April 21, 2011 April 21, 2011 Volunteer Opportunity! Alternative Breaks in Nicaragua and Mexico by Joshua Berman One of the best volunteer programs out there: American Jewish World Service. I used to lead spring break trips for them. They write: “Attention…
March 8, 2011 March 8, 2011 2012 Book Focuses on the Living Maya’s Ancient Wisdom by Joshua Berman The quantity of 2012 literature out there is mind-boggling. There are hundreds of books about the Maya calendar cycle ending on December 21, 2012,…
October 28, 2008 October 28, 2008 DÃa de los Muertos: What I’ve learned about Day of the Dead (so far) by Joshua Berman This afternoon, a colleague of mine described DÃa de los Muertos as “the only time during the year when the veil that separates our…
October 26, 2008 October 26, 2008 Teach me something about DÃa de los Muertos, por favor! by Joshua Berman Nicaraguans did not much celebrate DÃa de los Muertos where I lived, and since I have not spent much time in Mexico, where the…
October 16, 2008 October 16, 2008 Blog across Mexico by travel writer Richard Arghiris by Joshua Berman Richard Arghiris has departed on a marathon coast-to-coast writing assignment across Mexico. He is updating the Footprint guide to that massive and varied country….