Florence, guided tours of the Synagogue, Museum and Monumental Jewish Cemetery

During the month of February, eight appointments to discover the Jewish Monumental Museum and Cemetery in Florence with guided tours.

OnSunday, Feb. 6 and Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. there will in fact be special guided tours of the Synagogue and the Jewish Museum of Florence, during which Opera Laboratories staff will tell the story of the Synagogue from its origins to the present day, focusing on Jewish ritual. On the first and second floors of the museum, the history of Florentine Jews from the 16th-century ghetto period to the post-World War II period will be illustrated. Starting with objects in the museum, Jewish holidays, the cycle of life and Jewish milestones will be discussed.

OnSunday, Feb. 13, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., at the Synagogue in Via Farini 4, the appointment will instead be dedicated to the role of women in the Jewish family. During the visit, the issue of the separation of men and women during religious services will be addressed, and at the museum, around the Shabbat table, the typically female Jewish precepts will be explained, mentioning Jewish cuisine and its rules. On the second floor of the museum, the theme of marriage and motherhood will be explained, and in the Room of Remembrance, some of Primo Levi ’s passages from If This is a Man dedicated specifically to women during the Holocaust will be read. The visit will conclude on the ground floor with a little taste of Jewish humor with the figure of the yiddishmame.

OnSunday, Feb. 27 at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. there will be a visit to the Jewish Monumental Cemetery. Just a stone’s throw from Porta San Frediano, hidden by a high surrounding wall, the cemetery on Viale Ariosto contains tombs of great artistic value: sarcophagi, small temples and three aristocratic chapels that tell much about the history and lives of people. The tour will cover the themes of ritual in mourning and death in Judaism and also the history of the Jewish Community in the late 18th and late 19th centuries.

The cost of the guided tours will be 10 euros per person and reservations are required to participate at 055290383.

Florence, guided tours of the Synagogue, Museum and Monumental Jewish Cemetery

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