Jewish Tour of Bucharest

01/03/2019

From now on, you will find our Jewish Tour on the Good Living page (please follow), along with other top-quality historical tours of Bucharest, but also with our cozy, boutique accommodation near the city center.
As we are expanding to provide travelers with engaging guided experiences and the perfect stay in Bucharest, this page will soon be discontinued, and everything will be consolidated under Good Living instead. You can also find updates on our new website: www.goodlivingbucharest.com

29/01/2019

Some food for thought (in Romanian):

Am vorbit cu Adrian Cioflâncă, directorul Centrului pentru Studiul Istoriei Evreilor, cu ocazia Zilei Internaționale de Comemorare a Victimelor Holocaustului.

19/12/2018

Promising news from neighboring Republic of Moldova:

At the initiative of the Moldovan government, the vast, long-ruined Jewish cemetery in the capital, Chisinau, will be cleaned up and restored to anchor a Jewish history, heritage, and cultural center. Work on the project — approved by a government ... continue reading →

18/12/2018

Germany has paid more than $80bn for losses resulting from N**i persecution

11/12/2018

The Jewish tour is just one of the guided walking tours we offer, and it explores an almost forgotten (but still very picturesque) neighborhood:

(article is in Romanian, but try using Google Translate to see some of the things you can do in Bucharest)

Am fost extrem de bucuroși să participăm în noiembrie la , un proiect fantastic de promovare a Bucureștiului.

10/10/2018

So heart-breaking, so real, so long kept hidden by Romanian authorities and regular Romanians alike. And one of the many reasons we run the Jewish walking tour of Bucharest...

Iancu Zuckerman is 95 and the host of a classical music show in Bucharest. But in 1941 he was marched through the streets of Iasi, a center of anti-Semitism. The specters are still there.

09/10/2018

Astăzi este Ziua Națională de Comemorare a Victimelor Holocaustului din România. Acum 77 de ani, evreii din Bucovina și Moldova de Nord erau deportați în Transnistria. În imagine, un copil din Vatra Dornei ai cărui părinți nu s-au mai întors niciodată acasă (foto: Arhiva CSIER).

27/09/2018

We're actually the exact opposite of this, but we'll let you judge. And we thought this was funny, anyway! :)

Convince yourself: www.jewishtrail.com

06/09/2018

If you are in Romania, make sure to also visit Oradea. Home to a once-thriving Jewish community, the city has recently restored two synagogues, has plenty of amazing Art Nouveau/Secession architecture, and is very close to a relaxing thermal spa.

The Orthodox Synagogue in the western Romania city of Oradea has reopened officially after a lengthy restoration process.

29/06/2018

"Did you face political pressure not to explore this subject as your director character does? How did you handle that?

There was some, but less than we expected and it would take too long to describe it. What was more unexpected was that a lot of people from the crew or cast proved to be Holocaust deniers in various degrees (mostly soft), but they didn’t tell me directly, I just heard it via word of mouth."

The full interview here:

Radu Jude’s “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians,” which has its world premiere Monday in Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s main competition, has ruffled as many feathers in his native …