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Club Quarters Hotel In Philadelphia
1628 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
0,7 km fra
1131 kr+
I LOVED being able to get seltzer water in the lobby 24/7 and I loved the coffee machine in the lobby, too! The computer workspaces in the lobby were also very, very helpful. It didn't have a lot of silly extras -- the rooms were spare but completely adequate. The maids actually left the towels alone if they were hanging (so they weren't laundered needlessly). My husband complained that the bathroom was so cramped and that he had to hold the toilet seat up when he wanted to pee. The fridge was in a cabinet which wasn't installed so well so it was tricky to close.
Affordable with nice accommodations. There was always water, sparkling water, tea, and coffee available in the lobby. To operate the elevator you have to put your key card in, which made me feel safe. There were snacks in the lobby the first night we got there and then they all disappeared...it was weird!
It was a very comfortable and clean room. Probably taller than it was long but unless you're bringing a pop-up trailer with you there's plenty of room. The bed's comfy and the shower is really nice. They had a hair dryer to use. There's no fridge but that's not a huge deal. I would have liked to have a safe since it is a city, but it's not in a rough area. Some people complained about the two elevators, which is a bit odd but not so much so that you should be like the one guy I passed who was trying to figure out how to get out of the lobby (I mean he got in there in the first place, somehow). There's a big mall with a food court right across the street and all manner of fast food in the block between 15th-16th not to mention most everything you'd want to see or do is basically walking distance (under 1-1/2 miles - South Philly/Italian Market, Liberty Bell/Independence Hall, Eastern State, City Hall, Chinatown). I'd really recommend the hotel, and that you do walk places, don't take the tourist bus, you'll see a lot you wouldn't otherwise. Someone else complained about the parking, I had no issues, it's a city, you pay to park, and it's not like you're walking more than half a block (it is literally across the street). WiFi speed: 18-20MBps was what I got. The staff while extremely polite were not really the most helpful, everything was "It's not my call" when it came to business. I had to jump through a bunch of hoops just to get my stay extended, and they had me put down $50 per night for incidentals (would've been $150 if I'd used cash). There's no mini-bar and I wasn't planning on ordering room service, so this made no sense to me.
Super accommodating staff and convenient location. The rate for a last minute Saturday booking was also a nice bonus! Will definitely stay again.
The room and the location were perfect. If you want to be in the heart of Philly it's a great choice. Comfortable beds One staff member was a big abrasive when answering questions and handling issues. I might as well have been dealing with a machine, but this was really just one staff member in particular. The other gentlemen helping me was much more well-mannered.
Great staff. The listing mentioned free parking. It was not- only 35% off
Rooms were very clean like the coffee set up for the guest and especially the water. Employees very pleasant and accommodating N/A
No real room service. Showers not great.
Comfortable bed, good sized room, great location, great room service. The fire alarm kept going off throughout the night and we didn't have any hot water and could not shower in the morning.
I liked how cozy our room was. The snacks provided in the lobby were delicious! The location was amazing. We were able to walk everywhere, which had been our goal. Overall, excellent hotel! I wish the bathrooms were a bit bigger.
The room was a little dusty and the bedding looks worn. I found hair on the desk which was a little off putting. Otherwise the room was fair for the price and location.
Location The staff is poor when it comes to taking care of customers. Will never stay there again.
Fully recommend this hotel
Clean, friendly Expensive, not as many amenities as other hotels up the street
Luxurious rooms, great location, right next to Rittenhouse Square. Parc restaurant around the corner is amazing. Hotel was late getting my room ready. Tried to check in at 3, was told a room would be ready in half an hour. They never called to say it was ready, but when I went back to the desk at 5, they had plenty of rooms. Also, asked about complimentary airport shuttle and was told there was one every 30 minutes. Shuttle was on time, but the driver insisted it was not complimentary, charging me $10 when I got to the airport. Didn't have time to argue, but front desk should have been clear when I asked about a "complimentary" shuttle.
Fitness facility is great. Some rooms are in need of a little tlc.
Fitness center was nice and the room was clean. No rooms available at 3:00 check in. The desk clerk said he would call when a room is ready but he never called. The maid was the nicest hotel employee. The staff said they have self parking but that is not true, it is just side door valet parking.
King sized bed. Way over priced, took forever to get water sent up to our room, parking is expensive too...
Huge room, comfortable bed This hotel is unsusuccessfully trying to be a luxury hotel, which it does look like. Looks aren't everything though. The way you're treated by the staff is most important in a luxury hotel. This where the Warwick falls flat on its face. The "doormen" never acknowledged us going in or out. When the bellman showed us to our room, we asked where the ice machine was, instead of filling our ice bucket, he showed us where we could get our own ice--pretty classy guy. Now for the maid service: When we showered the first morning, there ware only two hand towels, one of which we had to use as a bath mat. My husband asked one of the maids on our floor for a couple more hand towels. Her reply was that she had none! We had to call housekeeping to ask for extra hand towels and a bath mat. When our room was done that morning, we got a bath mat, but no hand towels. They also failed to replace our coffe, coffee cups and drinking glasses. We were givien an hour extension for check out, but our maid knocked on our door three times to ask when we were checking out. All three times she knocked on the door were before noon! If Radison wants to run this hotel as a high-end hotel, they need to actually train there entire staff how to serve their guests.
