Group travel and shared discovery is a powerful way to both strengthen community and carry Jewish heritage into the future. Taube Jewish Heritage Tours designs group-specific tours, providing expert scholars and guides, program facilitators, and opportunities for service, as well as access to leaders and officials; ties are built and reinforced not just among those on the trip, but also between the local community and those who have come to discover the cradle of European Jewish history.

TJHT Standard Itinerary

This itinerary has been enjoyed by JCC and Jewish Federations.

Day One: Warsaw

Arrive at the International Warsaw Chopin Airport

Check into hotel & time to refresh and rest
Welcome and Orientation at JCC Warsaw

Overnight in Warsaw


Day Two: Warsaw

Visit Plac Grzybowski, a square at the heart of Jewish life in Warsaw

Guided tour of Jewish Warsaw, past and present

Visit to the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Dinner in Warsaw’s Old Town
Overnight in Warsaw


Day Three: Warsaw – Kraków

Briefing with the Polish Foreign Ministry Liaison to the Jewish Diaspora
Private guided visit at the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute

Brief tour of Praga district

Express train to Kraków with a light lunch on the train.
Welcome and Dinner at JCC Krakow

[During Jewish Culture Festival: Evening festival concert at the Tempel Synagogue]
Overnight in Krakow

Day Four: Kraków

Walking tour through Kraków’s Old Town, a UNESCO’s World Heritage Site

Lunch in the Old Town
Afternoon walking tour through Kazimierz, Kraków’s Jewish district

Visit the Galicia Jewish Museum

Dinner on your own
[During Jewish Culture Festival: Evening festival concert at the Tempel Synagogue]
Overnight in Kraków

Day Five: Auschwitz-Birkenau – Oświęcim – Kraków

Guided tour of Birkenau and the Auschwitz State Museum
Visit and session at the Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oświęcim

Return to the hotel for rest and reflection
Dinner on your own
[During Jewish Culture Festival: Evening festival concert at the Tempel Synagogue]
Overnight in Kraków

Day Six: Chmielnik – Pińczów – Szydłów – Kraków

Day tour to the fomer shtetls of Chmielnik, Pińczów, and Szydłów
Lunch in Szydłów
Return to Kraków for Shabbat
Optional Progressive and Orthodox Traditional Shabbat services
Shabbat dinner organized by JCC Krakow for guests from Kraków and around the world
Overnight in Kraków

Day Seven: Kraków – Wieliczka

Free day, options include:

Closing dinner and session
Overnight in Kraków

Day Eight

Departures and Extensions

 

VIP Delegation to Poland

This tour program included participation in a Holocaust commemoration.

Day One: Warsaw 

Day Two: Warsaw 

Day Three: Jedwabne – Łómża – Warsaw

Day Four: Warsaw – Kraków

Day Five: Auschwitz-Birkenau – Kraków

Day Six: Kraków 

Organization & Community Group Tours

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Group travel and shared discovery is a powerful way to both strengthen community and carry Jewish heritage into the future. Taube Jewish Heritage Tours designs group-specific tours, providing expert scholars and guides, program facilitators, and opportunities for service, as well as access to leaders and officials; ties are built and reinforced not just among those on the trip, but also between the local community and those who have come to discover the cradle of European Jewish history.

TJHT Standard Itinerary

This itinerary has been enjoyed by JCC and Jewish Federations.

Day One: Warsaw

Arrive at the International Warsaw Chopin Airport

Check into hotel & time to refresh and rest
Welcome and Orientation at JCC Warsaw

Overnight in Warsaw


Day Two: Warsaw

Visit Plac Grzybowski, a square at the heart of Jewish life in Warsaw

Guided tour of Jewish Warsaw, past and present

Visit to the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Dinner in Warsaw’s Old Town
Overnight in Warsaw


Day Three: Warsaw – Kraków

Briefing with the Polish Foreign Ministry Liaison to the Jewish Diaspora
Private guided visit at the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute

Brief tour of Praga district

Express train to Kraków with a light lunch on the train.
Welcome and Dinner at JCC Krakow

[During Jewish Culture Festival: Evening festival concert at the Tempel Synagogue]
Overnight in Krakow

Day Four: Kraków

Walking tour through Kraków’s Old Town, a UNESCO’s World Heritage Site

Lunch in the Old Town
Afternoon walking tour through Kazimierz, Kraków’s Jewish district

Visit the Galicia Jewish Museum

Dinner on your own
[During Jewish Culture Festival: Evening festival concert at the Tempel Synagogue]
Overnight in Kraków

Day Five: Auschwitz-Birkenau – Oświęcim – Kraków

Guided tour of Birkenau and the Auschwitz State Museum
Visit and session at the Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oświęcim

Return to the hotel for rest and reflection
Dinner on your own
[During Jewish Culture Festival: Evening festival concert at the Tempel Synagogue]
Overnight in Kraków

Day Six: Chmielnik – Pińczów – Szydłów – Kraków

Day tour to the fomer shtetls of Chmielnik, Pińczów, and Szydłów
Lunch in Szydłów
Return to Kraków for Shabbat
Optional Progressive and Orthodox Traditional Shabbat services
Shabbat dinner organized by JCC Krakow for guests from Kraków and around the world
Overnight in Kraków

Day Seven: Kraków – Wieliczka

Free day, options include:

Closing dinner and session
Overnight in Kraków

Day Eight

Departures and Extensions

VIP Delegation to Poland

This tour program included participation in a Holocaust commemoration.

Day One: Warsaw 

Day Two: Warsaw 

Day Three: Jedwabne – Łómża – Warsaw

Day Four: Warsaw – Kraków

Day Five: Auschwitz-Birkenau – Kraków

Day Six: Kraków