Trastevere, Rome Trastevere is rione (region) XIII of Rome. It is a medieval area in Rome which is separated from the central city by the Tiber river. Despite its narrow lanes, many...more Tours: JEWISH GHETTO PRIVATE TOUR Type:
I love the major sights in Rome but wanted to get away from the more touristy areas and learn about the history of the Jews in Rome, the treatment of the Jews over the years, and the modern day area of what used to be Jewish ghetto. The tour...
This may not technically be in the vicinity of Rome’s Jewish Ghetto, but it’s right next door. As you’re walking around the city, you will come across a huge excavation area with four temples that date back to a time in Rome before Roman Emperors, from the first to third centu...
Not only were Jews restricted to this area and excluded from most jobs. Every Shabbat they had to go to a nearby Catholic church to hear a priest preach conversion at them. Only during the brief time that the citizens of Rome tried to set up a government separate from the Pope and ...
The Jewish presence in Rome has been a very long one and is still visible and bustling today: Take your favourite Trip to Jewish roots in Rome.
Our family of 12 spent 2 weeks in Europe this summer, 2024, with a focus on Italy. Most of us have been to Rome before and all of us were enthralled from beginning to end by this walking tour of the synagogue, the museum and the surrounding ar...
Embark on a guided street food tour in Rome and choose between two iconic districts: Trastevere or the Jewish Quarter with Campo de Fiori. Savor classics such as supplì, cured meat, pizza, and gelato.
A Jewish delicatessen in the area of the Rome Ghetto, at the corner of Santa Maria del Pianto and Costaguti streets, 1938. (Courtesy/ Press Office of the Jewish Community of Rome) Initially, after Mussolini seized power in 1922, his position on Jews seemed much less hostile. He occasi...
You probably know the darkest moments of this story already: segregated for over 300 years from the 1500s in a tiny and overcrowded area of the city, discriminated against as second-class citizens and subject to periodic bouts of persecution, the plight ofRome’s Jewish communityonly reached it...
The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area.