The location is great, and overall the hotel Is attractive and well maintained. Most of the staff are excellent, from the front desk to the cleaning staff. They were helpful and courteous. Relative to similar hotels in the area, it's a great value. This stay (our 4th, but first since it's no longer a radisson) we encountered a MAJOR problem at 4am, and with two young children to be displayed in the middle of the night without our belongings was awful. The night staff and cleaning staff were great but the manager on duty was unbelievably awful, as if we inconvenienced her when her shift started at 8 -- 4 hours after we started dealing with the issue. Instead of commiserating with awful circumstances and asking how we could be helped to be comforble, she mostly left us to or own devices to figure out clothing, food, and basics for two little children who'd been up all night, and had to be pressured to provide basic information about a plan for us to be able to leave. Unreal.
Racist white staff.
The hotel has a very nicely decorated interior and decent-sized rooms, especially for the location. Arrived at 3:30 pm and was told that my room was not ready. Had to walk around town for a while until I received their call that my room was ready, which I got at around 5:45 pm. I was only staying one night and I feel slightly ripped off as I was not able to relax and shower before an event I had at 6:30 pm.
Very convenient location. Clean room. Good fitness center. Several other parking options less than a block away for less $ than hotel parking. The front desk staff were not very helpful upon check in and volunteered no information at all. Hotel has no in house lobby bar.
Location A little dated and the front desk is a little all over place
The staff was friendly, respectful and professional.
The bedding is super comfy and the overall look is modern and very pleasing. Great staff. The room was a tad too small for me.
the view and the room was lovely, the hotel is close to the city hall and to the museums. Bar on the first floor is good. The pool was not very clean (passable) and people had to ask several times for towels. The pool area can be a great place - just add some plants, get rid of ugly fence, put a bar there....
Noisy and crowded they day we were there a plain clean serviceable hotel Two things. Our room was between two college kid rooms with multiple tennants. They were polite but busy Other was we went to happy hour and the price was not honored
Clean & facilities are modern Room is describe with "city view", only view is an office building across our room. No full service restaurant in the hotel but walking distance to everything.
clean, nice staff, secured parking, spacious rooms, microwaves in room, no smoking, comfortable bed and sheets Daily parking was over $40/night
Construction at an adjacent building seemed to go on all night long. Unable to have any silence or sleep. And then there was a taxi "horn-honking" demonstration in opposition to Uber. Worst hotel experience of my life.
It's clean, the rooms are really nice, and it's in a great location. I have no complaints. This place was awesome.
I love the nicely decorated rooms and modern feel. Great location. Rooms not quietly. Could hear all traffic from the street and noise from other rooms and I was on the 9th floor. Would like to see Sonesta to replace those thin windows with something better.
Great location, clean and very friendly hotel staff. The Art Bar left a lot to be desired. Poor food and service.
Beautiful boutique rooms N/A
Great location to tourist sites. Rooms are moderdon, clean, spacious. Room are not very sound proof.
Location is perfect for shopping and eating. Room was quiet, clean and comfortable. Staff were warm, welcoming and helpful. Loved the slippers, thick towels and soft sheets. Lanvin bath products - wow! Nothing. I would easily stay here again if I can find a good rate.
The staff and service were impeccable.
Everyone was friendly, my room was rather large and I enjoyed the ambience. My room was mainly clean but I felt like certain surfaces needed another wipe.
The whole staff is professional and friendly. When they say hello,good morning or ask how your stay is going, it's all sincere. It doesn't sound like a chore or they're just doing their job, they really care!
Te walls are paper thin. You can hear what everyone is doing around you.
They found and provided a mailing tube for us so that we could pack a poster and didn't have to mail it home. I little pricier than I would have liked.
The staff was the best part. They went above and beyond to make my stay the best it could be. I wish the breakfast was included during the week. Needing to order breakfast in the morning is very time consuming.
The Sofitel in Philadelphia is in a great location. It has beautifully appointed rooms, and the staff are gracious and warm. Typically, I feel very comfortable in any room I stay in. However this time, the air conditioner didn't work properly, and the shower didn't drain properly. It did dampen my enjoyment of the hotel.
There were many stains on mattresses, Knicks on walls and doors, bedside glasses were not cleaned/replaced each day, gym was filthy with sweat stains on machines and equipment and floor. This hotel is desperately in need of an upgrade/remodel
Had a prepaid reservation for Sofitel and arrived a day late due to a family emergency. I did not have time to call the previous day and when I arrived the manager said they had cancelled my reservation, charged me for one day and that he 'would help me find another hotel.' Pathetic, at least could have called me before they cancelled my reservation. Never stay at the Philadelphia Sofitel again.
Love the hotel and the location. The bar was nice and the French fries late night were amazing. Met an old friend in Philly for one evening. We had a great day in the city, a wonderful dinner and retired to the room at eight PM to get reacquainted. At 10:15 we had a hotel staff member knock on our door to tell us we had noise complaints and to keep it down!!! There was also a note under our door say pleas keep it down the walls are very thin!!! Really??? 10:15??? And they want Philly to be known for the city of LOVE but only if you whisper! Disappointed the staff actually came up to tell me that. I will not be staying there again if I am doing anything but sleeping!
I love all the little extras that the Sofitel in Philadelphia provides… Waters that you don't pay for and offers of more water on request. A really comfortable chair to sit at at the desk, multiple outlets for electronic things, a good blow dryer, a fabulous bed for comfort, great decorating and design that is amazing. I love the amazing service and delicious food like the squash soup that Sofitel offers in their dining area. I appreciated that when I asked about my boarding pass being printed out Anthony from the front desk immediately went there and did it within 30 seconds for me. The staff, from the maid service to the front desk to the waitresses to the hostess to the Bellman, are all incredibly friendly warm helpful but appropriate.
