Current Tours

July 16-25, 2010
with an optional extension to Vienna (July 25 – July 28)

Berlin – The new German capital and the most dynamic city in Europe

• Haunting new Holocaust Memorial in the shadow of the renovated Reichstag building
• World-class Jewish museum designed by Daniel Libeskind
• Checkpoint Charlie and the remnants of the famous wall
• Site of the Wannsee Conference on the Final Solution
• Brilliantly restored turn-of-the-century synagogues

Dresden – A cultural, political and economic center in the former East Germany

• Magnificent Baroque palaces that survived the devastating Allied firebombing in 1945

Prague – The most beautiful city in East-Central Europe

• The oldest synagogue on the continent
• One of the greatest Jewish museums in the world
• Legendary Jewish cemetery immortalized by Kafka
• A view atop the stately royal castle, across the Vlatava River, of the mystical, golden medieval town

Vienna – One of Europe’s grandest cultural captials

• The Holocaust Memorial
• Stunning Habsburg palaces and gardens
• One of the most elegant synagogues to survive the war

Tour Leaders: Lehrhaus Founding Director Fred Rosenbaum studied in Germany for a year as a Fulbright Fellow. Ariel Goldstein is the tour manager of the JCCSF.

For more information, please contact Ariel Goldstein at agoldstein@jccsf.org or 415-276-1506.

January 7-18, 2011

Join us for a journey that connects our ancient and modern heritage. Walking in the footsteps of the Pharaohs, we’ll discover the treasures of its fabled past: pyramids you know well (and some you don’t), the masterworks of the Cairo Museum, and the awesome monuments in Luxor of the possible Pharaoh of the Exodus, Ramses II. We’ll also seek out the Jewish community’s more modern heritage and examine the unique geo-political role that Egypt plays in today’s Middle East conflict .

Then, we’ll make our own Exodus to the Promised Land of Israel, exploring sites and museums that reveal the Israelites’ early years, such as the completely renovated and newly reopened Israel Museum. We’ll also visit the spectacular new Rabin Center in Tel Aviv, and the Begin Heritage Center Museum in Jerusalem as we assess the modern peace between Egypt and Israel, and ponder the possibilities for closer ties between these ancient enemies.

Tour Leaders: Lehrhaus Executive Director, Jehon Grist is an Egyptologist. Lehrhaus Founding Director, Fred Rosenbaum has taught Middle-East history at the University of San Francisco and San Francisco State. Ariel Goldstein is the tour manager of the JCCSF.

For more information, please contact Ariel Goldstein at agoldstein@jccsf.org or 415-276-1506.