LECTURE #2. Synagogues of Western Europe

Explore the beautiful Jewish communities in the Venice Ghetto, Casale Monferrato, Turin, and Florence, Italy. We continue to Zurich, Basel, and Endingen–Lengnau, Switzerland. Our tour continues to Germany with stops in Berlin, Frankfurt-am-Main, Essen, Ansbach and the historical City of Worms, home to the notable sage, Rashi. Our journey continues to France and stops at Paris with its Rothschild Synagogue, Carpentras with its 14th century “sunken” synagogue, Lunéville, Saarebourg, and Nice, in the French Riviera. We stop at the Great Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, Holland. And conclude with a visit to the synagogues in the Bevis Marks Synagogue in East London, the West London Synagogue, the Great Synagogue of Liverpool and the Garnethill Synagogue in Glasgow, Scotland. We will also stop at the little synagogue in the beach resort community of Brighton, England and see the synagogue designed as a private chapel for Sir Albert Sasoon.

Contact Oscar Israelowitz call (718) 619-3900 or email oscari477@aol.com