We planned a quick last minute evening in the city and booked the hotel on a whim due to its location and proximity to our favorite part of town. In terms of location, this place can't be beat. You're within walking distance of what seems like hundreds of fantastic restaurants and highlife hotspots. The hotel staff is courteous and made us feel instantly welcomed and at home. My only criticism is that the room was a bit dated. It needs renovated. The shower definitely seen better days and looks like it was last done in the early 90s. The bed was very comfortable and we slept pretty good.
room and atmosphere were gorgeous. staff very professional.
Beautiful spa and facilities The restaurant closes too early.
the service was excellent with attention to detail.
It was comfortable and quiet. The staff was well trained and gracious. It was well located for me.
Very accommodating staff, large room, great location. Well appointed. The air conditioner shuddered loudly each time it turned off.
Wonderful service, beautiful hotel. The beds and linens are very comfortable, as are the bath robes they lay out for you. We were celebrating a birthday and the extra touches were very much appreciated. The rooms can use a bit of updating, but all in all it was an excellent experience and will likely return again next year for another birthday celebration!
The hotel rooms were luxurious and left no stone unturned as far as comfort and cleanliness. They thought of everything even as far as robes, slippers, newspapers, umbrella.
Absolutely LOVED staying here. My boyfriend and I stayed here after the marathon. Bottled water when we arrived, champagne and the staff upgraded our room! We got there 3 hours earlier for check-in and because our Queen room wasn't ready yet and my boyfriend was visibly exhausted from the marathon, they gave us a King room that was ready. The rooms are the perfect size, comfortable bed, clean bathroom with amenities, and room service was fantastic. Free wine social hour by the fire was incredible. Hotel is centrally located with a lot of great food surronding. We'lol be staying here anytime we're in Philly! 18% gratuity and 5$ service charge placed on the food service is a bit excessive. The lady (who was so sweet) brought the tray into our room and had me sign a receipt that had a tip option on it. Just mad it a little uncomfortable. It didn't take away how amazing the food was though!
I liked a LOT on December 12 Santa klaus with all the dogs around It Was simple delightfull. For me a 10 Star hotel. We spend 3 weeks and we enjoyed
I have stayed at Kimpton hotels on the east and west coasts and I have always had an excellent stay. The rooms are clean and well decorated, the rates reasonable, the staff warm and welcoming and the customer service exemplary.
Friendly staff. Good location. $50 for valet parking. Still not sure where they parked the car....
Great located, clean and comfiy. pretty new rooms. Nice staff No free wifi (pretty oldfashioned) No parking, 48 $ for one day valet was pretty expensive.
We were in town for a wedding and gifted our reservation for Hotel Palomar to the newlyweds for the evening after their wedding. The staff at Hotel Palomar was fantastic- they quickly and easily added names to the reservation and a bottle of prosecco and lovely note was in the room when they arrived. They loved the room and we loved knowing they were well taken care of! No complaints!
My hubby and infant stayed at this hotel for new years day, and we loved our experience. It was convenient to downtown philly, our city view king was spacious for a downtown hotel, and the hotel extras, like happy hour, morning coffee, and all day hot cocoa were lovely!
Location 1) Room was extremely small and uncomfortable. 2) AC Fan cycled on and off every 15 seconds or so keeping me awake during most of my first night there. I reported this to the front desk and asked that it be fixed, but was not. I had to turn off the AC the next two nights in order to sleep. 3) We had booked several rooms for a wedding party. Only 1 was available for check in at the advertised check in time. 4) Only 4 elevators for a 25 story building made getting from floor to floor very difficult. For example: getting coffee and ice (each available at only 1 location in whole hotel) took an unacceptably long time due to long elevator waits. 5) Staff was not very helpful. One of our guests left an item in another room. I had to follow up with lost and found 3 times before I was able to get it back. 6) in short...while I've stayed in many hotels in my life, this is one of the worst experiences I have had. Next time I will stay in a Red Roof or similar....my experiences there have been much better. This was certainly the poorest "value for dollar" that I've ever experienced.
We loved the service and the wine hour. Great ambiance in the lobby. Will definitely stay at Kimpton hotels again. None.
My fiance and I visited for the holiday weekend. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Room ammentities were updated. Great views of city (of your on the right side of the building). king size bed was nice to have although it wasn't especially soft. Room was cleaned every afternoon for when we returned. They have decent free wine ever day between 6 and 7. The hotel lobby and elevators and hallways were nicely decorated, full of art. Room size was just average, didn't have much if any more room compared to other hotels. The shower was nothing special, same size and same shower head I would find at a 2 or 3 star hotel. Nothing was inclusive except for a few toiletries you may have forgotten at home. We had a weird Brown smudge on one of our end table drawers that room service had to clean up. Only 4 elevators for 25 floors of rooms was bad, if your in the top floor like we were we had to stop at 4-5 floors going up or down before we arrived at our room or the lobby. Ice is Only on one flone which is extremely inconvenient. These negatives were a big let down, overshadowing the positives for the price you pay.
The hotel was pet friendly Hotel need a pool
Friendly and accommodating staff Plenty of nearby restaurants No business center (but front desk was helpful)
they overbooked. I had to find other accommodations.
Location Amenities
I cannot think of one thing negative to say about it. It was just lovely in every way. Everything was perfect.
The room was very nice and fit our needs well. We thought the bed was as comfortable or even more comfortable than ours at home, which says a lot. Our shower didn't work. After a hot night outside at the Cold Play concert, we wanted to take showers before going to bed. However, when you pull the knob to turn on the shower, it came right out of the faucet. It was almost 1 am in the morning and we didn't want to call anyone. So we opted to take a bath but it was not what we wanted. Hence the reason I only gave the hotel a "Good" rating.
