Publications

- BOOK: “Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora.” [photos] ABC-Clio Publications. September 2008. (Broomfield, CO)

- “Riga Jewish Ghetto video exhibition.” [photos] Illinois Holocaust Museum. September 2008. (Skokie, IL)

- BOOK: “The Knell of Parting Day: A History of the Jews of Port Royal and the Hunt’s Bay Cemetery” by Marilyn Delevante. [42 photos, including cover photo]. August 2008. (published in Kingston, Jamaica)

- “A Yen for Kyushu.” [travel] Kansai Scene. July 2008. (published in Osaka, JAPAN)

- BOOK: “Belisario: Sketches of Character” by Jackie Ranston. [photo] The Mill Press. May 2008. (Kingston, Jamaica)

- “A Big Getaway on a Small Land.” [travel] Kansai Scene. April 2008. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Sarajevo.” [photo] Hadassah Magazine. October 2007. (New York, USA)

- “Thrilla in Manila.” [travel] Kansai Scene. September 2007. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Banking On London’s South Side.” [travel] Kansai Scene. July 2007. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Manado, Indonesia: Yaacov’s Journey.” [article] Jewish Times Asia. May 2007. (HONG KONG)

- “Cartagena: Jewel of the Caribbean.” [travel] Kansai Scene. May 2007. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “A Devil of a Train.” [travel] Kansai Scene. February 2007. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Myanmar: The Wild East.” [travel] Kansai Scene. January 2007. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Cape Town.” [photos] Hadassah Magazine. January 2007. (New York, USA)

- “Costa Rica.” [photo] Hadassah Magazine. December 2006. (New York, USA)

- “Lighting the Way.” [photo] Forward. 1 December 2006. (published in New York, USA)

- “Giuliani for President?” [letter to editor] The Los Angeles Times. 17 November 2006. (Los Angeles, USA)

- “Behind Libya’s Green Door.” [travel] The Cultured Traveler. November 2006. (Santa Monica, USA)

- “London Jews’ Hidden Jewel.” [photo] The Wall Street Journal. 28 October 2006. (New York, USA)

- “Oasis of Tranquility Among Rugby Scrums.” [travel] Kansai Scene. October 2006. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Where the Monks Go.” [travel] Kansai Scene. August 2006. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “A Kyushu Yen on a Shoestring.” [travel] Outdoor Japan. June 2006. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Behind Libya’s Green Door.” [travel] Kansai Scene. May 2006. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Cape Town: The Gem of South Africa.” [travel] Kansai Scene. March 2006. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “A Tale of Two Central American Cities.” [travel] Kansai Scene. February 2006. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: “The Couple” — The Gaijin Eye. Japanzine. January 2006. (Nagoya, JAPAN)

- “Think You’re Worth Your Salt? Take This Wild Trek.” [travel] Miami Herald. 4 December 2005. (Miami, USA)

- “Ajanta & Ellora: Faith Carved in Stone.” [travel] Kansai Scene. December 2005. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- Osaka City Report (Update 2005). [city profile report]. Northstar Travel Media. December 2005. (Winston-Salem, USA)

- “Ecuador’s Traveling Road Show.” [travel] The Star-Ledger. 20 November 2005. (Newark, NJ)

- “Japanese Ryokan: Simple Pleasures.” [travel] JapanVisitor. November 2005. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Low Caye in Belize.” [travel] Kansai Scene. November 2005. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- PHOTO EXHIBITION: “BodyWorks.” Absinthe Gallery. November 2005. Osaka, JAPAN

- “Jaipur: Tickled in the Pink City.” [travel] Kansai Scene. September 2005. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Poky Train Reveals Real Life in Myanmar.” [travel] The Star-Ledger. 3 July 2005. (Newark, NJ, USA)

- “Namibia: In a Desert Land.” [travel] Kansai Scene. July 2005. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: “At the Beach” — ‘Showtime’. Photo Life. July 2005 (Toronto, CANADA)

- COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Japanzine. June 2005. (published in Nagoya, JAPAN)

- “The Taj Mahal: Between Heaven and Hell.” [travel] Japanzine. June 2005. (Nagoya, JAPAN)

- “Yangon to Yangon by Rail.” [travel] Japanzine. June 2005. (Nagoya, JAPAN)

- “‘Letter About Memorials Missed Important Point’.” [Letter to Editor] The Daily Yomiuri. 18 May 2005. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Riding High in Peru.” [travel] Kansai Scene. April 2005. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “A Doll’s Life: The Soul of the Japanese Doll.” [travel] JapanVisitor. March 2005. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: “The Couple” — The Japan Times 2nd Photo Contest (Tokyo). February 2005.

