JEWISH ROME

WALKING TOURS

 

Walking tours of Rome's old Jewish ghetto

 

Visit the sites of the millenary history of the Jewish community of Rome! From the Forum to the area of the old Jewish ghetto and its surroundings (the Tiber Island and Trastevere). Our guides are both experts in Roman-Jewish history and of Jewish heritage.

 

Jewish tours of Venice are also available - email us for information at nerone.cc@gmail.com

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The first Jews in Rome came directly from Eretz Israel in 160 B. C.

It was Chanukah and the Macabbeem decided to go as ambassador to Rome asking protection to the Romans against the Greek king Antiochus who was giving a hard time to the Jews in Palestine.
So they came to Rome, they liked it (Roma has got a nice climate, there was an important harbour, they saw there was a chance to start a business here).
This little group of Jews settled and create the first community in the Golah.

In 70 A.C. Titus destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem. He brought to Rome a lot of Jews as slaves, together with the Menorah stolen from the Temple. The Jews living in Rome paid a ransom to liberate their brothers.
All that happened more than 2000 years ago…and we are still here, after the Inquisition, the persecutions, the Ghetto and the concentration camps.

We are only 16 thousands in Rome. But we are the oldest citizens of this city. We never moved from here. We have been witnesses of so many changes and even though we keep our tradition strongly trying to live a Jewish life among Christians.  You must visit the Ghetto with someone that can take you through all that with knowledge, anecdotes, legends and humour. (Text courtesy of Mrs. Micaela Pavoncello)

Rome's main Synagogue on Lungotevere Cenci

Porticus of Octavia from ancient Roman times

The Temple of the Young on the Tiber Island

The "Fontana del Pianto" in the area of the Old Jewish Ghetto