The Jewish Paris

06/04/2024

Starting from April 2024, Flora will offer a new exclusive tour. Contact her by email to know more. (no facebook DM please)

27/03/2024

I am sure you have dreamed of visiting the beautiful region of the Provence in the south of France.

The climate is lovely, the landscapes are breathtaking, the food is amazing and the famous lavender fields are unique.

But did you know that the Provence had a very interesting Jewish history, and that for once, it was a rather positive history with less discrimination than anywhere else in France?

I am sure you have dreamed of visiting the beautiful region of the Provence in the south of France. The climate is lovely, the landscapes are breathtaking, the food is amazing and the famous lavender fields are unique. But did you know that the Provence had a very interesting Jewish history, and tha...

21/07/2022

Discover the new tour of Jewish Belleville with Livia : a stroll alongside Paris village streets decorated with meaningful street art and a memory lane of Jewish diaspora, beautiful parks, friendly locals ...
Find the complete description of the Bellevile Jewis htour here :
https://jewish-paris-tours.com/jewish-belleville-with-livia/

Discover a unique Jewish quarter of Paris : Belleville a stroll alongside green parks, memory lane of Jewish diaspora and meaningful Street art. In the north-east part of Paris, situated on and around a hill, like Montmartre, lies one of the most unique and interesting quarter of Paris, Belleville w...

27/04/2022

Paris is a wanderful city, full of secrets.
If you are looking for more unique tours in Paris, other than the Jewish tour, then look no further, Alison from Dreamer at Heart, the modern-day nomad, shared her latest discoveries in the City of Light and in France.
Please read her last article in the link below if you want to find out about 6 more unique tours that you can enjoy in Paris.
https://www.dreameratheart.org/7-unique-walking-tours-of-paris/

Which walking tour of Paris should you join? These 7 walking tours of Paris tell stories of people and lead you to hidden corners of Paris.

08/02/2022

Napoleon and the Jews of France is a complicated story that we tried to simplify here in this summary on the link below: 🤓

https://jewish-paris-tours.com/napoleon-jews-france/

Do Jews consider Napoleon a hero or a suppressor?
Did Napoleon act towards the Jews for his own good or for the good of the Jews ?
Did Napoleon help Jews assimilate or did he want Jews to move away from their religion ?

Let’s find the answer to these questions 🧐

Introduction Was Napoleon good or bad for the Jews of France? Do Jews consider him a hero or a suppressor? Did Napoleon act towards the Jews for his own good or for the good of the Jews ? Did Napoleon help Jews assimilate or did he want Jews to move away from their religion ? Let’s find the answer...

31/01/2022

A bit of Theater, Drama and Gaga.👀

Discover the crazy life of a Jewish Artist and international Star: Sarah Bernhardt in a nutshell.

https://jewish-paris-tours.com/sarah-bernhardt-jewish-artist-paris/

Nobody would have imagined that one day Sarah Bernhardt would become an international superstar like Madonna or Lady Gaga today.🐊🐍

In the footsteps of Sarah Bernhardt Who answered this when they asked her if she was Christian? I am Roman Catholic and a member of the Great Jewish Race and I am waiting until Christians become better A woman nicknamed “Les Monstres Sacrés” or the Sacred Monsters by her poet friend Jean Coctea...

26/01/2022

Did you know that the term “Lost Generation” mentioned in one of the books of Ernest Hemingway was an invention of Getrude Stein?

Did you know that Getrude Stein was the first to appreciate and value the extraordinary talented painter Pablo Picasso?

https://jewish-paris-tours.com/gertrude-stein-life-in-paris

New article about Gertrude Stein

Thanks to the page Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore

In the footsteps of Getrude Stein Among the many famous Americans in Paris, Gertrude Stein was definitely one of them. She was a poet, a writer, an esteemed art collector and a muse for many artists. She lived most of her life in France and contributed to the art world, to feminism and to the accept...

21/01/2022

Dreyfus Affair - J'accuse - a Spy and an Officer ...

Let’s find out what happened exactly to Dreyfus in Paris.
Who is Captain Dreyfus?
Why the Affair is important?
What effect “the Affair “had on France, and on Israel then and today?
Answers in this article :
https://jewish-paris-tours.com/dreyfus-affair-tour-in-paris

Best regards,
Flora
Tour Guide in Paris

In the footsteps of the Alfred Dreyfus Affair Intellectuals! We all know what Intellectuals means… but did you know that this word was tightly linked with the famous Dreyfus-affair? The term intellectuals was used for the first time ever in the late 1800-s to designate the writers, scientists, pol...

20/01/2022

After my visit to the Museum of Carnavalet in Paris, I noticed the newly added room of Marcel Proust.
I wrote an article about his amazing life and the reasons why the French knows this famous writer and his "Madeleine" cake whithout even reading his books.

https://jewish-paris-tours.com/marcel-proust-life-in-paris/

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Enjoy reading and feel free to send me a message later.
Bests
Flora

In the footsteps of Marcel Proust Have you ever heard of “ Madeleine de Proust “? Or of the 7 volume book “ In search of the lost time ‘? The name Marcel Proust will immediately come to mind to anybody in France. Yes, in France, everybody knows the name of the writer Marcel Proust, even with...

20/01/2022

Meet Benjamin Franklin, an American in Paris.

In the footsteps of the Sage de Boston 😃
https://jewish-paris-tours.com/benjamin-franklin-tours-in-paris

Benjamin Franklin, an inventor, a politician, a scientist, a writer, a diplomat, lived 9 years in Paris in the second half of the 1700-s.
He is extremely popular, respected and beloved by French upscale society and here is Why ...

In the footsteps of the

19/01/2022

Take a peak into the General Lafayette dazzling life.

https://jewish-paris-tours.com/lafayette-general-life-tour-in-paris/

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Today, any American coming to Paris for the first time, will want to see the Eiffel Tower. But did you know that in Lafayette’s time, any American coming to Paris wanted to meet General Lafayette?

In the footsteps of General Lafayette Today, any American coming to Paris for the first time, will want to see the Eiffel Tower. But did you know that in Lafayette’s time, any American coming to Paris wanted to meet General Lafayette? Lafayette’s long life in a nutshell General Lafayette is one ...

06/05/2021

The famous Murciano kosher Bakery in the little Pletzl Paris. Murciano cakes are very tasty🧁