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A Personal Hello: Welcome
Elizabeth's Packing List -- May 2008

A Baby Girl: Elizabeth Regina's First 2 Months Best 9 Photos -- 5 March 2006

Karen & Ivan's Wedding Highlights and 9 Minute Video -- Posted March 2004

Recent Family Pictures -- 30 June 2004

Family Pictures Album 2003-2004 -- 7 March 2004

Mama Mia -- Ivan's Engaged -- 26 March 2003 (Married 9 November 2003)

Ivan Ciment, the subject of a feature article in The New York Jewish Week: 26 May 2000

Ivan's Quick Guide: How To Set Up and Maintain your own web site for Free in 4 Pages or Less -- Updated March 2004 (Includes new section on Digital Photos)


Latest Postings (Last 90 Days)
Thoughts -- 6 June 2008

Traveling With Kids --15 May 2008 

Thoughts -- 12 May 2008

Thoughts -- 16 April 2008

Thoughts -- 15 March 2008
 


Musings
Great Ideas, Experiments and Failures of this Century -- Outline of a Course I'd like to Teach -- December 2007

Thoughts -- 1 April 2007 including Passover Notes and Cute Photos

Passover Sermonette: 9 April 2006

Customer Service: Why We Are Not Getting Enough of it -- 5 March 2006

Pasover Sermonette 2005 -- Requires Advanced Knowledge of Jewish legal terms

Ivan's Top 10 Tips for Getting Engaged and Married, and Surviving the First Year of Marriage -- 9 November 2004

Presidential Thoughts: John Kerry's Platform and Message followed by Ivan's Platform and Message: Which One for You? -- 7 March 2004

Your Honeymoon Suggestions for Ivan & Karen -- July 2003

Passover Sermonette 2003

Notes from Dr. Paul's lecture on Biblical History that didn't make the Passover Sermonette -- April 2003

Animal Quiz Brainteaser -- 15 April 2003

Ivan's Zit-Free Tip Sheet -- 15 April 2003

A Better Trip -- Ivan's Suggested Itinerary for these 5 Day Missions to Israel -- 13 January 2003

Tisha B'Av Message 2002

Global Thoughts – 23 June 2002
Markets, Post 9/11 America and Foreign Policy Shifts, Iran and Saudi Arabia, 
Israel/Palestine; Child Sacrifice: Biblical Perspective

Passover Sermonette 2002: Finding Relevance in the Passover Story in 2002.

Rethinking Day School Secondary Education: New Strategies for Tuition and Curriculum -- 3 February 2002

Global Thoughts Update...4 March 2002
Focus on Japan and the Middle East
Response to comments re: Education Reform Initiative.

Results: Ivan's Grocery Run Poll -- 3 November 2001

Personal Letter written on the flight to Tel Aviv -- 4 October 2001

Yom Kippur Message -- 25 September 2001

Global Thoughts: Butt-Wiping and other Major Issues -- 26 August 2001

Ivan's List of Things That Are Great About America -- 4 July 2001

Passover Sermonette 2001 -- 1 April 2001

Poll Results: A New National Anthem for the USA? -- 27 January 2001

Media Bias: Is the Problem the Media or is it us? -- 20 January 2001

Global Trends: 19 November 2000
US Elections; Middle East; Oil Markets; Hamas and the Flood

Rethinking the Jewish State for the 21st Century -- 19 November 200

Tisha B'Av Message -- 6 August 2000

Ivan's Action Plan for the Jewish World -- with detailed exhibits.  Also useful for other communities -- 6 August 2000

The Case for a Jewish TV Network -- 6 August 2000

Ivan's Hypothetical Leadership University: To Train a New Generation of Leaders -- 24 July

The Millionaire Phenomenon -- 10 July 2000

Genetics; Elian Gonzalez; Bill Gates & Microsoft; World War II Slave Labor; TV & the Lost Art of the Imagination 28 May 2000

Future Trends among Next Generation of Jewish Philanthropists -- Report from JFN Convention -- 7 April 2000

Cartoon re the Dot-Com Phenomenon

Poll: Greatest Invention of this Century or the Millenium -- 30 September 1999

The Meaning of Life

Responses to the Challenge -- 5 June 1999

The Meaning of Life According to Ivan Ciment -- Updated 20 July 1999

Ivan's Meaning of Life Challenge -- 28 March 1999

Passover Sermonette

Passover Sermonette 2000

Poll: Most Admired Person Alive

Updated Nominees: Most Admired Person Alive -- 1 September 1999

Results of Ivan's Poll: Most Admired Person Alive -- 27 January 1999

Other Topics

Rethinking Prayer Services for the 21st Century -- 21 June 2000

Let's Talk About Lunch -- 19 June 1998

Ivan's Hypothetical Airline -- 15 April 1998
 


 

