Jewish Community

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Insightful, off the beaten track journey in a legendary 1970-1990’s Czechoslovak Škoda car (or a modern van by 4+ guests) with our local guide to the most intriguing spots of the Cold War era Bratislava. Explore a vast concrete housing estate, the Soviet monument Slavín, post-industrial developments, the Iron Curtain border zone and loads of communist-era architecture. The tour brings alive the fascinating story of Bratislava in the turbulent 20th century. What can you expect? Cool drive and quirky stops to see and understand: – the first prefabricated apartment block in Slovakia as well as the largest socialist housing project, Petržalka – communist-era architecture (inverted pyramid of Slovak Radio, rocket-shape TV tower Kamzík, Freedom Square) – political objects: Soviet memorial Slavín, diplomatic 1970’s hotel, 1980’s parliament, villas of former communist leaders – controversial ufo-like SNP bridge, causing destruction of the Jewish district former Iron Curtain area

Rated 4.7 Stars, based on 23 Reviews.

The presence of Jewish culture in Porto influenced many parts in this city's history. Enjoy this 3-hour journey to medieval times and discover some of the fantastic places where Jewish culture developed and find out about the trade that thrived in the area.

Rated 3.4 Stars, based on 101 Reviews.

Experience Prague's Jewish history on a fascinating walking tour through one of the only Central European Jewish town quarters that survived the Holocaust. Known as Josefov, this Jewish quarter contains the remains of the former Jewish ghetto where important community and spiritual legends have been created and developed for centuries.

You should not miss this tour if you want to fully understand Rome. the Jews of Rome are the oldest citizens of the Ethernal city, they have settled in Rome more than 22 centuries ago and still thrive. You need a Roman Jewish guide who can share with you the history, the traditions, the amazing cousine of this incredible, small and still great area of Rome. Let us show you Rome Through Jewish eyes.

Learn about Shanghai's extraordinary Jewish heritage and experience on this half-day tour led by a Jewish history expert. The tour will take you to various sites of significance to Shanghai's Jewish community and will provide a comprehensive historical tale spanning 3 waves of Jewish immigration to Shanghai. Led by a historical Jewish expert residing in Shanghai, the tour is a mesmerizing journey into an amazing sweet and sour world where opium dealers, old world colonialists, real estate moguls, hard working poor Chinese migrants and Jewish holocaust survivors all mix. Join this tour for an interactive look at Jewish culture and history in Shanghai.

Rated 5 Stars, based on 26 Reviews.

From the Middle Ages, the Jewish community in Vienna was one of Europe's largest. This 3-hour Jewish Vienna tour explores the tumultuous experiences of Vienna’s Jewish citizens through expulsion, genocide, and revival. Your historian guide will help you to discover the influential contributions of past intellectual and cultural icons and the fragile revitalization of Vienna’s Jewish community taking place today. We begin outside the Jewish City Temple before winding through the second district to the destroyed Leopoldstädter Temple. Visiting the Nestroyhof Theater with its stunning Art Nouveau exterior, once home to Yiddish-speaking ensembles, we reflect on brilliant leaders of Vienna’s intellectual, political, and economic spheres from the Jewish community: Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl, Karl Krauss, Franz Werfel, and Gustav Mahler. Learning of the victims and survivors of Nazi genocide, we visit destroyed Ashkenazi and Sephardic synagogues and the Judenplatz Holocaust memorial.

Explore the history and culture of our Jewish community during this small group tour in Lisbon. Portugal was one of the first world powers to recognize the Jewish people, and has served as an important home for the community ever since. You will stop by historic areas, important memorials, and landmarks, especially the Shaare Tikva, Lisbon’s synagogue, to learn about the history of various religions in the city.

Curacao has a fascinating Jewish history and the oldest Synagogue in the Americas, join an experienced guide who will explain in detail about the Jewish community on the island and visit historical places.

Rated 5 Stars, based on 34 Reviews.

Meet one of our guides with a background in history who can bring the stories of Jewry of Hungary alive in front of you. During the walk you'll get to know the home of the largest Jewish community of Eastern Europe today where you'll see from the outside the three most important Synagogues. We overview 2000 years of Jewish history while focusing on the last 150 years including the "golden age" of the turn of the century, the interwar period with a special focus on the events of the WW II and the revival of Jewish life from the 1990s. Besides Jewish culture and history we introduce you to the gentrifying inner 7th district and its living standards, conditions, issues and its street art. We also visit the last remaining ghetto wall segment and we invite you for a coffee and local Jewish cake (ticket price is included in the tour's price)

We offer Jewish Quarter private tours with local certified tour guide. First part of this tour is walk around Kazimierz, famous Krakow old Jewish district. This part of the tour your tour guide will present you Krakow Synagogues, old Jewish cemetery, Jewish ritual bath building, the greater mikveh, You will be introduced to history of Jews in Poland and Krakow. The second part of this tour is the site of Krakow Jewish Ghetto established by nazi germans during WWII. We will be on Heroes of the Ghetto Square, Eagle Pharmacy and walk to see Jewish Ghetto Walls remnants. This tour will finish at the entrance gate of Oskar Schindler Factory Museum which you can do on your own after our tour.

