JR TOURS

CLICK HERE for photos of the highlights from the first two days of the 2011 India Tour –
and see the July 2011 for a feature on the Jews of India

Jewish Renaissance runs tours particularly designed for subscribers, so participants can be sure their travel companions have similar interests. JR readers appear to be remarkably friendly people and nobody gets left out. Our trips to Krakow, Morocco, Lithuania, and two to China, were very successful with many friendships made. Here are comments from participants in the most recent China trip:

The 2009 tour of "China with a Jewish Flavour" was brilliantly organised by Mimi Rolbant with excellent guides plus Professor Xu Xin, who is steeped in Jewish learning. Twenty-three very different but all interesting people made it happen. I was awed by the rapidity of China's advance into the 21st century, delighted by the friendliness of the ordinary people, moved by the growth of university Jewish Studies initiated by Prof. Xu Xin and overwhelmed by actually finding the tenement house in the Shanghai Hongkew Ghetto where my father lived as a refugee from Nazi Germany during WWII!
Ruth Barnett

Brenda and I would like to thank Mimi Rolbant for organising and leading the trip. Prof Xu Xin provided the unique bonus - the fascinating story of the Jews in China It was a fabulous experience and truly the holiday of a lifetime. So many wonderful impressions and memories. It has made such an impact on us that we both still have China going through our minds in our sleep every night. The country, its people and their way of life (at least what we saw of it)confounded all our preconceptions and we are now real China fans.
Alan Nathan

Click HERE for photos from the China 2009 trip

Using expert guides we visit the most important sites of Jewish interest and, knowing that this might be participants only visit to the area, also the most important places of general interest.

We always arrange contacts with the local Jewish community and it is this that can be the most enjoyable part of the holiday.

We find most of our travellers do not require kosher catering and in many areas this can be expensive and of variable quality, so no special arrangements are made, but we do ensure that there is good availability of vegetarian and fish meals. We also cater for those who do not wish to travel on Shabbat and want to be able to walk to a synagogue service.

See also tours to Krakow/Auschwitz and Vienna/Bratislava on www.jewishheritagetours.co.uk.