Jewish Heritage by City — Every Destination on This Site

Twenty-two destinations, five kinds of experience. Every city below links to everything we cover there — the guided experiences and the field guides. If you know where you’re going, start here.

Amsterdam

The Portuguese Synagogue, the old Jodenbuurt, and the canal house where the century’s most-read diary was written. Jewish Walking Tour · Anne Frank House — Memorial Visit · Guide: Visiting the Anne Frank House

Berlin

The world’s most deliberate landscape of remembrance — and a community growing again at its centre. Jewish Walking Tour · Jewish Museum — Synagogue & Museum Visit · Sachsenhausen — Memorial Visit · Guide: Jewish Berlin

Budapest

Europe’s largest synagogue and District VII, where the quarter’s history sits beside its revival. Jewish Quarter Tour · Dohány Street — Synagogue Visit · Guide: The Dohány Street Synagogue

Casablanca

Home to most of Morocco’s Jewish community today, and the Museum of Moroccan Judaism. Guide: Jewish Heritage in Morocco

Córdoba

Maimonides’ city — the whitewashed judería and one of Spain’s three surviving medieval synagogues. Jewish Walking Tour · Guide: Sephardic Spain

Dubrovnik

One of Europe’s oldest working synagogues, two floors up a stone lane inside the walls. Jewish Walking Tour

Fes

The original mellah and the restored Ibn Danan synagogue — the model for Jewish Morocco. Jewish Walking Tour · Guide: Jewish Heritage in Morocco

Girona

The best-preserved medieval Call in Spain, and the cradle of early kabbalah. Jewish Walking Tour · Guide: Sephardic Spain

Kraków

The deepest guided-tour scene in Jewish Europe — Kazimierz, the ghetto, and Auschwitz-Birkenau an hour away. Jewish Walking Tour · Jewish Food Tour · Auschwitz-Birkenau — Memorial Visit · Guides: Kazimierz, Visiting Auschwitz from Kraków

Lisbon

The Sephardic story’s Portuguese chapter — forced conversion, crypto-Judaism, and remembrance. Jewish Walking Tour · Guide: Sephardic Spain

Marrakesh

The mellah beside the Bahia Palace — the Slat al-Azama synagogue and the Miâara cemetery. Guide: Jewish Heritage in Morocco

Munich

Base city for visits to the Dachau memorial site, the first of the camps. Dachau — Memorial Visit

New York

The Lower East Side turned the Ashkenazi pantry into a world cuisine. Jewish Food Tour · Guide: Jewish Food, Explained

Paris

The Marais — medieval Jewish street to the most fashionable quarter in Paris, falafel row intact. Jewish Quarter Tour

Porto

The Kadoorie synagogue — one of the Iberian Peninsula’s largest — and the crypto-Jewish revival story. Jewish Walking Tour · Guide: Sephardic Spain

Prague

Josefov — the best-preserved Jewish quarter in Europe, with Terezín a day trip away. Jewish Quarter Tour · Terezín — Memorial Visit · Guide: Josefov

Rome

The oldest Jewish community in Europe — and its best kitchen. Jewish Ghetto Tour · Great Synagogue — Synagogue Visit · Jewish Food Tour · Guide: The Jewish Ghetto of Rome

Seville

The judería that became Santa Cruz — Sepharad under the orange trees. Jewish Quarter Tour · Guide: Sephardic Spain

Toledo

The city of three cultures, holding Spain’s two greatest surviving synagogues. Jewish Walking Tour · Guide: Sephardic Spain

Venice

The island that gave the world the word ghetto, five hidden synagogues and all. Jewish Walking Tour · Guide: The Venice Ghetto

Vienna

Leopoldstadt and a community history at the heart of the city’s golden age and its catastrophe. Jewish Walking Tour

Warsaw

The ghetto’s ground, POLIN’s story, and a city rebuilt over its own memory. Jewish Walking Tour


Not sure what kind of experience fits? Start with the decision guide on the homepage, or browse by category: walking tours, quarter tours, synagogue visits, memorial visits, food tours.