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Tour Jewish Rome on Zoom With Native Italian Tour Guides

Hosted By: The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC)

This presentation, spanning 2,200 years of a Jewish presence in Rome, will cover the main events that have characterized the unique history between the Eternal City – its Jewish community, (which currently numbers about 15,000, and is the oldest diaspora community in the Western world,) and ancient Israel.

Highlights will include:

● Savoring a virtual meal in one of the many kosher restaurants serving specialties of Roman Jewish cuisine.

● A discussion of the Jewish symbols present in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel that clearly indicate Michelangelo’s deep knowledge of the Jewish scriptures and Kabbalah.

● Viewing an area by the Tiber River where the Jewish community settled when the first Jews arrived in Rome around the 2nd century BCE. This same area was transformed into a Ghetto 17 centuries later in 1555 by Pope Paul IV, and has been inhabited by the city’s Jews ever since. Learn of its transformation due to an urban remodeling plan of the area that took place after the reunification of Italy at the end of the 19th century. It now ranks as one of the main attractions in Rome, thanks to its charm and lively atmosphere.

At the conclusion of this program, our presenters will share a surprise regarding a very recent discovery deep in Southern Italy that has a relationship to something that will be presented at the beginning of this Zoom talk.

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Host

The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC)

The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC) is an educational non-profit, created in 1998, to preserve and support the Lower East Side’s community of living synagogues and other historic structures, and to raise public awareness of the neighborhoods distinct cultural identity. As the birthplace of American Jewish civilization, and the most iconic immigrant neighborhood in America, we share this history by taking people on walking tours which enter sacred sites, where you learn how past generations came here, lived and worshiped. Learn more about LESJC here.
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