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The Jewish Cemetery in Schnaittach
Why do Jews bury their dead in simple wooden coffins, and why don’t they display the bodies before burial? Why must the dead be buried within one day of death? Why are haircuts barred after a funeral?...
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Medine Franconia – Rural Jewish Life
Jews settled in Schnaittach in the late 15th century. By the 16th century, Schnaittach had developed into a center for rabbinical and Talmudic study, and was also the site of the Jewish cemetery for...
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Marx and Matzos
Why is someone hunting a rabbit inside a sukkah? How do kosher Gummi Bears taste, how is matza made and what did Karl Marx have to do with all this? This 90-minute tour, which includes the Jewish...
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Everyday Stories – Jewish Daily Life in the 18th and 19th Century
In this tour you will discover the distinctive rooms and hidden corners of the historical museum building, which reveal aspects of everyday Jewish life and the religious approach of Jewish families in...
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Fürth – A Center of Jewish Scholoarship
Fürth may be known as the birthplace of Jakob Wassermann, Henry Kissinger and Leopold Ullstein. But few people still know that Fürth was the most important center of Jewish life in southern Germany...
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Pilpul, Berches & Holekrash – Jewish Life in Franconia
This tour illuminates the rich history of Franconian Jewry from the Middle Ages to today. Franconia was an important cradle of Jewish culture in southern Germany, an area where diverse and important...
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Just Show Up!
Tours without appointment are held on the first Sunday every month, at around 2 PM: in Fürth on different aspects of “Jewish Life in Franconia” in Schnaittach on “Jewish Rural life” in Schwabach on...
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