2024 Central Europe | Torah In Motion

2024 Central Europe

Travel Dates: Friday July 12, 2024 Sunday July 21, 2024

VISIT FAMOUS SITES AND LEARN THE JEWISH HISTORY TOGETHER

LUXURY HOTELS • EXPERT LOCAL GUIDES • DELICIOUS KOSHER MEALS 

 

This tour is confirmed!

 

  • Visit Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Bratislava (Pressburg), Eisenstadt, Sopron and many other sites off the beaten track

  • A central feature of the tour will be Dr. Shapiro’s expert discussions of the many places we will visit

  • An unforgettable experience with a focus on Jewish history

  • Don't miss this unique opportunity of exclusive Kosher Jewish Travel

  • A Jewish History Tour -an educational experience like no other

 

Questions: Please email info@torahinmotion.org

 

 

 

2024 Central Europe Itinerary. (PDF)

Meet the speaker

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Marc B. Shapiro holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton. A graduate of Brandeis (BA) and Harvard (PhD), he is the author of numerous books, articles, and reviews and is a popular scholar in residence at synagogues around the world. He has written Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy and The Limits of Orthodox Theology, both of which were National Jewish Book Award Finalists. Other books of his include Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox, Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters, and Changing…

Dr. Marc Shapiro bio & resources

Blogs from tours

From Bratislava to Nikolsburg
Rabbi Jay Kelman
July 24, 2024
Travel Blog, Central Europe

The relationship between modernity and Judaism is perhaps the central question that Jews have struggled with and debated over the past 250 years. Trav…

Shabbat in Budapest
Rabbi Jay Kelman
July 19, 2024
Travel Blog, Central Europe

Kazinczy, Dohany, Rumbach. For the average Hungarian these are street names in the heart of Budapest. For Jews these are names of three of the most im…

Thoughts From Budapest: Past, Present, and Future
Rabbi Jay Kelman
July 17, 2024
Travel Blog, Central Europe

Jews first settled in Hungary in the 13th century, settling mainly in the city of Buda. In 1526 the Ottoman Empire occupied Hungary and as result…

What people are saying about our tours

"I thoroughly enjoyed the Torah in Motion trip to Central Europe with Marc Shapiro. The trip exceeded my expectations - and my expectations were very high."

- Mel Barenholtz

"It is truly a  fantastic experience. Marc's attitude, knowledge, and mentschlichkeit...makes the trip something special and unusual."

- Esther and Joseph Schubin

"Marc's depth of knowledge is awesome and his enthusiasm is incomparable. He brought Jewish history alive and introduced us to so many great Jewish scholars!"

- Eudice Greenfield

"The trip was outstanding – very, very powerful in so many ways. Marc’s leadership, pedagogy, commitment, organization and sensitivity to the needs of different types of people was extraordinary."

- Michael Sone