestone and glass, has drawn a steady flow of tourists to this Basque seaport on the northern coast of Spain. But among the throngs of visitors we encountered was an American whose journey had nothing to do with Frank Gehry's futuristic design that thrusts into the Nervion River. Joaquin Carlos Caraguegguie had simply returned to his boyhood home to arrange the details of his late father's estate. |  |
The Jews of Valencia
In the thirteenth century, when Jaime I conquered the Kingdom of Valencia ending 500 years of Moorish rule, he sent out the word: Jews throughout Christian Spain were invited to settle in the re-conquered territory. |  |
An Archival Discovery Illuminates a Forgotten Piece of Tudela�s Jewish History
Ninety-four kilometers south of Pamplona, where Ernest Hemingway ran with the bulls, Tudela, second largest city in Navarre after Pamplona, is a metropolis of many distinctions, not least among them a Jewish history of majestic proportions. It was home to some of the most renowned figures in Sephardic literature and scholarship; its two still-existent Juderias are among the most extensive in all of Spain. Yet for the longest time, Tudela's Jewish erstwhile presence was forgotten, victim to a kind of collective amnesia. And then a 53-year-old librarian/archivist made an accidental discovery, and the process of remembering began. |  |
Tunisian Jews on the French Riviera: A Link in the Franco-Jewish Chain
The recent uprising in Tunisia reminded us of Claudine, whom we met in the old section of Cannes where a kashruth sign in the window of a butcher shop had caught our attention. Curious, we stepped inside just as an attractive, well-dressed woman was gathering up her packages. An impromptu conversation ensued. |  |
Book Review: China
If there were ever a book to place on your coffee table and allow to sit there through the years, to be ogled and enjoyed by you and friends and family, “China” by Yann Layma (Abrams, $50.00, 424 pages, 240 photographs in full color) is it. |  |
A South American Saga: The Jews of Argentina
Although he wears many hats, you could call Elio a travel agent; he creates and organizes tours that reflect Argentina's disparate ethnic groups under the rubric “Cultural Tourism.” But his heart, predictably enough, lies in the story of his own people and in dreaming up tours that document their history in this nation. |  |
Dateline Vienna: The Jews Before – and After – the War
Paul Chaim Eisenberg, Chief Rabbi of Vienna, is a small, rotund man, about 50 years old with a wispy, rather untended short beard -- gray but shaded with streaks of reddish blonde, and china blue eyes that are a perfect match to the open-collared shirt he wears. |
LUXURY TRAVEL ARTICLES - more than 200
In-depth profiles and reviews written by the Frommers on premier hotels and restaurants have reached millions on the Internet. A sampling of hosts follows:
United States:
St Regis, Los Angeles; St. Regis Monarch, Dana Point, California; Ritz Carlton and Park Hyatt, Washington, D.C.; Nobu, Le Cirque 2000, Alain Ducasse at the Essex House, Montrachet, Tribeca Grill, Aquavit and Twenty One. New York City; Palms and National, Miami Beach; WigWam, Lichfield Park, AZ; Biltmore, Phoenix, AZ, Phoenician, Scottsdale, AZ; Breakers, Palm Beach; Four Seasons, Washington, D.C.; Don Cesar, St. Petersburg, FL; Longboat Key Club and Resort, Longboat Key, Florida
Argentina:
Sofitel, Buenos Aires; Llao Llao Hotel, Bariloche; Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt, Buenos Aires
Caribbean:
Guanahani Resort, St. Barts
Chile:
Grand Hyatt, Santiago
England:
Ritz Hotel and Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel, Brown's, London
France:
Paris Kube, Crillon; Murano, Alain Ducasse, 59 Poincare, Le Grand Vefour, Guy Savoy, Hyatt Madeleine, San Regis, Paris;
Martinez, Cannes;
Byblos Resort, St. Tropez;
Abbaye de la Celle, La Celle, Provence;
La Palais de la Mediteranee, Nice
Germany:
Hotel de Rome, Berlin; Lorenz Adlon, First Floor, Hotel Palace, Margaux
Italy:
Gritti Palace, Venice
Adler Hotel and Spa, Dolomites
St. Regis Grand, Excelsior, De Russie, Rome;
Savoy and Grand Hotel, Florence;
Adler Hotel and Spa, Tuscany.
Morocco:
Royal Mansour Meridien, Casablanca;
Murano Oriental Resort, Marrakech; Riad Lotus Privilege, Marrakech
Portugal: Quinta do Lago, Algarve
Russia: Astoria Hotel, Kiev
Spain:
Villa Magna, Ritz, Villa Real, Madrid;
Restaurant Neichel, Avenida Palace,
Claris, Barcelona; Mas De Torrent, Costa Brava
Switzerland: Le Richmond, Geneva
Turkey: Hyatt Regency, Istanbul
Wales: St. David's Hotel & Spa
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