This Westin is very well located! It is located directly across the street from the HUB Cityview for business meetings. It is one mile from the Liberty Bell, so the walk was great. There were plenty of restaurants to pick from around the area without going by cab. The Westin has a very nice bar which served us some very nice dinners. The staff was over the top great. Our room was so nice. A fall festival which was quite large was set up for Saturday right near the Westin. It was a great experience for us!
Attentive staff Noise between rooms
Great location and atmosphere Prices of food and drink
I had a quick one night stay in Philadelphia and chose the beautiful Westin. My room was first class,and service was exceptional. I will definitely stay here again .
The bed was really nice. The toilet seat needed to be replaced.
The location was great. It was very close to everything. The staff was friendly and helpful. It wasn't worth the money for what you got. It nickel and dimes customers for everything and amenities were overpriced. Parking, snacks, water. There isn't a microwave or fridge in the rooms. A fridge was provided upon request but it was not in the best physical shape. The tub and cups weren't the cleanest
Location, shopping convenience, room decor, Large Smart TV, Raiin shower, Bed and comforter. All terrific. Nothing not to like
The rooms are beautiful. We stayed on the top floor (15th). There is always an elevator available. The staff was very friendly. The shower was the best I've ever used in a hotel. It had a HUGE rainfall style top with a wand for all the hard to reach places and adjustable water pressure. The hot water was nice and HOT. And the bed was amazing! The view of the nearby skyscrapers was beautiful and it's in the best location to shop till you drop! I would stay again but I would only book through kayak because I got the room for about $100 less per night!!!! The only downside was that I requested a quiet room and found the ice machine directly across the hall from me. I only heard a few people in the hall so it could have been worse.
Stellar hotel and concept that leaves out all the things you don't need or want -- like a crappy hotel restaurant and bar -- to focus on the things you do: great, comfortable spaces and design. The staff is fun and informed and very helpful. I wouldn't stay anywhere else in Philly now that I know about the AKA. The cab driver (and many others in the city) don't know about it. I got dropped off the the Rittenhouse Square hotel juts across the square. No biggie, just make rue you're at the right place.
James (on the desk) was a great help to us ; we were also able to negotiate a fee comparable to a different facility. It is expensive but in a great location and has large rooms. I hope to stay there again. the breakfast is very basic. Yoghurt and a muffin! some of the desk staff were much less helpful whilst others went out of their way to make sure we were well cared for.
This is the best place to stay in Pholadelphia, perfect location, perfect staff.
The room was very comfortable. The location is great. the price was very reasonable and the staff very nice. The room was a little bit noisy during evenings and nights. I think it would be nice to put double glazing.
Comfortable hotel, nice neighbourhood, in the city center
The suite was very nice and clean, the staff excellent...
We loved the comfort of the king size bed. Having a kitchen gave us the opportunity to cook in or bring back leftovers to reheat in the oven or microwave. My husband could watch TV in the livingroom while I had the TV in the bedroom. We could not find any reason not to stay there again. The location was perfect for our appointments and the comfort of the room was fantastic.
Location and high quality of the appartment
So Good~
I found my studio to be well appointed and comfortable. The location is excellent and the hotel staff are friendly and helpful. There was a lot of street noise (people partying) up until about 2:30am and I wonder if somehow there could have been better sound insulation. A minor point is that there was no dish drainer.
Very nice neighborhood, felt very safe with nice restaurants. 20 minute walk to central downtown. Lovely older home with lots of information on local area. The room was large and comfortable, the shared bath very clean. WiFi worked well. Very good value. I was surprised that there was not a hot breakfast on week days but there were fresh scones and a large selection of cold foods so not really a problem.
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Really a hidden gem in the city. Room looked like they just remodeled it, the bed and pillows were comfortable. Living room and kitchen were a surprise. I had the room on the top floor, very narrow stairs dragging a suitcase up was a bit tiresome. Breakfast started at 7:45 which was too late for me because I had to be at work, so I missed it.
I would definately recommend staying her
Charming facility in a great location. Staff was very friendly. Nice kitchen, but otherwise few amenities. TV did not work well.
Amazing hotel, afforcable price! Hotel was 2 separate buildings that were adjacent to each other... kinda annoying that we had to leave our building to enter the other for everything
Nice place This was a shared bath, but didn't see shared bath in the listing.
This hotel felt like being home. The staff was welcoming, the room was nice and the continental breakfast was very good! The hotel was walking distance to everywhere we wanted to go so we left the car in the parking garage the whole time.
This hotel is welcoming, comfortable and elegant. In addition it is conveniently located near center city Philadelphia making it feasible to walk to most concerts or restaurants (or shops). Fingerprint smudges on white doors made us wonder about how often the common surfaces were cleaned.
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Location and price Don't know how I missed it, I should have gone with a non-shared bathroom
Location, cleanliness, facilities Concierge, room proximity to Elevator
I arrived at check-in to find that my room had been given to someone else earlier in the day (this is after receiving a follow-up confirmation email earlier that morning). I was given an alternate room in a building that was completely across town which was newly renovated and nice but it required a cab ride to get there and it was not the extra step I wanted to take after a long day of travel.

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In the varied depictions, he's a medieval knight; a dandy in a zoot suit; a boxer with fists held high; an aloof fellow with a Hitler moustache or a mischievous one who looks like Groucho; a jester; a boy with a mohawk and a yo-yo (really!), and (as once depicted in the pages of the Forward), a postmodern doubter of Zionism.
Yes, it's the rasha, the Haggadah's Wicked Son. As the only Jewish text that has, for centuries, been graced with drawings, the Haggadah provides an interesting peephole into how Jews in different times and places conceived of "wickedness."
