The Story of Turkish
Jews
500
Years of Peace &
Harmony Start after
breakfast for a full
day tour in
centuries-old Jewish
neighborhood,
Galata,
with its tower built
by the Genoese. Visit
Neve Shalom Synagogue
& Ashkenaz Synagogue,
drive to
Balat
along the
Golden Horn
where the
Star of David
appears on the facades
of some buildings. Visit to Ahrida
Synagogue,
built in the 15th
century. If required,
lunch at
Jewish Hospital
(Or-Ahayim).
Visit to the special "Exhibition of the Quincentannial Foundation" about
the Jews in Türkiye,
upon private
randezvous, and the
Jewish Cemetery,
where the martyrs of
Neve Shalom are
buried. Last stop at
Ortaköy, first
disembark point of
Sepharads, welcommed
by the Ottoman Sultan,
and visit to
Etz-Ahayim Synagogue.
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