Middle East
Thoughts -- 6 June 2008

Thoughts -- 12 May 2008

Thoughts -- 16 April 2008

Thoughts -- 15 March 2008

Thoughts -- 7 February 2008

Predictions 2008 -- 12 January 2008

Thoughts -- 10 December 2007

Israel Conversations November 2007

Thoughts -- 7 October 2007

Thoughts -- 3 September 2007

Thoughts -- 1 August 2007

Thoughts -- 17 June 2007 

Thoughts -- 3 May 2007 focusing on Winograd Commission report in Israel

Thoughts -- 1 April 2007 including Passover Notes and Cute Photos

Thoughts -- 5 March 2007

Thoughts -- 7 February 2007

Predictions 2007 - 3 January 2007

Text of Limmud Speech 25 December 2006, Nottingham, England. Countdown to WWIII?

Notes from 2006 Limmud Conference

Thoughts: 13 November 2006: Post-Election World View.

Thoughts: 1 October 2006: Paninis, Middle East, World and US Politics, Business Travel

Thoughts: 20 August 2006: Countdown to World War III

Update: Middle East 26 July 2006

Update: Middle East Situation 12 July 2006

Thoughts: July 9, 2006: Global Thoughts Hokey Pokey Forum, World Thoughts, Travel: Milwaukee & Sagamore Resort

Thoughts: 11 June 11 2006

Thoughts: 7 May 2006

Thoughts: 9 April 2006

Thoughts: 5 March 2006

Thoughts: 7 February 2006

Thoughts: 4 January 2006 with Predictions

Thoughts: 4 December 2005

Thoughts: 7 November 2005

Thoughts and Trip Notes (DC, Chicago and Greenbrier) -- 2 October 2005

Ivan Op-Ed Article Published in Jewish Week September 16, 2005 re Pakistan/Israeli Meetings with Saudi Blessing

Israel & Pakistan Talks -- Stepping Stone to Something Bigger? -- 5 Sept. 2005

Thoughts -- Hurricane Katrina, Gaza Withdrawal & Aftermath -- 5 Sept. 2005

Notes -- August 2005 World Issues; Travel Notes and Visit to Toronto & Langdan Hall

Notes -- July 2005

Notes -- Israel Visit, Germany and Other Random Global Thoughts -- 1 June 2005

Global Thoughts -- April 2005

Global Thoughts -- 7 February 2005

Year End Thoughts and Predictions for 2005 -- 28 December 2004

Global Thoughts -- Post-Election America; Post-Arafat Middle East; the UN -- 15 November 2004

Global Thoughts -- Spanning the globe a month before American elections -- 4 October 2004

Global Thoughts Update 25 August 2004

Global Thoughts (assorted issues) -- 30 June 2004

Global Thoughts (assorted issues)-- 4 May 2004

Global Thoughts: Presidential Race; Various World Issues; Gay Marriage; Gender Roles and Religion;  H1 Program -- 21 March 2004

Global Thoughts -- Predictions for 2004 -- 3 January 2004

Global Thoughts Thanksgiving Day 2003 -- 27 November 2003 

Global Thoughts -- The US as Global Citizen -- 5 October 2003

Global Thoughts September 11, 2003 --
US Foreign Policy in Middle East; Israel-Palestine; Economy; Bush 2004; Montreal Travel

Global Thoughts -- Hot Spots -- 23 June 2003

Global Thoughts -- After the War: Assessments, Lessons Learned, Future Prospects -- 15 April 2003

Predictions for 2003 and Year-End Notes -- 4 January 2003

London What's New & Limmud Conference Notes -- 31 December 2002

Address to 2002 Limmud Conference at the University of Nottingham, UK -- 23 Dec. 2002

Global Thoughts – 1 December 2002 
Iraq; Israel Elections and Palestinian Affairs; Bush Legacies; World Superpower Watch; Highlights of Trip Journal; Principles of Respect vs. Tolerance.

Insight: Saudi Consumer Society and Attitudes -- 1 December 2002

Global Thoughts -- 15 September 2002
Family Weekend in the Country; 9/11 One Year Later; Regional Politics Selected Issues; State of the World at the High Holidays: On Internet Connectivity, Evil, Knowledge and the Ever-Increasing Value of 1:1 Human Relations. 

