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EUROPEAN JEWISH TOURS Specialists in Guided Tours of Jewish Sites and History

Our Menu of Deluxe Tours European Jewish Tours Fees Jewish Paris The Jewish School of Paris Castles of The Jewish Millionaires Jewish Provence Celebrated Jews of the French Riviera Jewish London Jewish Berlin Jewish Rome    All described on this page European Jewish Tours 2008 Fees All our prices include the French 19.6% VAT tax, which must be charged by French-based companies. European Jewish Half-Day Cultural Tours Starting at $680 (one to four people for four hours) Starting at $775 (five to six people for four hours) European Jewish Full-Day Cultural Tours in Paris Starting at $1,100 (one to four people for eight hours) Starting at $1,200 (five to six people for eight hours) For larger groups, please request a price quote. Note: The price of these tours includes organization fees, tours and any special arrangements such as restaurant reservations, car hire, and the purchasing of museum passes and metro passes. All our prices include the French 19.6% VAT tax, which must be charged by French-based companies. Transportation is either by train, minivan or chauffeured vehicle. We will provide a price quote depending on your needs and itinerary. For more specific information about tours and fees, please contact Ms. Kaplan by completing our Tour Request Form All tours are payable in advance. We accept checks in U.S. dollars or payment by credit card using our secure server and your card will be charged the daily exchange rate in euros. Cancellation Policy If you have to cancel your trip one month prior to your scheduled tour, European Jewish Tours gives a 30% refund. Two weeks or less notice before your scheduled tour, we give no refund. We strongly advise you to take out travel insurance prior to the planning of your trip. All programs require a 50% minimum deposit and must be paid in full prior to the party's arrival. Travel Consulting Services $110 per hour (one hour minimum) for restaurant reservations, tickets to concerts, etc. Payable in advance. $500 Minimum Fee for in-depth research, planning and trip itineraries. Payable in advance. Book Your Tour with European Jewish Tours For more specific information about tours and fees, please contact Ms. Kaplan by completing our Tour Request Form or email us at kaplan@club-internet.fr to book your tour today. Our Menu of Deluxe Tours Jewish Paris From the narrow, winding streets of the Marais and Belleville, to the posh, elegant Monceau district, our guides will reveal the history of French Jewish life, from the tailor and the hatmaker who brought their trades from Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century, to the millionaires who hobnobbed with the Rothschilds at the Jockey Club. We will show you the largest synagogue in Western Europe, as well as those designed by Gustave Eiffel and Hector Guimard, and explain the stirring exhibitions at the Jewish Documentation Center, the largest center devoted to Holocaust archives outside of Israel and the United States. At the Museum of Jewish Art and History, in one of the city's most beautiful 17th century mansions, our guides will explain the evolution of Sephardic and Ashkenazic traditions. Among the objects on view are the oldest Menorah in Western Europe, and jeweled Torah holders from Istanbul and Algiers, an Austrian Succoth cabin, and wedding costumes worn by Jewish brides in Algiers and Marrakech. After a delicious lunch of felafel, kosher pizza, or kosher sushi at one of the fine neighborhood delis, the tour continues to the Jewish Memorial to the Vel d'Hiv, commemorating the tragic deportations in 1942 and later, followed by the Nissim de Camondo Museum, home to the Rothschilds of the East, Sephardic bankers who amassed one of the finest art and furniture collections in the world. The Jewish School of Paris If your preference is for art, European Jewish Tours also has an art tour that includes the Montparnasse studios of Man Ray, Chagall, Soutine and Pascin, the Montparnasse Museum, the Zadkine Museum, in the former Left Bank home and studio of the Russian-Jewish sculptor Osip Zadkine. We will also visit the Dina Vierny-Auguste Maillol Museum, commissioned by Russian-Jewish gallery owner Dina Vierny, who was his final muse, model and legal heir. Castles of The Jewish Millionaires With European Jewish Tours, discover two of the most stunning castles and gardens in the Ile-de-France: the Chateau of Ferrieres designed by the English architect Joseph Paxton and built for James and Bettina Rothschild and the Château of Champs, once home to Madame de Pompadour, and later owned by the Jewish banker Louis Cahen, who returned it to its former magnificence before bequeathing it to the French state. Jewish Provence In the 14th century, the countryside of Provence became the home of many Jews after they were exiled from the Kingdom of France by Philip the Fair and Charles VI. When Provence became part of France in 1481, the Jews found refuge in the enclave formed by Papal possessions in Provence in both Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin. With European Jewish tours, discover the old Jewish quarter in Avignon along with Palace of the Popes and the vineyards of nearby Chateauneuf-du-Pape, which produces kosher, as well as non-kosher vintages. Then visit Carpentras, site of the oldest Jewish synagogue in France (1741-1743), and Cavaillon, whose 18th-century synagogue is a splendid example of the Rocaille style, and its former Jewish bakery, now a fascinating Judeo-Comtadin museum. In Aix-en-Provence, our walking tour will take you to the Medieval Jewish dwellings in Rue Verrerie and the Lapidary Museum, with its fine collection of Judaica. Celebrated Jews on the French Riviera In Nice, European Jewish Tours, will take you to the wonderful Chagall Museum, known for its stunning mosaics, stained glass windows and series of paintings illustrating Old Testament subjects, including the Song of Songs. Also on the tour