Wednesday
Fort Myers, FL
Monday
Houston, Again
This is the first time I've been back in UOS of Houston since they rebuilt the shul after years being in an interim space. I couldn't find a photo of the old building (I remember posting it here, but the picture doesn't seem to show up?), but I am pretty sure that they put the old stained glass windows in the new sanctuary. The new building is beautiful, with many things done "Texas Style" and now "Houston Style" (= elevated in case of flooding).
Anyway, it was an honor to be back and to "see what they've done to this place." The family I worked with was lovely, and their new son evened things out for them - he has an older brother and 2 older sisters.
The bris was the Friday before the periphery of Hurricane Beryl hit Houston. I made it home for Shabbos without a problem. Subsequently saw that Beryl hit over the weekend.
Looking forward to my next trip Houston, which might not be so far off in the future!
Wednesday
Jamaica
I haven't traveled much in the last couple of years due to the difficulty of getting out of the country on short notice. Most of that has lifted throughout the world, so this opportunity was embraced as a way of getting "back into things." This new destination was one to which I had never been before.
Welcome to Jamaica! I went from the airport to the house and then back to the airport, and didn't give myself much time to take pictures along the way. But the water was beautiful, and the mountains I saw near Montego Bay were breathtaking.
There is kosher restaurant about a five minute drive from the airport - I did not have the chance to stop in there, though. But I did speak with the Chabad Shaliach there.
Here are my pictures from inside and outside the airport, and one from my setup before following through on the purpose of my visit.
Thursday
Travels Update
UPDATE in March-April 2023
Below the line is what I wrote on the original post here from July 2022
We are back up and running for travel - if we can make it work I look forward to joining you for your simcha and bris!
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Over the past two years I have been to much fewer places than the past, simply because COVID made travel such a drag. International travel was out of the picture altogether, and even now it isn't as exciting as it used to be.
I have been to Houston several times, to North Carolina, to distant parts of Florida, and even to Phoenix, Arizona.
It never hurts to call - if I can't make it I'll tell you real soon.
But if you are looking for a traveling mohel, start here and hopefully we can make it work!
MAZAL TOV!!
COVID Travel
COVID has certainly put a damper on travel, but I have been around the State of Florida (where I live) by car, and have revisited a couple of destinations, such as Houston and New York, during this time period.
It's still always worth a phone call if you are in a tight pinch for a mohel.
International travel is still much more of a headache unfortunately - I spoke to someone in one of the islands I have visited in the past, who told me that when his son was born, the only way they could get a mohel was from Europe because the island where he lives wasn't even allowing travelers from the US!
Hopefully one day soon things will return to normal and a quick trip for a bris will be a more simple affair than it has become.
Wednesday
New York on a Friday
Return to Curacao


I also got to see the Ashkenazic shul - though it was at night. The rabbi opened it up for me.