Rome Jewish Experience

What to Expect

• We will start the walk from the Colosseum. Few know that its construction was largely due to the Jewish people.
• Then we will head to the Roman Forum - here you will see where the Jewish valuables from the Second Temple of Jerusalem disappeared.
• We will climb the Palatine Hill and near the ruins of the Flavian Imperial Palace, we will talk about the first Jewish-Roman war and the relations between Romans and Jews.
• Near the Temple of Venus and Roma, we will discuss how the Roman-Jewish conflict was resolved. And at the Temple of Divine Julius, you will learn how the Jews felt about Caesar.
• We will pass through the place where sacred objects of the Jewish cult were kept, climb to the Capitoline Hill.
• Finally, we will visit the Roman Ghetto - the modern Jewish quarter, which has transformed from the most disadvantaged area of Rome into a favorite place for walks and meals for local residents and guests of the Eternal City.

During the tour you will learn:

• How the love story of a Jewish queen and a Roman emperor unfolded
• Where the Jewish historian Josephus Flavius got his Roman surname from
• What secrets the darkest pages of the Jewish community hold
• How the reconciliation of Christianity and Judaism took place

At the end of the walk, you will be able to taste an Italian-Jewish gastronomic specialty.