04 Oct 2025
My husband and I took Laura's half-day tour. In addition to the highlights quite rightly touted - the beautiful Choral and Great Synagogues (including the sobering Holocaust exhibit at the latter), and the unexpected ongoing Yiddish theatre, we were able to get a bare sense of a breathing Jewish neighborhood. Laura had a special interest in the Jewish architects of homes on the streets surrounding these more known sites, and one can see hints of the Art Deco inspired buildings housing a once-flourishing Jewish community - sadly now a ghost-town. (Though there is still a small ongoing orthodox congregation at the Choral and Sukkot preps were underway at the Great synagogue.) I was grateful that- through her research and planning of the tour - one can have such a rich experience. Thanks, Laura!