is the Museum of Contemporary Art, where you'll discover such famous contemporary Jewish artists as Robert Rauschenberg, Yves Klein, Arman and Ben, to name a few. If you want to discover the life of the Jewish "jet-set" before their were jets, then head with European Jewish Tours to the exquisite Cap Ferrat, where you'll discover two of the most breathtaking mansions on the Riviera: the Villa Kerylos, a striking reproduction of a 5th century B.C. Athenian villa built in 1908 by the noted Jewish Hellenist Theodore Reinach, and the pink Villa Ephrussi Rothschild, built by the flamboyant Beatrice Rothschild, who never went anywhere without her trunk of 50 wigs, and who greeted guests at parties dressed as Marie-Antoinette. Jewish London European Jewish Tours will take you to the old heart of London, known as the City, where the first Jewish settlers have lived since Oliver Cromwell. Our guides will take you to the hauntingly beautiful Bevis Marks Synagogue, built in 1701 and modeled after the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Then it's off to Chancery Lane, to find the residential area of England's "closet Jews," including the personal physician to Elizabeth I and the fomer home of Queen Victoria's Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, as well as to nearby St. Swithen's Lane, the site of the Rothschild headquarters, where the international price of gold is set daily. After lunch at a local pub or kosher deli, our guide will lead you to the elegantly refurbished Jewish Museum in Camden Town, that traces the history of English Jews since the Norman Conquest. For lengthier visits, our guides will show you the unique Freud Museum in Hampstead, the psychoanalyst's last residence prior to his death, that features both his famous analysand couch and collection of 3,000 ancient statuettes. History buffs won't want to miss what is considered the most poignant exhibition in London-the Imperial War Museum's Holocaust Exhibition, four years in the making, with rare and important objects from Germany, Poland and the Ukraine. Jewish Berlin The importance of Berlin in modern Jewish history is hard to estimate. Berlin's stature as a leading world capital-its renown in the early 20th century for scientific accomplishment and artistic experimentation-was powered to a great extent by Jewish initiative. Yet, it was also in Berlin, that this extraordinary and eminent society, was obliterated, for it was in the German capital that hosted Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. Today, in the newly reunited Berlin, with the fastest growing Jewish population in Western Europe, the rich Jewish history and heritage of the city is coming back to life thanks to the initiative of the German government and private funding. With European Jewish Tours, our guides will show you the old Jewish quarter in the former East Berlin, starting with the New Synagogue Museum in Oranienburgerstrasse, once the site of the largest and most beautiful synagogue in Germany. In Schoeneberg, you will discover a conceptual Holocaust memorial titled "Places of Memories" that traces the Nazi regime's anti-Jewish laws from the first ordinances forbidding them to sing in choirs to the final order urging the destruction of all files involving anti-Semitic activity. Still, our tours are not limited to memorials to a "lost" community. With European Jewish Tours, you will also discover Berlin's thriving synagogues and Jewish day schools, including the first learning center in East Berlin built since the war, the Lauder Judisches Lehrhaus, funded by the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation and Berlin's Jewish community. You'll find this spirit of renewal visiting one of the world's leading art collections, the Berggruen Museum, with major works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Klee, Braque and Matisse, donated to Berlin by Heinz Berggruen, the renowned Jewish art collector and dealer. And you'll learn more about the story of Jews in Germany at both the German History Museum and in Berlin's new Jewish Museum, which traces the history of Jews since 400 C.E. Whether it's the personal history of past and present Jewish Berliners, or the works of leading modern Jewish artists, European Jewish Tours provides an unexpected eye-opener to the German capital. Jewish Rome Italy is considered the oldest Jewish community in the Western world, with the Jewish settlement in Rome, dating back to 161 B.C.E. With European Jewish Tours, our guides will show you the former Medieval Jewish Ghetto, the Arch of Titus built by the Roman commander to commemorate his Judaen vitiory in 70 C.E. and the city's Great Synagogue where the "Minhag Romi" (Italian liturgy of Rome, the oldest European liturgy) is still celebrated. Inside the synagogue, you will discover the Jewish Museum, which the rich history and heritage of the resilient community since the Roman Empire. A guided tour in this unusual museum demonstrates how despite the assiduous attempts made by the Church to convert them, Rome's Jews spent their precious funds on ritual objects to glorify their faith. Among the treasures on view are silver-covered prayer books from the Renaissance, antique Torah curtains and scroll covers, and elaborate rimmonim. After a delicious kosher lunch in a nearby restaurant, famed for its Italian-Jewish cuisine, European Jewish Tours will take you to Ostia Antica, one of the most beautiful and intriguing sites near the capital. Here you will discover the life of middle-class Jews of the ancient world, who once thrived here as tailors, butchers, blacksmiths and actors. The synagogue in Ostia is one of the oldest in the world, dating back to the 4th century C.E. and its nearby kitchen, dining room and stone benches, once slept on by traveling Jewish merchants, are the high point of this tour. Book Your Tour with European Jewish Tours You can use the Tour Request Form or email us at kaplan@club-internet.fr to book your tour today. 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