Global Thoughts – 23 June 2002
Markets, Post 9/11 America and Foreign Policy Shifts, Iran and Saudi Arabia,
Israel/Palestine; Child Sacrifice: Biblical Perspective

Middle East Situation -- 17 April 2002

Global Thoughts Update...4 March 2002
Focus on Japan and the Middle East
Response to comments re: Education Reform Initiative.

Global Thoughts -- 3 February 2002
Charleston South Carolina, Economy, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, Afghanistan, Anthrax, Pakistan/India/Kashmir, Bill Clinton One Year Later, Gulf Region / Iraq (Notes from Conversation with Richard Perle), Israel-Palestinian Affairs; Day School Tuition.

Year End Predictions & Comments -- 31 December 2001

Limmud Conference Address Text -- 26 December 2001

Thoughts on Assorted Subjects -- 4 December 2001

Global Thoughts -- 12 November 2001: Letter from NY; The War Effort; Shifts in Foreign Policy; Israel/Palestinian Situation; Buy Recommendations; Yassir & Yossi Show; Forecasts

Global Thoughts on the Situation and Report from the Middle East -- 28 October 2001

Zionism and Humanism in Perspective -- 5 August 2001

Is Sharon Bluffing? -- 19 July 2001

Refugee Compensation and Resettlement: A Working Paper of Principles and Methods -- 8 July 2001

Why I’m Not Going to Israel This Year (and why I am going to Israel this year)and Why Last Year’s Policy Speech Is Still Correct -- 8 July 2001

Current Thoughts -- 4 July 2001

Current Thoughts: Middle East, Asia, Economy, Life Issues -- 15 May 2001

WHAT NOW? Israel's New Government -- Endurance Test Begins -- 8 March 2001

Israeli Election Snap Reaction -- 6 February 2001

Talking Politics: Current Issues (US, Middle East); Thoughts About American Currency -- 20 January 2001

Year-End Predictions 2000: 31 December 2000

Global Trends: 19 November 2000
US Elections; Middle East; Oil Markets; Hamas and the Flood

Middle East Situational Report -- 23 October

Current Situation Bulletin -- 30 July 2000

Text of Ivan's Speech re Future of Middle East and American Jewry, delivered 22 July

Quick Comment on Israel's Lebanon Withdrawal: Lessons Learned -- 28 May 2000

Update: 22 May 2000

Update: 17 April 2000 and Passover Message on the State of Israel and American Jewry

Update: 6 April 2000

Next Generation Middle Easterners: An Undiscovered Planet for American Jewry -- Dec. '99

Discerning Reality amid Abstraction: Humility Needed -- Dec. '99

A Twenty-Something View of the Middle East -- December 1995 -- posted 6 August 2000


World and Economic Issues
Thoughts -- 6 June 2008

Thoughts -- 12 May 2008

Thoughts -- 16 April 2008

Thoughts -- 15 March 2008

Thoughts -- 7 February 2008

Predictions 2008 -- 12 January 2008

Thoughts -- 10 December 2007

Thoughts -- 7 October 2007

Thoughts -- 3 September 2007

Thoughts -- 1 August 2007

Thoughts -- 17 June 2007 including special attention to Ethanol developments

Thoughts -- 3 May 2007 

Thoughts -- 1 April 2007 including Passover Notes and Cute Photos

Thoughts -- 5 March 2007

Thoughts -- 7 February 2007

Predictions 2007 - 3 January 2007

Text of Limmud Speech 25 December 2006, Nottingham, England. Countdown to WWIII?

Thoughts: 13 November 2006: Post-Election World View.

Thoughts: 1 October 2006: Paninis, Middle East, World and US Politics, Business Travel

Thoughts: 20 August 2006: Countdown to World War III

Thoughts: July 9, 2006: Global Thoughts Hokey Pokey Forum, World Thoughts, Travel: Milwaukee & Sagamore Resort

Thoughts: 11 June 2006

Thoughts: 7 May 2006

Thoughts: 9 April 2006

The Truth About the H1B Visa Program: 10 April 2006

Thoughts: 5 March 2006

Thoughts: 7 February 2006

Thoughts: 4 January 2006 with Predictions

Thoughts: 4 December 2005

Thoughts: 7 November 2005

Thoughts and Trip Notes (DC, Chicago and Greenbrier) -- 2 October 2005

Ivan Op-Ed Article Published in Jewish Week September 16, 2005 re Pakistan/Israeli Meetings with Saudi Blessing