I lack graphic talent, and so I won't likely ever illustrate a Haggadah. But if I did, mischievously mindful of the talmudic opinion that the embodiment of Esau's essence that wrestled with Jacob looked like a talmid chacham, a Torah scholar, I might scandalously draw my Haggadah rasha with a beard and hat, just like the Wise Son's. Wickedness has no "look"; appearances can be deceiving. As a great poet sang, sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
As to the identity of the rasha's evil, that, too, has undergone changes over the years. There was a time, and a long time it was, when failure to make the effort to be Jewishly observant marked one as "wicked." When observance was the norm and expectation of all Jews, those who shed it — usually to gain entry into Christian society — were consciously rejecting their Jewish identity and in turn were rejected by their fellow Jews. But even the most Haredi Jew today, who would consider non-observance unfortunate, even tragic, would never judge the nonobservant as evil.
What constitutes "wickedness" in the contemporary Jewish world is as variegated as our people itself. Some, in a distant echo of the medieval knight depiction, might consider the bellicose to be the bad guys; others, abusers; others still, supporters of the Palestinians, or falsifiers of Jewish beliefs, or Republicans.
Whatever rasha any of us might have in mind during the Seder, though, a startling thought about that nefarious Second Son belongs there, too.
It comes to us from a deep thinker, the Hasidic sage Rabbi Shmuel Bornstein (1856–1926) better known as the "Shem MiShmuel," after the title of his collected observations on the Torah.
He points to something puzzling and thus pregnant with meaning.
The questions attributed to each of the Haggadah's Four Sons come from the Torah's text. The Wicked Son's question, "What is this service to you?" is in Exodus 12:26.
When your child asks that question, Moses tells our ancestors, "you should reply, 'It is a Passover sacrifice to Hashem, for He passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, and He saved our houses.'"
Hearing that, the Torah relates, "the people kneeled and prostrated themselves." Rashi explains "at the news of the children."
Surprisingly, Bornstein notes, that's the question that will become the Wicked Son's that is receiving all that adulation. What were the people so thankful for? The news that they would sire wicked descendants? Wouldn't they have better saved their gratitude for hearing about the Wise Son, or even the simple one?
He explains: The rejoicing was at the news that there will be future wicked sons whose questions will demand our responses — that even such Jews will, despite their actions, be part and parcel of the people.
When we were just a family of individuals, before the Exodus, each member of the Jewish family stood or fell on his own merits. Ishmael was Abraham's son and Esau was Isaac's. But neither they nor their descendants merited to become part of the Jewish people.
After the Exodus, though, even a "wicked son," our ancestors were informed, is a full member of the group, no matter how he acts. That represented a radical change. The people had become a nation. The passage through the Red Sea was a birthing — the newborn klal yisrael, the people of Israel
No wonder, Bornstein says, that the people rejoiced.
That truth is one we would do well to remember at our Seders as we consider the Second Son. Even the rasha's contemporary counterparts, however we conceive of them — and all the more so those we simply regard as insufficiently connected to Jewish tradition and observance — are inseparable parts of us. We may lament their choices, but Passover's message is that we should be elated they are all at the table.
Avi Shafran blogs at rabbiavishafran.com and serves as Agudath Israel of America's director of public affairs.
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Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States of America routinely report annual exports of small arms, light weapons, their parts, accessories, and ammunition worth USD 100 million or more.
Between 2001 and 2013, the Survey has documented 12 other governments that have exported USD 100 million or more in small arms at least once: Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Israel, Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
At least 30 other exporters have transferred small arms, light weapons, their parts, accessories, and ammunition, worth USD 10 million in at least one calendar year between 2001 and 2013. They are:
In 2013 Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States reported exports of small arms, light weapons, their parts, accessories, and ammunition worth USD 100 million or more.
In the same year, the following 24 exporters transferred small arms, light weapons, their parts, accessories, and ammunition, worth USD 10 million:
For additional information on annual authorized small arms and light weapons exports and imports by major exporter and importer (annual transfers of at least USD 10 million) as reported in UN Comtrade, see Trade Update 2016: Transfers and Transparency.
Note: This data, which does not reflect transfers to and from all countries, excludes trade in many categories of light weapons ammunition and light weapons systems, including portable guided missiles.
Small Arms Survey Publications
Trade Update 2016: Transfers and Transparency, by Irene Pavesi. June 2016.
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Trade Update: After the 'Arab Spring', by Paul Holtom and Christelle Rigual, 2015. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World.
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Small Arms of the Indian State: A Century of Procurement and Production, January 2014. India Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 4 (also available in Hindi).
Trade Update: Authorized Small Arms Transfers, by Irene Pavesi and Christelle Rigual, 2013. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers.
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The US Firearms Industry: Production and Supply, by Jurgen Brauer, February 2013. Working Paper No. 14.
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Piece by Piece: Authorized Transfers of Parts and Accessories, by Janis Grzybowski, Nicholas Marsh, and Matt Schroeder, 2012. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets.
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Assessing Transparency in Small Arms Exports: The Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer, August 2012. Research Note No. 20, Weapons and Markets.
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Small Arms Transfers: Exporting States, October 2011. Research Note No. 11, Weapons and Markets (also available in Catalan and Spanish).
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Larger but Less Know: Authorized Light Weapons Transfers, by Patrick Herron et al., 2011. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2011: States of Security.
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Small Arms in Brazil: Production, Trade, and Holdings, by Pablo Dreyfus, Benjamin Lessing, Marcelo de Sousa Nascimento, and Júlio Cesar Purcena, a joint publication of Viva Rio, ISER, and the Small Arms Survey, September 2010. Special Report No. 11
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Emerging from Obscurity: The Global Ammunition Trade, by Patrick Herron et al., 2010. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns.
