Wednesday 22 – Sunday 26 October 2025

“I have got used to beating the streets of Paris, happy beyond words dreaming of a life 125 years long – with the Louvre radiant in the distance” – Marc Chagall

Join JR this autumn, to follow in the footsteps of Chagall and learn about the rich history of the Parisian Jewish avant-garde in the early 20th century. Led by art historian Monica Bohm-Duchen and JR’s executive director Dr Aviva Dautch, we’ll visit bohemian Montparnasse, home of Gertrude Stein and the ‘Jewish School of Paris’ (L’école Juive) where, 100 years ago, you would be as likely to hear Yiddish as French; stroll in Parc Monceau, the fashionable haunt of flâneurs and collectors (including the Ephrussi and Camondo families) as well as literary celebrities such as Sarah Bernhardt and Marcel Proust; and explore the cultural history of the Marais’ Jewish quarter.

The Musée de Orangerie will be hosting a landmark exhibition about Berthe Weill, the female Jewish art dealer who launched Modigliani’s career (as well as the careers of Matisse and Picasso), protested the antisemitism of Degas and proudly proclaimed her pro-Dreyfus sympathies. Our trip will include an exclusive private tour and Q&A with the exhibition’s curator.

This tour is arranged in association with Bespoke Kosher Travel and is for Jewish Renaissance subscribers only. Not currently a subscriber? Click here to subscribe.

Tour info

Destination: Paris
Dates*: Wednesday 22 – Sunday 26 October
Cost**: £1,675pp sharing a double/twin room, £295pp single supplement
Deposit required: £675pp by 24 April 2025 (final payment by 23 July 2025)
Booking: To reserve your place, please click the button below and complete the form

*The trip will begin at 3.30pm on Wednesday 22 October. It will conclude at 3.30pm on Sunday 26 October. Both meeting and departure points will be Villa M, 24-30 Bd Pasteur, 75015 Paris.

**Price includes:

• Comfortable, well-equipped and well-located accommodation at the four-star Drawing House in Montparnasse, which boasts an indoor pool and artist-designed rooms.

• All transport within Paris throughout the trip. Please note that your return travel to and from Paris is not included and is your own responsibility.

• All entrance tickets to museums including the Musée de Orangerie, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme and Musée Zadkine.

• Guided walking tours of Montparnasse and the Marais.

• Additional expert lectures contextualising our explorations.

• Friday night service at the Adath Shalom Masorti Synagogue.

• All applicable taxes and tips.

• All breakfasts, plus two dinners and two lunches (not inclusive of alcohol), including Friday night dinner and Shabbat lunch. All food provided will be vegetarian or pescatarian (no seafood/non-kosher fish).

• All single travellers will be given sole occupancy of a double room.

Please note that although Jewish Renaissance is arranging this trip, the travel company you are contracting with is Bespoke Kosher Travel, who are making all the bookings within the above package and providing your package protection (IATA and PTS registered and bonded) – this covers all elements of the tour as described above, but does not include issues caused by your flights or individual circumstances. It is highly important that you also arrange your own individual travel insurance.

This is a high-end tour, in both comfort and quality, however Jewish Renaissance has partially subsidised the single supplement to help lower the cost and overall has set the price as low as possible, so that cost isn’t a barrier. If you would like to support this tour or JR’s work with a voluntary contribution, please donate here.

Please note, this tour involves a substantial amount of walking. If you have mobility or accessibility issues, please contact us via tours@jewishrenaissance.org.uk before booking.

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RESERVE YOUR PLACE

Please complete the form below to reserve a place on this tour. If you require assistance completing the form, please contact the JR office on 020 7794 5254 or tours@jewishrenaissance.org.uk. Once your form is received and your JR subscription confirmed, you will be contacted regarding payment for your deposit.