Letter to NY Senator Schumer re Verizon and Airline Industry Abuses -- 5 Sept. 2005

Israel & Pakistan Talks -- Stepping Stone to Something Bigger? -- 5 Sept. 2005

Thoughts -- Hurricane Katrina, Gaza Withdrawal & Aftermath -- 5 Sept. 2005

Notes -- August 2005 World Issues; Travel Notes and Visit to Toronto & Langdan Hall

Notes -- July 2005 and Visit to Blantyre

Notes -- June 2005

Notes -- Israel Visit, Germany and Other Random Global Thoughts -- 1 June 2005

Global Thoughts -- April 2005

Global Thoughts -- 7 February 2005

Year End Thoughts and Predictions for 2005 -- 28 December 2004

Global Thoughts -- Post-Election America; Post-Arafat Middle East; the UN -- 15 November 2004

Global Thoughts -- The 2004 American Presidential Election -- 22 October 2004

A Short Humorous Primer on American Tax Policy -- 22 October 2004

Global Thoughts -- Spanning the globe a month before American elections -- 4 October 2004

Global Thoughts Update 25 August 2004

Global Thoughts (assorted issues) -- 30 June 2004

Global Thoughts (assorted issues)-- 4 May 2004

Global Thoughts: Presidential Race; Various World Issues; Gay Marriage; Gender Roles and Religion;  H1 Program -- 21 March 2004

Presidential Thoughts: John Kerry's Platform and Message followed by Ivan's Platform and Message: Which One for You? -- 21 March 2004

Global Thoughts -- Predictions for 2004 -- 3 January 2004

Global Thoughts Thanksgiving Day 2003 -- 27 November 2003 

Global Thoughts -- The US as Global Citizen -- 5 October 2003

Global Thoughts September 11, 2003 --
US Foreign Policy in Middle East; Israel-Palestine; Economy; Bush 2004; Montreal Travel

Global Thoughts -- Hot Spots -- 23 June 2003

Global Thoughts -- After the War: Assessments, Lessons Learned, Future Prospects -- 15 April 2003

Predictions for 2003 and Year-End Notes -- 4 January 2003

Global Thoughts – 1 December 2002 
Iraq; Israel Elections and Palestinian Affairs; Bush Legacies; World Superpower Watch; Highlights of Trip Journal; Principles of Respect vs. Tolerance; Turkey/EEC.

How much Freedom should we trade for our Security? 
Submitted to the Economist Essay Competition August 2002 -- Posted 1 December 2002

Global Thoughts -- 15 September 2002
Family Weekend in the Country; 9/11 One Year Later; Regional Politics Selected Issues; State of the World at the High Holidays: On Internet Connectivity, Evil, Knowledge and the Ever-Increasing Value of 1:1 Human Relations.

Global Thoughts – 23 June 2002
Markets, Post 9/11 America and Foreign Policy Shifts, Iran and Saudi Arabia, 
Israel/Palestine; Child Sacrifice: Biblical Perspective

Global Thoughts -- 3 February 2002
Charleston South Carolina, Economy, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, Afghanistan, Anthrax, Pakistan/India/Kashmir, Bill Clinton One Year Later, Gulf Region / Iraq (Notes from Conversation with Richard Perle), Israel-Palestinian Affairs; Day School Tuition.

Year End Predictions, Latest Travel Tips -- 31 December 2001

Thoughts on Assorted Subjects -- 4 December 2001

Global Thoughts -- 12 November 2001: Letter from NY; The War Effort; Shifts in Foreign Policy; Israel/Palestinian Situation; Buy Recommendations; Yassir & Yossi Show; Forecasts

Global Thoughts on the Situation and Report from the Middle East -- 28 October 2001

Commentary & Recommendations Following September 11-- 23 September 2001

Revised Economist Estimates: More Bad News Coming -- 30 July 2001

Current Thoughts -- 4 July 2001

Current Thoughts: Middle East, Asia, Economy, Life Issues -- 15 May 2001

The Bear Market Explained -- 22 March 2001

Talking Politics: Current Issues (US, Middle East); Thoughts About American Currency -- 20 January 2001

Global Trend: Transfer of National Political Power As Family Franchise -- 20 January 2001

Ivan's Reading List -- Media IC Monitors -- 20 January 2001

Year-End Predictions 2000: 31 December 2000

Global Trends: 19 November 2000
US Elections; Middle East; Oil Markets; Hamas and the Flood

