{"id":8070,"date":"2009-01-29T07:57:24","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T15:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8070"},"modified":"2009-01-29T07:57:24","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T15:57:24","slug":"getting-away-for-passover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8070","title":{"rendered":"Getting Away For Passover"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Suissa writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There I was poolside, on day three of our vacation, fumbling with four water glasses I was bringing to my dehydrated kids, and who do I run into? The one guy I see most Friday mornings on Pico Boulevard when I pick up challahs for Shabbat: my friend Julien Bohbot, owner of Delice Bakery and Delice Restaurant.<\/p>\n

Bohbot was there on business. He is putting together — with the people of Club Med at Ixtapa — an all-inclusive Passover excursion with his own kosher gourmet cuisine and all the fabulous amenities of Club Med. For a set fee, you can avoid all the Passover cleaning, shopping, cooking, serving, hosting and shlepping.<\/p>\n

All you have to do is pack your bags and show up at LAX. They’ll take it from there.<\/p>\n

Bohbot represents the tip of the iceberg of a mini-revolution in how American Jews are choosing to spend their eight days of Passover. Open any Jewish newspaper at this time of year and you’ll see a growing number of ads for Passover excursions on cruise ships, desert or beach resorts and even luxurious trains.<\/p>\n

It’s the Exodus from the Exodus. For more and more American Jews, it seems that at Passover time, there’s no place like away from home.<\/p>\n

Until this year, I didn’t pay much attention to this trend. But as I sat poolside this past week listening to Bob Marley music and pondering the notion of reliving the story of my people in a place where they teach you beach limbo, part of me wanted to scream: What are you all thinking?<\/p>\n

I understand the convenience of getting away and taking advantage of the Passover holiday to have a family vacation. But where’s the romance of tradition?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The first of the final three candidates at Beth Jacob arrives on Shabbos.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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