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Skirting the Law: Post-CPA Arms Flows to Sudan, by Mike Lewis, September 2009. Working Paper No. 18 (also available in Arabic)
Sifting the Sources: Authorized Small Arms Transfers, by Pablo Dreyfus et al., 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War.
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Devils in Diversity: Export Controls for Military Small Arms, by Sarah Parker, 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War.
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Who's Buying? End-user Certification, by Glenn McDonald, 2008. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience. ../fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/Special/SAS-Small-Arms-Control-Measures-and-ATT.pdf
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A Guide to the US Small Arms Market, Industry, and Exports, by Tamar Gabelnick, Maria Haug, and Lora Lumpe, September 2006. Occasional Paper No. 19
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Buying the Bullet: Authorized Small Arms Ammunition Transfers, by Anne-Kathrin Glatz, 2006. In Stéphanie Pézard and Holger Anders, eds. Targeting Ammunition: A Primer.
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An Uphill Battle: Understanding Small Arms Transfers, by Pablo Dreyfus and Anna Khakee with Anne-Kathrin Glatz, 2006. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.
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Reaching for the Big Picture: An Update on Small Arms Transfers, by Anna Khakee, 2005. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War.
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Beyond the Kalashnikov: Small Arms Production, Exports, and Stockpiles in the Russian Federation, by Maxim Pyadushkin with Maria Haug and Anna Matveeva, August 2003. Occasional Paper No. 10
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Insights and Mysteries: Global Small Arms Transfers, by Nicholas Marsh and Aaron Karp, 2003. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied.
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Making Global Public Policy: The Case of Small Arms and Light Weapons, by Edward Laurence and Rachel Stohl, December 2002. Occasional Paper No. 7
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Small Arms Availability, Trade, and Impacts in the Republic of Congo, commissioned by IOM and the UNDP, by Spyros Demetriou, Robert Muggah and Ian Biddle, April 2002. Special Report No. 2
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Further Resources
- FAS (Federation of American Scientists): U.S. Arms Transfers - Government Data
- NISAT (Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers): Small Arms Trade Database
- SECO (Secrétariat d'Etat à l'économie - Switzerland): Matériel de guerre, chiffres et statistiques
- SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute): National Reports on Arms Export
- SIPRI: Arms Transfers Database
- SIPRI: The Financial Value of the Global Arms Trade
- UN Comtrade (United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database): Arms and Ammunition (parts and accessories thereof - 2002-2010)


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- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple does by showing a box with the name of any character who is showing up for the first time and any character who hasn't been seen in a while. Often with a brief description.
- The Dramatis Personae of Suehiro Maruo's Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show contains two real-life people who have no part in the story: Ikki Kita, a Japanese politician who was contemporary to when the story takes place; and Hibari Misora, a singer who rose to fame after World War II.
- Mahou Sensei Negima! essentially starts off with one in the form of the class roster, introducing all of the girls in Negi's class. As the manga goes on, it also has brief character introductions at the beginning of each chapter.
- Every volume of Battle Royale opens with a page showing the full class roster, with the faces of the dead marked off. The list of names not greyed out gets very short, very quickly. This is largely necessary due to the Loads and Loads of Characters, it can be hard to keep up.
- Durarara!! and Baccano! both throw a list of the characters over the opening. They also play around with this a bit - certain important characters are shown, but the names are withheld. Baccano gives Axe Crazy Claire Stanfield aka The Rail Tracer aka Vino aka The Young Conductor the same amount of screen time as every other character, but withholds his name and successfully tricks the audience into assuming he's just an extra. Something similar is true for Durarara's first opening, which withholds the name of another character, but this time it clearly shows that the character will be important - it does the same freeze frame that the other characters get, but leaves out the name. This is promptly subject to Fridge Brilliance followed by a subversion: At first we think her name isn't listed because it's already been shown for another character, then we realize that isn't actually true. The second opening shows her actual name.
Comic Books
- During the Silver Age, Legion of Super-Heroes had the Legionnaire Roll Call so you'd know which of the many Legionnaires were starring in each particular story.
- Brought back in the post-Zero Hour version, with occasional variants (the Elseworld in which they're typical 1950s teenagers has "class attendence", for instance).
- Brought back in different form in the post-Final Crisis "deboot" Legion, where the first appearance of a character in an issue is accompanied by a caption giving name, codename, and powers. Becomes tedious in collected editions, where the same character will get introduced half-a-dozen times. (One must learn to ignore it.)
- X-Men occasionally did this during the 70s and 80s as their cast of characters expanded. Same for The Avengers.
- In fact, a variation on this was used in every Marvel comic published for a while in the late 90s.
- During the 1980s, when Marvel placed a picture of a character in a box in the upper left-hand corner of the cover (Different, but issue-specific pics of Spider-Man, for example, or the faces of each member of the X-Men), that box on an Alpha Flight cover only pictured the characters appearing in that issue (Most of the John Byrne issues, especially No.s 1-11, focused on specific characters).
- Modern Marvel comics tend to open with a page giving a brief text recap of the comic's premise and the story to this point, along with portraits of the major characters involved.
- The Justice League and Justice Society of America have also had Roll Calls, similar to the Legion version. In the Silver Age, the League was more likely to have each character's title appear next to them after they'd separated into two-person teams (which they did a lot). At least one book during the Ligntning Saga (a JLA/JSA crossover which reintroduced the pre-Zero Hour Legion) gave all three teams a separate roll call.
- The Archie-published Sonic the Hedgehog comics generally do a quick list of all the characters who feature in each particular issue.
- After finishing a story, the Belgian/Dutch daily newspaper comic Suske en Wiske announces the following story with a short strip mentioning the main characters - which always includes the famous five (Suske, Wiske, Aunt Sidonia, Lambik and Jerom), and occasionally includes a few more important extras, though that is not always so. It also gives a short indication about the story to come, though it omits any twists and turns.
