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11th Arrondissement – Place de BastilleMetro: Bastille The scene of the opening acts of the French Revolution, the Bastille prison that was stormed by the masses in 1794 was completely demolished. The area where the imposing prison once st ... | ||
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14th Arrondissement – MontparnasseMetro: Edgar-Quinet A mostly residential neighborhood, it is the Montparnasse cemetery that attracts the large majority of tourists to this neighborhood. One of the largest cemeteries in Paris, the Mo ... | ||
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15th Arrondissement – Parc des Expositions Metro: Bir-H...Metro: Bir-Hakeim This upper-class neighborhood contains the largest exhibition center in Paris as well as the largest number of high-rise buildings and corporate headquarters. Aside from ... | ||
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20th Arrondissement – Belleville and MenilmontantMetro: Pere-Lachaise A working class neighbourhood east of the city, the area is becoming slowly gentrified and offers visitors a mix of cultures. Belleville has the largest Chinatown in Paris while M ... | ||
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4th Arrondissement – Ile de la Cite and the PletzlThis is the center of France, figuratively and literally. The site of the ancient synagogue in Isle de la cite is now a flower market, Marche aux Fleurs in Place Luis Lepine. The expulsion of Jews fro ... | ||
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5th and 6th Arrondissements – The Latin QuarterMetro: St. Michel The winding streets of the Latin Quarter are some of the oldest and most famous in all of Paris. Ambling down the left bank of the Seine, visitors are retracing the steps of some of ... | ||
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7th Arrondissement – L’Ecole Militaire and the Eiffel T...Metro: Ecole Militaire Swarming crowds of tourists from around the world flock each year to the 7th arrondisment, many of them converging in one place- that of the omnipresent “Iron Lady.” The mos ... | ||
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9th Arrondissement – Lower MontmartreMetro: Cadet Near what was once a rural village, the neighborhood of Montmarte had today grown into one of the largest Jewish communities in Paris. Settled by Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe in th ... | ||
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Alfred Dreyfus Statue“If you want me to live, give me back my honor” says the plaque on the Dreyfus statue, which depicts Alfred Dreyfus standing with his sword broken- a metaphor for the rank that was denied to him a ... | ||
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Cemetery Pere-LachaiseInterred in the Jewish section of the cemetery is Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous actress in the world in the early years of cinema. Known as “Divine Sarah” for her grace and poise, she was also ... | ||
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Former Jo Goldenberg’s RestaurantAn époque ended with the closing of the famous Jo Goldenberg’s Restaurant. Fleeing the pograms in Russia, Jo Goldenberg opened up his first shop on rue de Rosiers in 1920’s. Passed on through sev ... | ||
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Montparnasse CemeteryA celebrity cemetery, Montparnasse is a jumble of tombstones and memorials of all sorts, created and maintained by living descendants or else sold on to someone willing to pay for a place beside the m ... | ||
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Musee Edith PiafThe beloved little songbird of Paris, Edith Piaf’s funeral in 1963 was the first time since the liberation that Paris came to a standstill. A passionate and defiant character that rose from rough be ... Telephone01 43 55 52 72 | ||
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 | Museum of Jewish Art and History - Musee d'Art et d'His...A must see for anyone with even a passing interest in Jewish Art or History. Located in a townhouse completed in 1650 for the Comte d’Avaux, Cardinal Mazarin’s superintendent of Finances, by the m ... Website: www.mahj.org Telephone33.1.5301.8660, Fax(33) 1 53 01 86 53 | |
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Place des Martyrs Juifs du Velodrome d’Hiver“Le Grand Rafle” was the name given to the roundup of Parisian Jews by the French police in 1942. The Gestapo overlords who planned the operation called it “Spring Breeze.” Over thirteen thous ... | ||
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