This tour is for those who wants to know more about Jewish world in Lviv, learn about its life from the inside, about its daily routine and traditions of the Jewish community. You will learn about their fate during the times of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi siege, about the synagogue’s Golden Rose legend and about the prominent Jews of Lviv in the 20th c.: Goldenstein, Balaban, Schor dynasty and Rapport…
The Jews appeared in Lviv back in the times of Danylo Halytskyi and his son Lev (Leo). As other communities of the city, they had their own district, school, hospital, cemetery and synagogue. Years past, authorities changed, only Jews did not change their everyday life and traditions.
They survived numerous sieges of Lviv, conflicts with Jesuits, riots in ther quarters. They rebuilt everything every time after aweful fires…
You will also learn about the fate of Jews between two World Wars, about Nazi occupation, holocaust, and how the future of Lviv Jews has turned out.
Price: Ukrainian-speaking guide – 120 UAH/hour
Foreign language speaking guide – 140 UAH/hour
