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Jewish Heritage Tours

Professionally handicrafted Jewish landmark tours make your travellers, groups or individuals familiar with the turbulent history of the Hungarian Jewry. In the Habsburg Monarchy when in 1873 Buda, Óbuda and Pest were unified, each of the towns had Jewish communities. The subsequent economic prosperity was also due to the energy and initiative of the Jewish population. By the end of the 19th century Budapest was 20 -percent Jewish. But their story goes back far in history to the 11th century when they were royal financiers and traders. Ever since Jews have been major contributors to Hungarian economy and culture, and as architects to the city landscapes.

Many worldwide known personalities descent from Hungary: Theodor Herzl was born in Budapest.The playwright Arthur Koestler, the conductors Antal Dorati, Georg Solti, the violonist Joseph Szigeti, movie-makers Alexander Korda, Georg Cukor, scientists John Neuman, Jenõ Wiegner or Nobel prize winner Edward Teller all came from Hungary, just to mention a few.

Synagogue, Budapest

Synagogue Garden

Sightseeings revolves around the Seventh District, with the Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest remaining in use in all Europe; Dohány, Wesselényi, Kazinczy, Rumbach Sebestyén Streets all hide either synagogues or ornamentations of old archways, columns and doorways. The quarter undergoes presently a spectacular revitalization and reveals slow by slow the old charm of the district. The Jewish Museum (birthplace of Theodor Herzl) displays an important collection of silver, paintings and other Judaica as well as an exhibition on the Holocaust.

And beyond, other parts of the city show more of the Jewish past and present. Strolling in the Thirteenth District, the visitors will find Raoul Wallenberg’s "safe houses" in the Bauhaus blocks overlooking River Danube. A little farther, a statue commemorates the horror when hundreds of Jews were shot and thrown into the river in 1944-45.

In the country restored synagogues (Szeged, Mád, etc) , communities, cemeteries are to be visited by those who search their roots not only in Hungary but in Transsylvania (Romania).

A few kosher restaurants and food stores are already available in the 7th District . On request, Agoura Travel furnishes more information, resp. orders meals both for its FITs and groups.