Global Trends: Troubling Signs Ahead -- 29 October 2000

Global Trends: US Elections & Other Issues -- 25 October 2000

Opening up the Anti-Ballistic-Missile Treaty: Star Wars Revisited -- 6 June 2000

Genetics; Elian Gonzalez; Bill Gates & Microsoft; World War II Slave Labor; TV & the Lost Art of the Imagination 28 May 2000

State of the Markets: Stocks and the Coming Real Estate Recession -- 28 May 2000; Also: Quick Comment on Israel's Lebanon Withdrawal: Lessons Learned

India/Pakistan Alert; Post Super-Tuesday Primaries -- 3/10/00

The Haider Phenomenon -- An Analysis of Austria, the Holocaust, Decency & Nationalism -- 10 February 2000

Predictions: Ivan's End of the Year Predictions -- 12/30/99

Archive Selections

China: What to Expect in the Coming Decades -- 21 April 1999

Foreign Policy Rethink -- 4 September 1998


Travel Notes & Photo Collages
Traveling With Kids --15 May 2008 

Round the World Travel Notes and Photos -- Rome, Jerusalem, Hong Kong & Shanghai Nov 2007

Thoughts -- 10 December 2007 -- Travel Notes at Keswick Hall, VA; Key West FL and Homestead Inn, CT.

Travel Notes & Photos -- New England June 2007 (Nantucket, Mass., Bretton Woods, NH & Bar Harbor, Maine with Acadia National Park) Also some notes on Orlando

Travel Notes & Photos -- Europe May 2007
Santorni, Greece, Rome & Chewton Glen, England

Thoughts -- 3 May 2007 including travel notes on Salt Lake City, Utah w/photos and updates on Charleston and Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Packing List Revised -- 1 January 2007

Travel Notes and Photos: London and Ashdown Park, England, Late December 2006

Travel Notes: Portugal, Return visits to Halifax and Greenbrier and Photos

Funny Photos: Elizabeth at the Greenbrier

Elizabeth's Packing List -- December 2006

Thoughts: July 9, 2006: Global Thoughts Hokey Pokey Forum, World Thoughts, Travel: Milwaukee & Sagamore Resort

Thoughts: June 11, 2006 plus travel notes on Las Vegas, Grand Canyon and Boston

Marco Island Florida: 9 April 2006

houghts and Trip Notes (DC, Chicago and Greenbrier) -- 2 October 2005

Notes -- Lake Geneva region, August 2005 (Evian, Geneva, Montreaux, Lausanne, Vevey) with link to photo tour

Notes -- August 2005 World Issues; Travel Notes and Visit to Toronto & Langdan Hall

Notes -- July 2005 and Visit to Blantyre

Notes -- Israel Visit, Germany and Other Random Global Thoughts -- 1 June 2005

Travel Notes Round the World -- Cyprus (Greek and Turkish), Amman, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore -- April 2005 (with internal link to photo tour at end of article).

Puerto Rico Notes and Photos -- New Years Weekend 2005

Charleston, South Carolina -- 29 Nov 2004

Fall Holiday Notes & Photos -- Switzerland & Italy September 2004 (St. Moritz, Zurich, Lugano, Como, Milan, Abano)

Trip Notes & Photos: Australia; Half Moon Bay California; United Airlines and Frequent Flyer Programs (30 June 2004)

Honeymoon Journal and Photos -- Jerusalem and Italy (Rome and Amalfi coast) -- April 2004

Costa Rica -- Travel Notes & Photos -- January 2004

Global Thoughts September 11, 2003 --
see section on Montreal Travel

Letter from New York and Quebec -- The Blackout and the Great Weekend After -- August 2003

Northern European MidSummer Rumpus: Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Budapest, Munich, Concorde back to NY -- Photos & Notes, July 2003

Ivan's 64 Travel Secrets -- Updated 3 August 2003

Newport, Rhode Island Travel Notes & Photos -- 4 July 2003

Travel Notes and Photos -- Sydney (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand) and Beverly Hills -- June 2003

Cayman Islands -- January 2003

London What's New & Limmud Conference Notes -- 31 December 2002

Ivan’s Festival of Friends Fall 2002
Oct / Nov 2002 -- 1 December 2002
Hamburg, Vienna, Madrid, Seville, Cordoba, Geneva, Lugano, Bahrain, Amman, Israel, Larnaca, Frankfurt, Paris, Luxembourg, Spangdahlem Germany.

