{"id":11331,"date":"2026-09-17T08:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/?page_id=11331"},"modified":"2026-10-30T18:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:19:12","slug":"2026-oct-7-to-november-1-fall-folliage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/2026-oct-7-to-november-1-fall-folliage\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Oct 7 to October 21 Fall Foliage Part 1, New York City, Kingston, Catskill and Ithaca"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click on any image below to see a larger version.<\/h4>\n

20260930 Wednesday and Thursday:<\/h4>\n
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Josephine, our home for october<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dodie Fine and I met for a planning session, our first meeting in about a year. She had never seen the Motorhome that would be her home for the upcoming trip.<\/p>\n

John Prince Park
\n4759 South Congress Avenue
\n\"\"<\/a>Lake Worth, Florida 33461<\/p>\n

20261008 Drive to Jacksonville, early dinner with Henry Rosenblum and Susan Ticker<\/h4>\n
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Hank Rosenblum, Dodie, Susan Ticker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Henry is a retired Cantor\u00a0 from Forest Hills Jewish Center. Dodie and Hank (he was Hank then) in White Meadow Lake in Rockway Township, NJ where he was the Cantor. Susie was Dodie’s neighbor before Hank became a Cantor.\u00a0 A friendship of many years.<\/p>\n

20261009\u00a0 Friday: Savanah, Mickve Israel Synagogue, Mrs. Wilkes lunch and Red Gate RV<\/h4>\n

Red Gate Farms – RV Resort<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n
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Red Gate RV Campground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We reserved a nice overnight campsite at Red Gate.\u00a0 They supplied a mystery\u00a0 map, a cryptic text set of directions. Dodie and I circled the campground several times with no signs. It was dark and Dodie was a directions hero, I think. Our site, D7, had the number 7 in fine print in the dark.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mickve Israel Synagogue Tour and Shabat Services<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Mickve Israel Savannah GA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mickve Israel is the third oldest Jewish Synagogue in the United States and the second oldest in Georgia. Members of the congregation came from England in 1733. Forty-two people boarded in England. Forty-one arrived in Georgia, of these, 34 were Portuguese Sephardic and 7 German Ashkenazi (Levites).<\/p>\n

Mickve has a 600 year old Torah (5 books of Moses) that enscribed on specially treated deer skin that is rolled into scrolls. These scrolls are unrolled and read throughout the year, every year for 5000 or more years. The Hebrew trope (chanting of ritual readings) are diacritical marks that are carefully written with the text by specially trained scribes. There are no vowels recorded with the text so special training is required.<\/p>\n

People who ritually read the text are called Ba’al Koreh. When an untrained person reads the text, they are observed by a trained Ba’al Koreh. This is commonly seen when a Jewish child reaches adulthood and a member of the minion, the group of 10 or more men required by Orthodox law to conduct a ritual service. Remember the line “whenever two or more are gathered in his name?” This was the Christian tradition of permitting ritual prayer,<\/p>\n

Mickve is the oldest practicing Reform Synagogue in the United States. As Jewish tradition evolved, Reform Sysagogues let the path toward equal recognition of women. Woman were not previously fully integrated in the Jewish rituals.<\/p>\n