1Vaveling Jewishly Continued from Page L-1 Aim at making the trip a bonding family experience in which you have a good time together exploring a world quite different from the one you know." Some of her tips for family travel include: • Talk ahead of time about everybody's expectations for the trip. If everyone has a chance to choose a site or activity for the trip, they may feel a greater part of it. • Do it, don't say it. If a child can climb into a castle and pretend to be a guard, he/she will understand how that edifice was strategically important. Children like to touch, feel, smell and taste as well as see. • Plan to get an early start each day and to alternate active and passive activities. • You and your children will spend more time together than usual. Although togetherness has a romantic charm, you can have too much of a good thing. Allow times and places where your child can be alone to think — on his/her own blanket at the beach, reading in the hotel or climbing at a playground. Children need time to relax and absorb all their new experiences. You will need some time alone, too. Family travel is also an ideal opportunity to see how Jews in other places mark and celebrate their Judaism. Visits to local synagogues, Jewish bookstores, bakeries and special landmarks help children understand that Jews live in a variety of places. Participating in a Shabbat service in another place is one of the best ways to illustrate that even though we are different, we are very much the same. Even opening a telephone book to identify names and places that might be Jewish can be an interesting experience. Car travel affords its own set of opportunities. Singing in the car, according to Larry Ziffer, a parent of four, creates an environment that's both educational and fun. His family makes great use of the tape deck as well as word and guessing games. Identifying landmarks, road signs and the luxury of spontaneous side trips can make car trips a real adventure. Family travel is a chance to create family history, have a new and interesting experiences, learn new things together and, most of all, spend quality family time. A combination of realistic expectations, flexibility and a sense of adventure can make the whole event a positive experience. By remaining relaxed and not excessively schedule-bound one has the opportunity to see things through new eyes and even be surprised at how perceptive family members can be. Using the trip as an opportunity to explore Jewish sights, one exposes the family to new and vital Jewish experiences, and makes it clear that Judaism is a pervasive value and does not end after pulling out of the driveway. American Travel lireasures Continued from Page L-1 Shalom. It is one of 120 congregations. Of interest to the Jewish community are Brandeis University, the Gosman Jewish Community Center and the Judaica libraries at Harvard, Brandeis and at Hebrew College. The American Jewish Historical Society is located on the Brandeis campus. Denver, Colo., got its first Jewish settlers during gold rush times in the mid-1800s. German Jewish settlers followed the masses west seeking riches in streams and mountain lodes. The late 1800s brought waves of Eastern European Jews, mostly Russians. Denver produced many nationally known Jewish personalities, including Sen. Simon Guggenhaim, Jesse Shwayder of Samsonite Luggage fame and David May of the May Co., according to The Jewish Traveler, edited by Alan M. Tigay. Jews came to Houston, Texas, prior to statehood in 1836. French- born Eugene Chimene was the city's first Jewish resident, The Jewish Traveler records. The first Jewish cemetery was created in 1844 and the first synagogue founded in Texas in 1854. The East European immigration wave brought many Jews to Texas. They founded synagouges and became ee di/ THE JEWISH NEWS 20300 Civic Center Drive Suite 240 Southfield, Michigan 48076 December 23, 1988 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz News Editor Heidi Press Jewish Experiences for Families Adviser Harlene W. Appleman Illustrator Neil Beckman L 2 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1988 acculturated into the general community. Today, there are 30,000 Jews in Houston, and the city has a Jewish center, Jewish Home for Aged and several synagogues. There is a museum named for a rabbi, The Robert I. Kahn Gallery. Congregation Beth Yeshurun has a collection of Judaica and ritual objects. The Rothko Chapel, near the University of St. Thomas, displays 14 expressionist paintings by the Jewish abstract artist Mark Rothko. Miami, Fla., has a national reputation for being a vacation haven for Jews and a retirement destination for elderly Jews. Its first Jewish settler was Samuel Singer, who came to the city in 1895, according to The Jewish Traveler. The first Jewish congregation, B'nai Zion, was founded in 1912. The Miami Jewish community numbers about 400,000. Some unusual synagogues can be found in Miami. Tropical-classical is how The Jewish Traveler distinguishes Beth David. There is a Cuban Hebrew Congregation, Beth Raphael (dedicated to victims of the Holocaust) and Beth Sholom with a domed sanctuary. There are about a dozen kosher hotels on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach. Jews played an important role as merchants during the gold rush days in San Francisco, Calif. The early peddlers and tradesmen became the leading department store magnates. (The founders of Gumps, I. Magnin and Joseph Magnin were all Jewish, according to The Jewish Traveler) The Jewish community is spread out in San Francisco; its Jewish population is estimated at 80,000. In San Francisco, one can visit the Steinhart Aquarium. The Golden Gate Bridge, The Jewish Traveler notes, was built by a Jew, Joseph Baerman Strauss, with help from consultant Leon Solomon Moisseiff. Temple Emanu-El has a Byzantine flair and is a must-see site. Jewish visitors also will be interested in the Western Jewish History Center and the Magnes Museum, both in Berkeley. A Jewish community museum is in the Jewish federation building and on a trip to the wine country, one can find the kosher wines of Yayin Corp., HaGefen, Kedem and Winestock. Wyatt Earp is buried beside his Jewish wife, Josephine Marcus Earp in the Hills of Eternity Jewish Cemetery. There is a Jewish artists network and periodic exhibits of Jewish crafts. Books consulted for this article include The Jewish Traveler: Hadassah Magazine's Guide to the World's Jewish Communities and Sights, edited by Alan M. Tigay (Doubleday) and Traveling Jewish In America for Business and Pleasure, compiled by Bryyna C. Bloomfield and Jane M. Moskowitz and edited by Ellen Chernofsky (Wandering You Press). The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the San Francisco's most famous landmarks.