Jewish Heritage Tours

France

 Jewish Paris Tour

Explore and learn the history and culture of the world's fourth largest Jewish community through a fascinating tour of the Marais, the Jewish Documentation Center and Holocaust Memorial, the Museum of Jewish Art and History, the synagogues of Hector Guimard and Gustave Eiffel, as well as the splendid Nissim de Camondo Museum. Art lovers can discover the studio and home of Ossip Zadkine and the Montparnasse Museum – home of the School of Paris: Chagall, Soutine, Modigliani...

This is a full day tour, or they can visit museums separately, museums of interest would be:
- Jewish documentation center / art museum
- Nissim de Camondo museum
- Montparnasse museum

Private museums / houses of Ossip Zadkine
Synagogues

The most famous area in Paris to meet the Jewish community will be "Le Sentier" textile district of Paris, near Le Marais.

The tour will include a walk of Le Marais and then  "Le Sentier" ( modern Jewish area of Paris) to see the contrast between the old & new Jewish districts of Paris.

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

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.

Celebrated Jews on the French Riviera

In Nice, we 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 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.

Marseille, where the Jewish communities are very active. You will be introduced to these different Jewish communities, which originated in North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria) with their ancient rites (Sephardic), sacred traditions and culture…

          This is just a suggested itinerary for individual a groups. It can be customized based of client's interests.

Prices are on request, please email number of people, dates, what kind of hotels (deluxe or tourist class) and we will provide you a quote.

Jewish Heritage Tours