I’m off to lecture in West Lafayette, Indiana, leaving, for the first time from Stewart International Airport. And so far it’s a great way to travel. I’ve mentioned before that the major New York City airports strike me as islands of the Third World right here in the middle of the First, so I took [...]
Contact: Ann Kimball Telephone: (601) 362-6357 E-mail: akimball@isjl.org For immediate release. NOTED BIBLE SCHOLAR DR. JOEL M. HOFFMAN TO SPEAK IN COLUMBUS, GA Jackson, MS, January 23, 2012 — Noted Bible scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman returns to the South on Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28 for two lectures at Temple Israel in [...]
JFK Airport in New York City is like an island of the Third World right here in the middle of the First. The workers don’t speak English. The low ceilings are crumbling. It’s filthy. It’s chaotic. There aren’t enough taxis. And — unlike in many parts of the Third World — there’s isn’t even a [...]
Hampton Court Palace Formal Gardensat Hampton Court Palace Formal Gardensat Hampton Court Palace Maze at Hampton Court Palace Parliament from the River Thames Thursday was my first day with no teaching or international travel. I took advantage of my time off to visit Hampton Court Palace, built in the early 1500s by (soon-to-be Cardinal) Thomas [...]
London Reflections After several days in London (albeit with a break in Amsterdam), I felt like I was starting to get a feel for the city, at least parts of it. Because I was staying in the south and generally teaching in the north, I had already traversed the city a half dozen times, using, [...]