The Jewish Museum of Lecce is a place rich in history, located in the basement of a building that in the Middle Ages was the ancient synagogue of the city. During the visit it is possible to see important elements related to the Jewish religious life, such as the tanks (Mikwe'ot) used for the ritual ablutions, fundamental for the purification according to the Jewish tradition. It is also possible to admire a niche in the door frame, an architectural detail that once housed a mezuzah. The tour continues outside, in the heart of the old Jewish quarter of Lecce, following the streets that once formed the city's Giudecca. This tour offers a unique opportunity to discover not only the history of Lecce, but also the history of the Jewish community of Lecce.

Rated 5 Stars, based on 51 Reviews.

Gershon is member of the local Jewish Community who invites you to discover the past and present of the Jewish community in Spain. Going through one of the best preserved Jewish neighborhoods in Spain, we will retrace the footsteps of the great Jewish thinkers of the past. We will discover the origins of the first great Jewish renaissance in Europe, as well as the difficult period that preceded it. Through clues, tangible and intangible, we will be able to appreciate the significance of Sephardi legacy. Today, this legacy is alive and well – it permits us to reestablish local communities, and highlight the impact of Sepharad on the Spanish culture, and Spain on the Jewish people. Make yourself at home with Jewish Tours!

Rated 5 Stars, based on 30 Reviews.

Learn about India’s oldest Jewish communities on this 7-hour tour of Kochi's synagogues. Visit the Jewish cemetery and explore Kerala’s country side. You will also enjoy lunch before visiting the revered Jewish town

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This tour will pass through traditional neighborhoods of the city that are closely linked to the history of Jews in the city of Lisbon, such as Alfama, Baixa and Chiado. Making a connection between these places and Jewish history in Portugal. The Jews were always between acceptance and rejection, which shaped a unique way of living and surviving through ingenuity and knowledge and entrepreneurship. Actively contributing to the development of agriculture, finance, medicine and the construction of the industry of the Portuguese discoveries of the 16th century. Sheltered converts to Catholicism, Jews have forever shaped how we understand religions and how we accept or reject others defines who we are. This experience will help you to get to know a Jewish community that had a decisive influence in Portugal. And when of the expulsion in the 16th century they were important in countries like England, Holland and the United States

Rated 5 Stars, based on 9 Reviews.

Timisoara might not have the famous Jewish attractions of Josefov quarter in Prague, but for sure is equal generous with its Jewish-related life-stories and historical events. Moreover, brilliant natives of Jewish ethnicity changed for the better Timisoara and surrounding region. Alongside the impressive synagogues, a large number of Timisoara’s valuable buildings were either financed or designed by Jewish townsmen. All of these above mentioned are parts of the Jewish heritage of Timisoara, and we are inviting you to discover it!

This is an exclusive of mine, product of continuous research of GO! Walks Portugal guides and city archaeologists through the years! During this guided tour I will walk you through the memories of Jewish Coimbra. The first signs of the Jewish presence in Coimbra date back to the 10th Century, signaled by the transaction of land properties in a nearby village. We know that later, during the rule of D. Afonso Henriques, some guarantees and lands were granted to this community, which expanded through all the Portuguese territory up to the 16th century. More than just buildings or material testimonies of the Jewish presence, this is a tour about the rich history and culture of this community.

Enjoy a private walking tour of Jewish Bucharest with a specialized guide. Discover impressive synagogues and temples, walk around the old Jewish neighborhood and explore a more remote landmark: the oldest Jewish cemetery in the city. You'll also get to see iconic monuments built by Jewish architects, while your guide will share with you key facts about the history of the community in Romania, from the 16th century to the migration waves 'Aliyah' from the communist time. It's the complete tour of Jewish Bucharest, a city where 10% of the population was Jewish in the dawn of the Second World War. This is the perfect tour for history enthusiasts and curious travelers.

The end of 15th century in Europe was the end of peaceful life for some of the people. After the fall of Granada in 1492, began the persecution of Jews from Spain and Portugal. Find out how in the 16th century the Sarajevans developed new neighbors – the Sephardim Jews and how life looked like in the Sijavus Pasha’s Quarter. Discover what they used to do, what songs they sang and which specialties they used to prepare. You'll also learn about the fascinating Ladino language. On this tour, you can hear about all of this. The tour will tell you the story of the Jewish Community in Sarajevo, the story of Sephardim and Ashkenazim Jews, their life, happiness, suffering, persecution, place of their eternal resting and place of struggle with death and suffering.

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Can you trace your family back to Portugal?  Want to discover your ancestral roots?  Or just interested in a bit of Jewish history?  Let us put together a private tour for you that brings the ancient Jewish communities of Portugal to life.