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Berlin Mendelssohn
From Moses Mendelssohn to Daniel Libeskind

Berlin is one of the most exciting cities in Europe!


Why? No other major European city has in the last few decades re-defined, re-created and re-built itself to such an extent as Berlin.



Until 1989, the city was cut in half by a wall. The main historical Jewish sites were on the eastern side of the city, the part of Berlin that was behind the Iron Curtain.



With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city has had to re-weave its two halves together; to accomplish this, world-renowned architects like Frank Gehry and I. M. Pei came and added their spectacular new designs to the changing landscape. This period of reconstruction produced a blossoming tourism industry, booming business development and a sophisticated art scene.



However, perhaps the most significant change of all is that the once diminished Jewish Community of Berlin is now becoming the fastest growing Jewish community in Europe.

Berlin Rykestraße Synagogue
Together with the renaissance of the community, the visibility of Jewish life in Berlin is also increasing. Important historic sites, such as the spectacular golden-domed New Synagogue visible throughout the city, have been renovated to their past grandeur and there has been construction of new Jewish landmarks and institutions of learning, like Daniel Libeskind's powerful Jewish Museum, and revitalization of Jewish culture through events such as the annual international Jewish Film Festival. Jewish life in Berlin is even more prevalent than one might realize at first glance: there is very often a Jewish perspective to be found at sites of general interest like the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate.


Judaism in Berlin throughout the centuries has gone through several Golden Ages: the 18th century welcomed the Jewish Enlightenment as heralded by Moses Mendelssohn, the 19th century gave birth to Reform Judaism through the deeds of scholars like Abraham Geiger and the early 20th century saw the contributions of such outstanding personalities as Leo Baeck, Kurt Weill and Albert Einstein.

Berlin Hebrew
As well as paying tribute to these inspiring periods of Jewish life, Berlin is a city where the losses of the Holocaust are keenly felt but also stringently remembered. 
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, right beside the Brandenburg Gate, and dozens of other smaller but equally moving memorials make sure that the Holocaust is never forgotten.
The Jewish world is slowly realizing that there is still Jewish life in Berlin. Despite the division, there did exist a post-war Jewish life in Berlin that is the bedrock for today's thriving community. In Berlin, conscious reconstruction goes hand-in-hand with celebrating the renaissance of the community in all its facets: two Jewish newspapers, a Jewish theater, Jewish educational institutions and nine synagogues; it's all here once again in Berlin.
Let us give you an insider view into Jewish Berlin!



Half - price tours! Special Offer for April: We offer half-price tours in Berlin with guides, who are starting to work for us  this season.
  
             
             
      Tour Options: Jewish Sightseeing Tours 3 hour walking tour of Old Jewish Quarter
From the spectacular post-modern Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind to the New Synagogue with its beautiful golden dome you decide how much time you want to spend and how many sites you want to see. A basic tour will cover sites of the historic Jewish Quarter on the trail of the 18th century ‘German Socrates’, Moses Mendelssohn. See the site of Berlin’s first synagogue, the Old Jewish Cemetery, Jewish High School and where the world’s first female rabbi lived.

Half-day driving tour, Jewish and general Berlin
Travelling by car or mini-bus means one can access sites previously mentioned, sites in West Berlin as well as sites ‘off the beaten path’. See the Charlottenburg Palais (1695) with its baroque gardens gracing the Spree River. Visit the Jewish Community Center built on the foundations of a former synagogue.

Full-day driving tour, Jewish and general Berlin
In a full day tour we include a visit to the luxurious Grunewald with its opulent 19th century mansions. An important memorial to the deportations is to be found there too. Optional sights such as Wannsee (site of the infamous Wannsee Conference) and the summer residence of expressionist painter Max Liebermann can be included upon request on a full-day tour. Round out your day with a snack or meal at the ‘Harrods of Berlin’, the high-fashion department store Ka De We.

Multiple-day tour program

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      Tour Options: Family Tours
Are you visiting Berlin with your family? You’re looking for a sensitive, interesting and engaging way to discover Jewish Berlin, European Jewish culture and history with your little and loved ones and maybe even go on a search about your own family heritage? Our guides will take you under their wings and offer you a special family experience of Jewish Berlin. (more...)

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Tour Options: Day Trips
Potsdam
Often referred to as a truly European city, Potsdam is both the "Versailles" of the German royal family and home of the famous post-war Potsdam Conference. Most famous of the palaces and gardens (a World Unesco Heritage Site) is Sanssouci --"without worries"--built as Friedrich the Great's summer pleasure palace. (more...)

Dresden
Dresden is one of Europe’s most magnificent Baroque cities. Like a phoenix, Dresden has risen from the ashes of WWII along with its Jewish community. The Jewish community has recently experienced a renaissance attested to by the unique New Synagogue with its golden tent-like inner structure suggesting flexibility within stability. (more...)
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Site
The former concentration camp of Sachsenhausen, built by the Nazis in 1936, was a 'model' camp for what was to become a European wide system of forced labor, torture and mass killing. Today the memorial site houses diverse multimedia exhibitions that include artifacts and artwork donated by ex-prisoners. (more...)

Ravensbrueck Concentration Camp Memorial Site
Over the six years that Ravensbrueck was functioning, more than 130,000 women suffered under its cruelty, with only 40,000 surviving after the Russian liberation in 1945. Ravensbrück is also noted for its small resistance movements, showing the strength and courage of the women who were incarcerated there. (more...)

Multiple-Day Tour Program
We will organize a customized program of your tour options in Berlin combined with your requested day trips.




     
      Tour Options: Berlin Tours for Cruise Ship Passengers A Trip to Berlin
Milk & Honey Tours offers you a splendid day trip to Berlin. We arrange for a private vehicle to pick you up directly at the cruise ship dock in either Warnemuende, Rostock or Hamburg. You’ll receive a private, tailor-made tour led by a hand-picked guide happy to meet your specific needs. The main emphasis of this private tour will be on Jewish sites, but general sites are included as well. Please take a look at our Berlin Tour Options above and let us know your interests! (more...) Back to Overview


Please see the "Discover Europe" section of our website for further tour options in Berlin. 		     
             
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