- Most of the Astérix books have a brief description of "A Few of the Gauls" on page 4, with the actual comic starting on page 5. Mansion of the Gods omits this page so that a 2-page spread later on (pages 28 & 29) doesn't have to be broken.
Fan Works
- With Strings Attached has a four-page character list at the end.
- All of the Pusher films begin with a montage of the major characters and their names, set to a pounding rock beat. Each character is harshly lit from above as they glare at the camera.
- The Royal Tenenbaums combines this with an Age Cut: the prologue shows the Tenenbaum siblings as children, and the Dramatis Personae credits introduce the actors playing them as adults.
- In Snatch. a montage of short vignettes introduces each character, with freeze frames giving their names. The whole thing is set to Klint's "Diamond."
- Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, which explicitly parodies the Shakespearean dramatis personae.
- Also Wyrd Sisters, in-story, with its parody of Macbeth.
- Most Star Wars Expanded Universe novels from the New Jedi Order series onwards. Pretty helpful when they bring back a pre-existing but recently unused character and even fans could use reminder of his/her species and most recent occupation.
- The X-Wing series depending on the book may also give the squad numbers of the pilots.
- Several books by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, including:
- The Mote in God's Eye
- The Gripping Hand
- Oath of Fealty
- Footfall
- Lucifer's Hammer
- Many books by David Weber include this at the back. Given his writing style, some of these get to be several pages long. Case in point: the Safehold series. In the second book, it's ten pages long. By the 6th, it's forty-one.
- The Pevear/Volokhonsky translations of The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, and War and Peace.
- Some novels by Agatha Christie, e.g. Murder on the Orient Express.
- Her more theatrically minded contemporary Ngaio Marsh did this with every novel.
- Novels by Erle Stanley Gardner (aka A. A. Fair).
- Harry Turtledove's Into the Darkness.
- Most of Harry Turtledove's work. This is actually necessary, because Turtledove likes to write large novels with several intertwining plotlines seen from the viewpoint of different characters. So the book will have, say, six major protagonists. And each of them has several family members or comrades-in-arms. Plus a lot of throwaway characters that you only see once. The Dramatis Personae list runs for pages.
- Lindsey Davis's Marcus Didius Falco novels. She says she does it because Roman names follow such similar patterns that she gets confused herself. Done tongue-in-cheek in Last Act in Palmyra in which Falco joins a travelling theatre troupe.
- Most of Tamora Pierce's books include a list of characters, though they mostly are at the end of the book along with glossaries and other miscellaneous information.
- The American Girl books all begin with a two-page "photo album" of the heroine's family and friends.
- The Kushiel's Legacy novels by Jacqueline Carey have Loads and Loads of Characters and therefore have a dramatis personae that can go on for pages and pages.
- When the number of characters grew very large, the Left Behind novels began inserting a dramatis personae, divided handily into Good, Undecided, and Bad, at the beginning of each book.
- K.P. Bath's Escape From Castle Cant has this at the beginning, most likely because it's a sequel with lots of backstory.
- Malazan Book of the Fallen and its related side stories by Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont each open with a Dramatis Personae (explicitly labelled as such). In the later books of the series, these can stretch over many pages.
- Given the Loads and Loads of Characters in George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, the epic Dramatis Personae at the end of each volume is very helpful.
- Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn has this for all its many, many characters from main protagonist to minor support who's been mentioned in two sentences.
- The Bartimaeus Trilogy books 2 and 3 begin with a list of main characters, handily divided into Magicians, Commoners and Spirits
- Stravaganza by Mary Hoffman
- Warrior Cats by Erin Hunter lists all the clan cats, and some cats outside the clans at the beginning of each book.
- Sometimes including characters that never appear. Ever.
- The character list is also a common source of small continuity errors. The greatest victims of these errors are the unfortunate extras that appear only on the list and thus have their entire lives
mangledplayed out on the list. Some don't age, others live for far too long, others have physical descriptions that change constantly, some go through genderbenders, dead Red Shirts mysteriously come back to life...
- Rather bizarrely, and for reasons unknown, Dashiell Hammett's hardboiled noir The Glass Key does this.
- The Case of the Seven of Calvary by Anthony Boucher, a mystery novel with a tendency to hang lampshades on the then-current mystery novel tropes, begins with a list of the dramatis personae that explicitly divides the characters into 'people to whom you need to pay attention if you're trying to solve the mystery' and 'people who can be safely ignored'.
- Books in Neal Stephenson's epic The Baroque Cycle have them at the end; they have some characters' histories as well as basic descriptions, and so come with a spoiler warning. Entries for people that really existed are in normal typeface, whereas characters Stephenson invented have their entries in italics.
- Die schwarzen Brüder by Lisa Tetzner. It unfortunally contains spoilers for the novel.
- The Warhammer 40,000 Horus Heresy books include a list of all the people in it at the beginning to help keep track of who is part of what group.
- the lists are even titled Dramatis Personae
- The Khaavren Romances, due to being a parody of Alexandre Dumas, feature a dramatis personae section before each book.
- Raptor Red has a dramatis personae not of the characters, but of the various species that appear, all in scale to each other, with a silhouette of the writer and his dog to show size. Utahraptors are big.
- Twilight Saga book 4, Breaking Dawn has a character sheet at the end (characters are divided according to their vampire covens).
- Rather necessary in David Weber's Honor Harrington series of books, as his series now has more characters than a large country.