- “A Day Trip to the Panama Canal.” [travel] Kansai Scene. February 2005. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- PHOTO EXHIBITION: “The Middle East.” Gallery Ah. December-January 2004-5. Osaka, JAPAN.

- “Varanasi: The Great Ghats Be.” [travel] Kansai Scene. November 2004. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- PHOTO EXHIBITION: “The Middle East.” Calibre Gallery. November 2004. Osaka, JAPAN.

- PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: JICA (Japan International Cooperation Association) 25th Photo Contest (2004). (Tokyo).

- PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: “People at Work” — ‘Showtime’. Photo Life . September 2004. (Toronto, CANADA)

- “Essaouira: The Sardine Town.” [travel] Kansai Scene. September 2004. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Kaunas and Klaipeda.” [photograph] Hadassah Magazine. August/September 2004. (New York, USA)

- “Jewish Communities of the World Calendar 2005/5765-6.” World Jewish Congress, New York. (New York, 8.2004)

- “Behind Libya’s Green Door.” [travel] GoNomad (internet). June 2004. (East Arlington, VT, USA)

- “‘For Japanese, Even Locals Overseas Are ‘Foreigners’.” [Letter to Editor] The Daily Yomiuri. 9 April 2004. (Tokyo)

- PHOTO EXHIBITION: “El Mundo Latino.” Calibre Gallery. November 2003. Osaka, JAPAN.

- PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: “City By Night” — ‘Showtime’. Photo Life . Sept. 2003. (Toronto, CANADA)

- “Trans-Siberian Railway Traverses Vast Realm.” [travel] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 24 August 2003. (Pittsburgh)

- “Strangers in Paradise.” [travel] The Star-Ledger. 10 August 2003. (Newark, NJ)

- “Secrets of the South.” [article] Doll Magazine. August 2003. (Partridge Green, UK)

- “Guatemalan Factory Celebrates Mayan Culture Through Dolls.” [article] Dollmaking Magazine. August 2003 (Wisconsin, USA)

- “Keeping Things Low Caye in Belize.” [travel] The Star-Ledger. 8 June 2003. (Newark, NJ, USA)

- “Give Proof or Face Consequences.” [Letter to Editor] The Daily Yomiuri. 3 June 2003. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- PHOTO EXHIBITION: “Faces.” Gaidai Gallery. June 2003. Hirakata-shi, JAPAN.

- “Use Foreign Residents.” [Letter to Editor] The Daily Yomiuri. 31 May 2003. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- PHOTO EXHIBITION: “World Visions.” Calibre Gallery. May 2003. Osaka, JAPAN.

- “When it Feels Like Home.” [travel] The Star-Ledger. 16 February 2003. (Newark, NJ, USA)

- “More than Child’s Play.” [article] Dollmaking Magazine. February 2003. (Wisconsin, USA)

- Weissmann Osaka Report, Update 2003. [city profile report]. Weissmann Travel Reports. February 2003. (Austin, US)

- PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: “Cuba Cigar Factory”

- ‘Your Best Shot’. Popular Photography. (Teaneck, NJ). Feb. 2003.

- “Illinois Resource Center (IRC) brochure.” [photograph] January 2003 & 4. (published by IRC, DePlains, IL.)

- “More than Child’s Play.” [article] Doll Magazine. January 2003. (Partridge Green, UK)]

- “Ruby in the Rough.” [travel] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 15 December 2002. (Pittsburgh, USA)

- “East of Eden…Old China.” [travel] Living Abroad Magazine. November 2002. (London, UK)

- “Watching Oaxaca: A Window on Mexico.” [travel] Kansai Scene/Tokyo Scene. November 2002. (Osaka/Tokyo)

- PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: “Evening News and Shoeshine” — 6th Annual “Scenes With Newspapers”.
The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association. (Tokyo, Japan) October 2002.

