Karen Rubin

Karen Rubin

809 Articles

Going Places, Far & Near… Pauline Frommer at NYT travel show: How to get best value for your travel dollar in 2017

  Travel expert Pauline Frommer, of the Frommer Guides and radio show, says that 2017 is probably the best year

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Trump’s response to anti-Semitism

A Jewish Community Center in Plainview where only last week Congressman Tom Suozzi had held a SRO town hall, was

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Going Places, Far & Near… Four friends and a babymoon travel California’s Highway 1 discovery route

Scenic Pismo Beach on California's Highway 1 Discovery Route (photo by Laini Miranda/Travel Features Syndicate)  By Dave E. Leiberman, Laini Miranda,

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Going Places, Near & Far… New ‘Mummies’ exhibit at American Museum of Natural History lets you peer through wrappings

Michael Novacek, Senior Vice President, Provost of Science and Curator, division of Paleontology and David Hurst Thomas, curator of North

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Going Places Near & Far… NYT travel show: Budget travel guru Matt Kepnes offers easy ways to save big money when you travel

Green Tortoise hostel in San Francisco: Staying in a hostel isn’t just inexpensive, but provides for social interaction, let’s you

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Going Places Near & Far… ‘You Were Strangers in a Strange Land’ (There is a Rational Way to Immigration Reform)

There is no mystery why American Jews have been among the most vocal and vociferous to oppose Trump’s Muslim Ban

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Pulse of the Peninsula: ‘You were strangers in a strange land’

There is no mystery why American Jews have been among the most vocal and vociferous to oppose Trump’s Muslim ban

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Going Places Near & Far… Park City’s Grand Summit Hotel to Undergo $15 Million Renovation and Join RockResorts

A view from the gondola of Park City’s Canyons Village in spring. Vail Resorts, which owns Park CityMountain, now the

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Pulse of the Peninsula: Americans to march for fair taxes

It is repugnant that Trump (and Romney and other billionaires) claim it is “patriotic” to pay minimal or zero taxes

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Going Places Near & Far… Deer Valley, Utah is Skiers’ Only Paradise with Retro, Refined Vibe

Deer Valley Resort, one of the few skiers-only mountain resorts, is part of the Park City, Utah skiing metropolis, just

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Going Places Near & Far… Vail Resorts plans to add Stowe, Vermont to 2017-18 Epic Pass, giving Northeastern skiers new reason to buy 

Vail Resorts is moving to complete the acquisition of Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont, which would be the company’s first resort

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Going Places Near & Far… Park City Mountain, Utah: Biggest ski area in US is one of easiest to reach

The intoxicating view at Park City Mountain, Utah, which after being combined with The Canyons, is now the biggest ski

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Going Places Near & Far… Major museums draw travelers with important exhibitions

Painterly scenes abound at Heritage Museums and Gardens, in historic Sandwich on Cape Cod is actually the theme of this

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Pulse of the Peninsula: One man can save or destroy world

Yes, it is possible for one person to hold the fate of the entire world in his hands. This is

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Pulse of the Peninsula: G.N. school budget strong

As noted in our last column, a budget is the practical expression of mission, values. It is the thing that

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