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JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. MORSKIE OKO. ZAKOPANE/POLAND

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Sunday, Adar II 24, 5779. March 31, 2019. Shalom! World. Morskie Oko. Zakopane/Poland. Morskie Oko (literally "Sea Eye" or Eye of the  Sea"), is the largest and fourth-deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains. It is located deep  within the Tatra National Park, Poland, in the Rybi  Potok (the Fish Brook) Valley, of the High Tatras mountain range at the base of the Mieguszowiecki Summits, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The peaks that surround the lake rise about 1,000 meters above its surface; one of  them is Rysy (2,499 meters), the highest peak is the left, is the distinctive, slender Mnchi ("Monk," 2,068 meters). Many Swiss Pines also grow around the lake. In the past, Morskie Oko was called "Rybie Jezioro" ("Fish Lake") due to its natural stock of fish, which are uncommon in Tatra lakes and ponds. In the clear depths  of the water, one can easily notice trout - so called "famine" tr...

JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. ESKA CAFÉ. PRAHA/CZECH REPUBLIC.

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Thursday, Adar II, 5779. March 21, 2019. Shalom! World. Eska  Café Address: Pernerova 49, Karlin. Praha/Czech Republic Eska is a Café with a bakery that combines the old and the  new. Eska change seemingly common ingredientes beyond recognition. The Eska transfer what can usually be found around us - vegetables from their leaves, wild herbs and even wood-fire oven baked bread - onto your plate in a modern way. The Eska do in the same way as people living in rural áreas have done for centuries. The Eska is re-descovering old methods - fermentation, drying, wood-heating and fire-roasting. The place is clear, with many options and you follow the staff preparing your meal.  The service is fabulous! Shalom! Aleichem. Cultural Suppport: Jacob Jr Benleumi, Advisory, Consulting and Education. International Relations Analyst.

JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. MASSOLIT BOOKS AND CAFE. KRAKOW/POLAND

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Wednsday, Adar II 6, 5779. March 13, 2019. Shalom! World. Massolit Books and Café. Address: Felicjanek 4/2. Kraków/Poland. Massolit Books is an English-language used bookstore and Café located a few minutes from Krakow's old town center. The bookstore stocks about 20.000 titles from a wide range of subjects, both academiic and popular. We specialize in classic and contemporary literature and academic titles in the Humanities with Strong collections in Women's Studies, Jewish Studies, Polish and Central/East Euroopean Literature and History, and Asian Studies, among others. most of the titles are either used books brought from the U.S., or new books that have been significantly discounted. A large part of the stock is catalogued and available for searching, or browsing by subject category. Customers are welcome to browse the shelves and read the books or periodicals in the Café or in the furnished back rooms. The Café at Massolit features home -mad...

JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. BRÄUGASTHOF HALLSTATT. HALLSTATT/AUSTRIA

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Friday, Adar II 1, 5779. March 8, 2019. Shalom! World. Address: Seestrasse 120. Hallstatt/Austria. Originally the house was three salt manufacturing houses - so called living towers. Over the centuries the three houses were converted into one and became the beer brewery market. Cargo boats transported the so called  White gold - the salt from Hallstatt ssalt  mountain to the black sea and returned with commodities such as grain, hops and malt - which were used to make the beer from Bohemian. In 1476 Emperor Maximilian gave the house the rights to brew and serve beer. Many a ravenous stomach was sated here in and over the years. In 1914 all copper was confiscated for the war along with all the brewery utensils. After the First World War few were able to afford to  replace the utensils required for  brewing and were left no choice but to sell their brewing rights to a large Salzburg brewery, Stiegel. Approximately around this time...