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There are three versions of the tour: a) The Outdoor Tour - visiting streets and sites (b) The Museum Tour - a walk inside the Jewish Museum or (c) a combination of Tours a and b. To allow time for discussion and a good overview, we recommend 3 hours for (a), 2-3 hours for (b) and 5-6 hours for (c).

The Jewish Tour is a lovely walk in the old Jewish Quarter and Berlin Mitte; distances can be easily covered with public transportation if needed. Of course we also offer this tour with guide & driver, as a bus tour or bike tour.

Our private guided tours cost 45-75 Euros per hour for a walking tour, depending on group size and duration. For more information see Prices & Booking

“I want to thank you again for the most interesting and sensitive sightseeing you gave us through Berlin. We appreciated your knowledge in Jewish history and hope to meet you again in our next visit in Berlin.“ Jewish Berlin Tour, Mrs. & Mr. Lubetzky... read more guests comments

The Old Synagogue: The foundation stones of the community’s first Synagogue, built in 1714 after more than a century of exile from Berlin following medieval pogroms, can still be seen here. The Jewish community only got permission to build a synagogue when they assured the Prussian king that their taxes would not be reduced by the costs for the building. The king later visited the Synagogue and presented a valuable textile as a gift. Learn the multifaceted past of Jewry in Berlin.

Jewish Cemetery: The original cemetery used by the community between 1671 and 1828. This is the burial site of Moses Mendelssohn, the famous Jewish thinker and philosopher known as the German Socrates, founder of the Haskalah movement (Jewish Enlightenment), which explored a modern, secular Jewish identity. Next to the cemetery stood a Jewish nursing home which was abused by the Nazis to imprison Jews who would later be transported to Auschwitz and Treblinka.

Ahava Orphanage: This Zionist orphanage was founded after World War I to meet the needs of countless observant refugees from Eastern Europe. To escape the Nazi terror from 1934-8 the orphanage was relocated to Haifa, Israel, where it still thrives today.

The New Synagogue: The beautiful golden-domed Synagogue of the Reform community, built in 1864, once seated over 2,000 people. It was rescued by a police officer during Krystallnacht when Nazi Storm Troopers tried to burn the building. Still a major landmark of Berlin today, its history ties together the major periods of Berlin’s history; from the fall of the Kaiser, to the Night of Broken Glass, from the East German regime to present-day Jewish life.

Adas Israel: The synagogue of the modern Orthodox community that broke away from Berlin’s Reformist trend while embracing secular culture. Hear the stories of famed Rabbis and Torah scholars, Rabbi Hildesheimer and Rabbi Weinberg, who led the esteemed Rabbinic Seminary. A tour break in the kosher courtyard café of Jidass Yisrael is always a memorable event.

Jewish High School: It was Moses Mendelssohn's idea to start a Jewish school here in 1778. Until 1819 German and Jewish boys were taught here together. After that year only Jews came here to learn religious ideas and secular facts. During the time of the National Socialists the building was abused as a place where Jews who would soon be send to concentration camps had to gather. Today it is a Jewish high school which once again teaches German as well as Jewish young adults.

Rosenstrasse Protest: In 1943, 1,800 Jews married to non-Jewish women were arrested in preparation for deportation. Their wives protested here in front of the prison at Rosenstrasse. They were several thousand women, unorganised and unarmed. Finally the Nazis gave in, and most of their Jewish husbands survived the war. Let’s go back to the scene of the protest and look for the traces of this outstanding act of civil disobedience.

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