Jewish Venice
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1479716932793{padding-top: 33px !important;}"][vc_column][mkdf_section_title title_text_transform="" title_text_align="" title_size="medium" margin_bottom="4"][mkdf_section_subtitle text_align="" text="Venice is a city replete with Jewish history, including the first printing of holy books, such as two of Judaism’s most important, the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah and the Shulchan Aruch."][vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_column_text] Established by decree of Doge Leonardo Loredan on March 29, 1516, the Venice ghetto was one of the first places where people were forcibly segregated and surveilled because of religious difference. The term itself originated here However, while Jews were harshly persecuted in the rest of Europe, Venice was a safe haven where...
Vatican Museums from Jewish perspective
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1479716932793{padding-top: 33px !important;}"][vc_column][mkdf_section_title title_text_transform="" title_text_align="" title_size="medium" margin_bottom="4"][mkdf_section_subtitle text_align="" text="Discover one of the world’s richest art collections with a special focus on the Jewish history of the Vaticans Museums"][vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_column_text] Kabbalah and other traditions of Jewish thought so influenced Michelangelo that he incorporated them into many works of art. But he was forced to conceal them because his commissions came from popes who did not share his positive view of Judaism. Amazingly, not one of the nearly 300 figures Michelangelo painted on the ceiling is Christian. Its subjects are 5% pagan...
Squares and Fountains
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1479716932793{padding-top: 33px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="45px"][mkdf_image_gallery type="image_grid" column_number="2" spacing="medium" hover_click_action="none" grayscale="no" images="4898,4899" image_size="700x524"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
Kosher Cooking Classes
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1479716932793{padding-top: 33px !important;}"][vc_column][mkdf_section_title title_text_transform="" title_text_align="" title_size="medium" title="Kosher Cooking Classes at restaurant" margin_bottom="4"][vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_column_text]What is the secret to cooking the perfect Jewish style artichoke? And what curious stories lurk beneath the succulent recipes of Frattaglie (Jewish style haggis) and Scarti del Pesce (savory fish scraps)? These recipes and many more are included amongst the anecdotes and secrets of the Judeo-Roman culinary tradition. Our chef will be delighted to reveal all, during an authentic culinary demonstration. You will discover the origins of a centuries-old, gastronomic kosher tradition. Strap on your aprons and prepare to experience...
Jewish Rome
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1479716932793{padding-top: 33px !important;}"][vc_column][mkdf_section_title title_text_transform="" title_text_align="" title_size="medium" title="Jewish Rome" margin_bottom="4"][vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_column_text] With a Rome guide in Jewish history who can easily navigate through museums, art galleries and archaeological sites YOU can see and experience Rome and its surrounding areas from a Jewish perspective. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="45px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
The former Ghetto and the Great Synagogue
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1479716932793{padding-top: 33px !important;}"][vc_column][mkdf_section_title title_text_transform="" title_text_align="" title_size="medium" title=" Former ghetto, Jewish Museum and the Main Synagogue" margin_bottom="4"][mkdf_section_subtitle text_align="" text="A unique tour to visit the ghetto area, the Jewish Museum and the Synagogues."][vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_column_text] Our guides are all allowed by the Jewish Community of Rome. They will share with you their passion for the history of the Roman Jewish community and its indispensable connection with the Capital. Enjoy an authentic immersion in the culture and traditions of one of the oldest community in Europe. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] The former ghetto and the Synagogues tour includes: The Jewish...
Ancient Ostia and the Synagogue
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1479716932793{padding-top: 33px !important;}"][vc_column][mkdf_section_title title_text_transform="" title_text_align="" title_size="medium" title="ANCIENT OSTIA AND THE SYNAGOGUE" margin_bottom="4"][mkdf_section_subtitle text_align=""][vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_column_text]Jews have been present in Rome for over 2,000 years. In 70 C.E. the Community grew with the arrival of the slaves deported by Titus to Rome after the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem. To this period belongs the Synagogue of Ostia Antica, the old port of Rome, at the “mouth” of the storied Tiber River. This is the largest synagogue discovered in the western world and among the oldest in Europe. It is also...
Jewish Florence
[vc_column][mkdf_section_title title_text_transform="" title_text_align="" title_size="medium" title="JEWS IN FLORENCE" margin_bottom="0"][vc_column_text] [mkdf_section_subtitle text_align="" text="Florence is a famous center for Talmudic studies and has had a continuous Jewish presence since the Roman times. "][vc_empty_space height="12"][vc_column_text] Benjamin of Tudela recorded finding a Jewish community in Florence when he visited in 1159. The history of the Jews in Florence really begins with Italian Jews from the south emigrating to Florence and the Tuscan region by the beginning of the 14th century. In 1430's the Medici family officially invited Jews to the city to act as moneylenders. At that...
Jewish Naples
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1479716932793{padding-top: 33px !important;}"][vc_column][mkdf_section_title title_text_transform="" title_text_align="" title_size="medium" title="JEWS IN NAPLES" margin_bottom="4"]In the early XVI century, in Naples there were three “Giudeccas” (Jewish Quarters): one for Sicilian Jews, one for Spanish Jews and a larger one for the native Jews. The city of Naples is the only areas of South Italy where a community reformed in the 19th century after 1541. This coexistence was dramatically interrupted in the year 1541, with the banning of all the Jews from the Kingdom of Naples and from the South of Italy. In 1735 Jews were admitted back...
Jewish Catacombs
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1479716932793{padding-top: 33px !important;}"][vc_column][mkdf_section_title title_text_transform="" title_text_align="" title_size="medium" title="Jewish Catacombs of Vigna Randanini " margin_bottom="4"][mkdf_section_subtitle text_align="" text="(1, 30 hour)"][vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_column_text] Our guides have exclusive access to one of the two only surviving Jewish catacombs of Rome believed to date back to the 2nd century! You’ll explore the Vigna Randanini catacombs, one of only two Jewish catacombs in the city that are open to visitors. Feel like Indiana Jones and discover with an expert guide the vaults and mortuaries of the preserved burial chambers and learn the differences between Rome's Jewish and Christian catacombs. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="45px"][mkdf_image_gallery type="image_grid" column_number="2"...
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