- Something of a necessity in The Wheel of Time novels, in the back of each book there is a combined glossary/dramatis personae, pointing out and telling you how to pronounce different who's and whats that appeared in the book in question, or in the story overall, as well as provide some extra information that, while nice to know, isn't important enough to have a character mention in the book.
- Early Dragonriders of Pern novels had this at the end of each book, but later novels either omitted or simply gave only names and a location for a character
- The BIONICLE novel Raid on Vulcanus lists the major characters of the book on the first few pages, complete with B&W images of their toys.
- The Silmarillion has the first chapter preceded by the "Valaquenta", a full description of the Valar and associated powerful entities.
- The German hardback first edition of The Name of the Rose included a special book mark with a Dramatis Personae printed on its back side
- Children of the Red King contained several pages at the beginning of each book listing all the current major characters and their powers, as well as a copy of Charlie's ever expanding family tree and in later books, the family of the Red King.
- Kevin Crossley-Holland does this in his four books about Arthur and Gatty.
- Swedish writer Maria Gustavsdotter does this in her trilogy about Gertraud, "Fem pärlor till Jungfruns krona" ("Five pearls to the Virgin's crown").
- An edition of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The First Circle has such a list, including real characters such as Stalin and Abakumov. Although Stalin is depicted in the text, Viktor Abakumov is merely referred to in passing.
- A couple of whodunits by the Polish writer Anna Chmielewska begin with a list of characters—a good thing, since they tend to have Loads and Loads of Characters.
- The Polish children's book Cyryl, gdzie jestes? begins with a section actually named "Dramatis Personae", listing all major characters alongside their stick-figure portraits, and ending with "Someone Who Must Not Be Revealed Prematurely" (the Big Bad).
- The Song of Bernadette begins with a two-page listing of characters, divided into Cast Herds.
- Played for Laughs in Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Biggest Musical Bombs by Steven Suskin, which follows the introduction with a "Cast of Characters (and List of Victims)" drawn from Real Life people starring in, featured in, directing, producing, choreographing or tangentially involved with or choosing not to be involved with the ill-fated productions. The more humorous descriptions include:
Michael Bennett a doctor (How Now, Dow Jones, Seesaw) and a doctor who chooses not to doctor (The Act, Rex)
Mel Brooks a mad doctor (Kelly)
Truman Capote an unhappy author of source material (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Lehman Engel a musical director who throws up his hands (Illya Darling)
Barbara Harris a Star who can sing (On a Clear Day)
Julie Harris a Star who can't sing (Skyscraper)
Betty Hutton a Star replacement who doesn't sell tickets (Fade OutFade In)
Martin Scorsese a director who smokes a cigar (The Act)
Stephen Sondheim a friend of the court (Hallelujah, Baby!, Tenderloin)
Live Action TV
- In the pilot episode of Arrested Development, not only does the Narrator introduce every main character (except for George Sr and Tobias, who were at first meant not to stay for the entire series) , their first appearance is also accompanied by a subtitle similar to the Boss Subtitles.
- Black Adder season 3 has, true to its Romantic stylistics, credits in form of a period drama Dramatis Personae.
- The first episode of Leverage also does this, when the team (except Sophie) is first introduced. In seasons two and three, a shortened version appears as the opening credits.
- The Outer Limits (1963) episode "Counterweight" does this at the end, presumably as Filler.
- Intelligence's opening title does this with the core cast of Gabriel, Riley, Lillian, and Dr. Cassidy, popping up their name and a brief description.
- Person of Interest plays its opening title as clips of how the Machine sees the world, with the main cast showing up with no names, just brief descriptions.
- The playbill in the original production of RENT had a page listing the main charecters and their relationships to each other, in case anyone got confused.
- In The Most Happy Fella, the chorus is credited as "All the Neighbors, and All the Neighbors' Neighbors," a line sung in the Crowd Song "Sposalizio."
Video Games
- The Colonel's Bequest, being constructed as a stage play, introduces the characters this way.
- The Warriors introduces characters and gangs with a freeze-frame featuring their name.
- A trait of Suda 51 is to introduce characters this way. One of the most memorable is Killer7.
- You'd think clicking the cast page in Terror Island would lead you to a page listing the actual webcomic characters. Instead...
- The Order of the Stick compilations after the first. There's also this.


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UPDATE 1-Air Canada, United settle with Canada on routes
* Air Canada-United cannot coordinate on 14 transborder routes
* Competition Bureau to appoint monitor to ensure compliance
TORONTO Oct 24 (Reuters) - Canada's Competition Bureau said on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with Air Canada and United Continental Holdings that prohibits them from coordinating on 14 transborder routes but clears the way for a joint venture that excludes those routes.
The government agency, which said its deal will protect consumers, had filed an application in June to block a proposed transborder joint venture between the airlines, saying that the partnership would monopolize key routes between Canada and the United States.
Under the deal, the airlines have agreed not to coordinate prices or the number of seats available at each price, to pool revenue or costs or share commercially sensitive information on the 14 high-demand routes.
They can coordinate on other routes where their joint venture is not seen harming competition substantially.
The bureau also said it will appoint an independent monitor to ensure the airlines comply with the terms of the agreement.
The two airlines have three existing agreements and want their joint venture to merge flight operations between Canada and the United States, the bureau said.
Air Canada, the country's largest airline, said it was pleased with the decision and the preservation of its long-standing alliance with United Airlines, which bought Continental in 2010.
"In addition, this agreement provides the flexibility to implement a Canada-U.S. transborder joint venture, an increasingly common practice in the global aviation industry," said Air Canada's Chief Commercial Officer Ben Smith in a statement.
Air Canada shares rose 1.6 percent to C$1.90 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, while United Continental shares fell 1 percent to $20.29 on the New York Stock Exchange.
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