Italian Tour 2000
4 Lectures

Throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the modern era, there were flourishing Jewish communities in Italy. Italian Jews had their own unique culture and lifestyle as well as their own customs and individual ritual for prayer and worship. Their synagogues were and are things of beauty, containing many fascinating Jewish artifacts. Travel with Rabbi Berel Wein as he introduces you to the world of Don Isaac Abarbanel, Rabbi Meir of Padua, the contrast of Spanish and Italian Jewry, as well as a Jewish view of the Vatican.