Photos from Fall 2002 Tour

Train to the Plane / Newark Airport: A Review -- Updated September 2002

Bermuda Travel Updated September 2002

Quebec City, La Manoir Richelieu -- September 2002

Halifax, Nova Scotia -- July 2002

Halifax Photos -- July 2002

Travel Notes: Vegas & the Berkshires -- May 2002

Travel Notes: Europe Spring Fling -- Zurich, Monaco & nearby France, Italy (Abano, Sermione, Milano, Como) & Dublin -- May 2002

Photos -- Europe Spring Fling May 2002

Global Thoughts -- 3 February 2002
Charleston, South Carolina 

Latest Travel Tips & London Notes -- 31 December 2001

Israel/Jordan visit: Trip Journal & Summaries of Dialogues -- 21 October 2001

Fall 2001 Photos: St. Moritz, Florence & Prague -- 21 October 2001

Fall 2001 European Sprint -- St. Moritz, Florence, Prague, Luxembourg, Jersey -- 26 September 2001

Things To Do Before Leaving On A Foreign Trip (A Helpful Task List) -- 15 May 2001

Ivan's Packing List -- Updated 5 November

Photos Spring Tour 2001 -- 13 June 2001

Spring 2001 Tour (Zurich, Dubai, Bahrain, Singapore, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Hong Kong,  Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Seattle) -- 15 May 2001

Disney World Tourist Tips -- 15 May 2001

Airline Ratings -- 15 May 2001

Country Ratings -- 15 May 2001

Secrets Every Traveler Should Know (but please don't tell) -- 13 August 1999

Getting to New York's Airports....An updated compendium -- please contribute

Ivan's Ratings: Places I'd Most Like To Be In As a Tourist -- 5 November 2000

Ivan's Ratings: Most Civilized States -- 
5 November 2000

Travel Journal: Fall 2000 Tour
Paris, Fontainblueau, Zurich, Istanbul, Athens, Limasol (Cyprus), Beirut, Damascus, Bosra (Syria), Amman, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Rome, Madrid -- 5 November 2000

...FOR PHOTO COLLAGE, SEE LINKS BELOW

Travel Journal: London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Moscow, Helsinki -- August 2000

1999 Shake Hands Tour: Geneva Telecom Congress; Jeddah & Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Dubai, UAE and Brussels/Ghent, Belgium -- October 1999. Text file.  Photo links below.

Toronto and Ottawa -- September 1999 Text & Photos

Bermuda -- July 1999 Text and Link to Photos

Hong Kong and an LA Hotel -- June 1999 Text and Link to Photos

San Francisco -- June 1999 Text and Link to Photos

Paris & Amsterdam -- November 1998

Vienna, Jerusalem High Holidays, Rome Shopping -- September 1998

Chicago Air Show -- August 1998

Kuwait, Amman, London, Israel's 50th Anniversary -- May 1998

Puerto Rico -- February 1998

London and Manchester Limmud Conference -- December 1997

Moscow -- September 1997

Round the World: Switzerland, Cyprus, Beirut, Amman, Israel, Paris, Tokyo -- July 1997

Athens -- Archival Records

Jordan -- First Visits, 1995 -- posted 31 July 2000

Photo Collages

Travel Notes and Photos -- Sydney (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand) and Beverly Hills -- June 2003

Beirut -- July 1997

Round the World Tour (Switzerland, Cyprus, Israel, Amman, Paris, Tokyo -- July 1997

Moscow (text link above)-- September 1997

Kuwait (text link above)-- May 1998

Hong Kong -- June 1999

San Francisco & Area -- June 1999

Bermuda -- July 1999

Toronto -- September 1999

Saudi Arabia -- October 1999

Dubai -- October 1999

Geneva, Switzerland & Ghent, Belgium -- October 1999

Berlin Photos -- September 2000

Moscow Update Photos -- September 2000

Helsinki Photos --  September 2000

FALL 2000 TOUR

Paris, Fontainbleau & Zurich -- September 2000

Istanbul, Athens & Limasol (Cyprus) -- Sept. '00

Beirut Revisited -- September 2000

Damascus, Syria -- September 2000

Bosra, Syria & Amman, Jordan -- Sept. 2000

Tel Aviv & Jerusalem with Family -- October 2000

Rome & Madrid -- October 2000

SPRING 2001 TOUR -- Bahrain, Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Bejing, Seoul, Tokyo (and environs)

Photos Spring Tour 2001 -- 13 June 2001