About Jewish History Study Tours

“The most enduring commitments to Judaism are born of intellectual engagement with its history and its lessons.” ...Claire Simmons

After nineteen years of highly acclaimed, private chartered tours, Jewish History Study Tours is pleased to announce tours available to the general public.

Under the leadership of renowned tour guide and historian Claire Goldstein Simmons, Jewish History Study Tours offers intellectually rigorous, week-long study trips to Poland and the Czech Republic. Participants will enjoy a rare glimpse of the “Golden Age” of Jewish life and culture before World War II, interspersed by visits to major Nazi concentration camps.

For six weeks prior to departure, participants attend a weekly class taught by Ms. Simmons. Students are expected to read and discuss major texts on Jewish history and the Holocaust. Each day on tour, students will enjoy comprehensive on-site lectures, followed by group discussions to process the day’s sights and study. For more on the inspiration and philosophy of Jewish History Study Tours, please read below.