A Journey through Jewish Budapest - Walking Tour

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A Journey through Jewish Budapest - Walking Tour

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With a historian as your guide you’ll embark on a 3-hour tour to better understand the Jewish experience in Budapest before WWII. Major sites include the Dohány Synagogue and the Shoes on the Danube.

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Highlights

Learn about the Jewish experience in Budapest before WWII
Reflect on the Jewish lives lost at the Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial
Explore the Dohány Synagogue, the greatest Jewish house of worship in Europe

Description

On this 3-hour historical walking tour you’ll learn about the alternative Jewish experiences in a city where, before WW11, a quarter of the population was Jewish. Major sites on this walking tour include: 1. Begin at the square where the father of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was born. 2. Explore the Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest temple in Europe, with the assistance of a Jewish Studies Scholar. Take in the lavish, Moorish Revival style before visiting the Temple of Heroes, the Jewish Museum, and a Memorial Park, all within the complex. 3. Walk to the neighboring Ghetto Wall Memorial, erected in 2014, before passing a luxurious Mikve (or Jewish ritual bath) and continuing to the exteriors of the Art Nouveau orthodox synagogue on Kazinczy Street. 4. Discover the history of the Status Quo Ante stream of Judaism while observing the impressive facade of the Rumbach Street Synagogue. 5. We will conclude our tour reflecting at the Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial. This is a space to remember the Jewish lives lost here and to consider the revitalization of Budapest’s Jewish community today.

Includes

3-hour walking tour Historian guide

Important Information

Tour guides are professors, doctoral students, historians, journalists, art critics, and published authors. Please note that visitors to the Dohány Synagogue are requested to have their shoulders and knees covered.