- “New Zealand.” [Letter to Editor] National Geographic Traveler Magazine. September 2002. (Washington, D.C.)

- “Japan Embraces Congregation of Shrines.” [travel] The Star-Ledger. 26 May 2002. (Newark, NJ, USA)

- “Big Hell in Little Paradise.” [travel] Kansai Scene. May 2002. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “From Monks to Monkfish.” [travel] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 13 January 2002. (Pittsburgh, USA)

- “Ryokan.” [travel]. Kansai Scene. January 2002. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Rough and Congenial Calcutta.” [travel] Kansai Scene. December 2001. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- “Dali - The Most Blessed Spot on Earth.” [travel] Kansai Scene. November 2001. (Osaka, JAPAN)

- Weissmann Osaka Report, Update 2001. [city profile report] Weissmann Travel Reports. Sept. 2001. (Austin, TX, US)

- “Deep in the Heart of Starkest Africa.” [travel] The Star-Ledger. 12 August 2001. (Newark, NJ, USA)

- “Cape Town: The Gem of South Africa.” [travel] Tribune Media Services [internet]. 14 July 2001. (Chicago, IL, USA)

- “Mumbai in 48 Hours.” [travel] Tribune Media Services. 30 June 2001. (Chicago, IL, USA)

- “Pure, Simple Pleasures.” [travel] Toronto Sun. 10 June 2001. (Toronto, Ontario, CANADA)

- “Dali Dreaming.” [travel] That’s Shanghai and That’s Guangzhou. May 2001. (Shanghai, CHINA)

- “The Big Easy on Little Namu’a.” [travel] Polynesia. Polynesian Airlines In-flight magazine. March-May 2001. (Apia, SAMOA)

- “Namibia –Tapestry of Natural Beauty.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 23 March 2001. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “In a Desert Land: Namibia.” [travel] GoNomad. March 2001. (East Arlington, VT, USA)

- “Visiting Irkutsk — The Paris of Siberia.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 23 February 2001. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Riding the Range in Mongolia.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 19 January 2001. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Chasing Eden in Samoa” with sidebar “Traditional Tattoos Mark a Rite of Passage”. [travel] The Star-Ledger. 21 January 2001. (Newark, USA)

- “Chasing Eden in Samoa.” [travel] GoNomad. January 2001. (East Arlington, VT, USA)

- “Living, Dying, and Dieting in the Friendly Islands.” [travel] GoNomad. January 2001. (E. Arlington, VT, US)

- “Beyond the Beach.” [travel] Kansai Time Out. January 2001. (Kobe, JAPAN)

- “Namibia Unbound.” [travel] The Los Angeles Times. 7 January 2001. (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

-“Past Lives on in China’s Lijiang” with sidebars Traditional Dongba Music and Naxi Architecture Absorbs Many Styles. [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 5 January 2001. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “The Cobbled Streets of Lijiang Lead to Adventure”, “Naxi Homes Emphasize a Simple Beauty”, “Dongba Palace Showcases Traditional Music.” [travel] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 17 December 2000. (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

- “Diamond in the Rough.” [travel] That’s Shanghai and That’s Guangzhou. December 2000. (Shanghai, CHINA)

- “Riga: The Virtual Jewish History Tour.” [article] The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. December 2000. (Bethesda, MD, USA)

- “Vilnius: The Virtual Jewish History Tour.” [article] The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. December 2000. (Bethesda, MD, USA)

- “Kovno: The Virtual Jewish History Tour.” [article] The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. December 2000. (Bethesda, MD, USA)

- “South Africa: The Virtual Jewish History Tour.” [photographs] The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. December 2000. (Bethesda, MD, USA)

- “Demystifying Africa’s Victoria Falls.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 8 December 2000. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Catching Air in the Namibian Dunes.” [travel] Japan Times. 22 November 2000. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Amazing Africa.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 10 November 2000. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “The Jerusalem of Lithuania.” [article] Jewish Mag. November 2000. (ISRAEL)

- “The Jacob Gitlin Library brochure.” [photos] Jacob Gitlin Library, Cape Town, South Africa. November. 2000.

