Join us on a three-day short break to explore the hidden Anglo-Jewish stories in the historic surrounds of Oxford and Windsor. While in Oxford, we will meet expert specialists who will guide us through a variety of experiences to uncover the city’s medieval roots and Jewish life today, including discovering key objects in the Ashmolean Museum and a walking tour of Oxford. We’ll learn about the inventory of Judaica in the Bodleian Library and at some of the older Oxford colleges as well as visiting its newest, Wolfson College. The historian and philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin the college's first president and was instrumental in its founding by Jewish philanthropist Lord Leonard Wolfson in 1965. We will also visit the state rooms in Windsor Castle and have an exclusive viewing of the Hebrew manuscripts in the royal collection.
Tour highlights include:
Exclusive viewing of the Hebrew manuscripts in the royal collection at Windsor Castle;
Guided tours of the Ashmolean Museum and Wolfson College;
Overnight stays at the four-star Runnymede on Thames, a luxurious and relaxing spa hotel, and Mercure Oxford Eastgate, a four-star hotel on the edge of the Oxford Botanical Gardens (breakfast included at both).
Two three-course dinners and two light lunches.
Led by JR’s executive director Dr Aviva Dautch.
Meeting point: Windsor & Eton Riverside train station, 10.30am, Tuesday 1 June. Return to Windsor & Eton Riverside, 5.30pm, Thursday 3 June.
Pictured: Bodleian Library at Oxford University © Shaun Iwasawa
NOTE: £795 is the cost per person sharing a double or twin room and £855 is for one traveller only and includes the single room supplement. To book more than one place, please adjust the quantity in your shopping cart. Once you add a booking, your cart will appear at the top of the page – scroll back up to see it.
Prices include entry and tours of all attractions; talks; B&B accommodation; dinner (1 & 2 June) and lunch (1 & 3 June); plus coach transfers between Windsor & Eton Riverside train station, the hotels and tour locations. Your transfers to and from Windsor & Eton Riverside train station at the start and end of the trip are not included.
Please note that due to the multiple bookings involved in organising a JR short break, we are unable to offer refunds, except in the event that the tour does not go ahead. We recommend that you arrange your own travel insurance to cover any individual circumstances. There is a possibility, but no guarantee, that we might be able to refund you if there is a waiting list to go on the trip. If for any reason you can no longer attend, please email tours@jewishrenaissance.org.uk.