- “The Big Easy on Little Namu’a.” [travel] Kansai Time Out. November 2000. (Kobe, JAPAN)

- “Ryokans: The Japanese Art of Simplicity.” [travel] The Boston Globe. 22 October 2000. (Boston, MA, USA)

- “The Gem of South Africa” and “Robben Island-The Symbol of South Africa’s Shame.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 20 October 2000. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Sleepless in Shanghai.” [photographs] Seattle Times. 15 October 2000. (Seattle, WA, USA)

- “Island of Treasure.” [travel] The Scotsman. 7 October 2000. (Edinburgh, Scotland, USA)

- “Shanghai Crossroads.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 15 September 2000. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- Weissmann Osaka Report. [city profile report]. Weissmann Travel Reports. September 2000. (Austin, TX, USA)

- “Chasing Eden in Samoa.” [travel] Dateline. Third Quarter 2000 (Sept.) (Bangkok, THAILAND)

- “The Jews of Kovno.” [article] Jewish Mag. August 2000. (Israel)

- “Inns of Great Simplicity.” [travel] New Zealand Herald. 11 July 2000. (Auckland, NEW ZEALAND)

- “Tonga.” [travel] I-S Magazine. 7 July 2000. (SINGAPORE)

- “Kosher Shanghai” and “Nurturing Flame of Memory.” [article and sidebar] Mainichi Daily News. 6 July 2000. (Tokyo)

- “The Jews of Riga.” [article] Jewish Mag. July 2000. (Israel)

- “An Interview with China’s Rabbi.” [article] The Chicago Jewish News. 19-25 May 2000. (Chicago, IL, USA)

- “Legging it Through Chinese Cuisine.” [food article] Mainichi Daily News. 16 May 2000. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Chasing Eden in Samoa.” [travel] That’s Shanghai. May 2000. (Shanghai, CHINA)

- “The Ohel Rachel Synagogue brochure.” [photographs] Jewish Community of Shanghai, China. May 2000.

- “Cheung Chau: Hong Kong’s ‘Long Island’.” [travel] Kansai Time Out. April 2000. (Kobe, JAPAN)

- “Soak Up Luxurious Simplicity at Traditional Japanese Inn.” [travel] The Star-Ledger. 30 April 2000. (Newark, USA)

- “Rest Easy.” [travel] The Scotsman. 12 February 2000. (Edinburgh, SCOTLAND)

- “Shrine of the Living Dolls.” [article] South China Morning Post. 26 January 2000. (HONG KONG)

- “Looking for a Lost Paradise in Samoa.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 21 January 2000. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Traditional Ryokan Inns are Simply Elegant”. [travel] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 16 January 2000. (Pittsburgh, US)

- “Inns with a Difference.” [travel] Holiday Asia. Jan/Feb 2000. (HONG KONG)

- “Japanese White Lightning From a Still in Tonga.” [travel] Japan Times. 11 November 1999. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Keeping Watch in Kaunas.” [article] The Australian Jewish News. 29 October 1999. (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)

- “The Friendly Kingdom.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 8 October 1999. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Life Flows on for Villagers.” [travel] South China Morning Post. 1 September 1999. (HONG KONG)

- “Ghosts of History.” [article] Mainichi Daily News. 12 August 1999. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Tallinn — A City of Legends.” [travel] Mainichi Daily News. 16 July 1999. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “The Floating World.” [travel] Kansai Time Out. July 1999. (Kobe, JAPAN)

- “A Stop-off in Old Siberia.” [travel] South China Morning Post. 3 June 1999. (HONG KONG)

- “Forgiven, Never Forgotten.” [article] Mainichi Daily News. 18 March 1999. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Laying the Spirits of the Dolls to Rest.” [article] Japan Times. 18 February 1999. (Tokyo, \JAPAN)

- “The City with a Million Legs.” [travel] Kansai Time Out. December 1998. (Kobe, JAPAN)

- “Brunei’s Million-Legged Villages.” [article] Mainichi Daily News. 4 June 1998. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

- “Capitalism Riding the Trans-Siberian Railway.” [article] 4 December 1997. “Famed Railway Not Noted for Culinary Delights.” [article] 11 December 1997. “Crossing Siberia on the Great Railway Bazaar.” [article] 18 December 1997. Mainichi Daily News. (Tokyo, JAPAN)

-“One Man’s Fight to Keep Judaism Alive in the Amazon.” [article] The Jewish Telegraph. 26 February 1993. (Manchester, UK)