Join Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein as we explore the places where Jews were forced to convert to Christianity during the Inquisition and kept their identity hidden for hundreds of years. This rare journey includes Lisbon, Porto, Belmonte, Seville, Grenada, Majorca and Barcelona. Together we will uncover this dark past and discover the joys and challenges of Iberian Jewish life today. We'll meet literary figures, journalists, Jewish leaders, artists, film makers and chefs during our grand Iberian tour! Jewish history in Portugal and Spain is filled with contradictions. There is tragedy here, but there are also traces of former glories during the 1,000 years before the inquisition - these were large scale Jewish communities that prospered for long periods. We will delve into the past, as well as reach out to the nascent Jewish communities of today to hear their struggles and their successes.
YOUR IBERIAN MAIN TOUR INCLUDES:
3 nights Tivoli Avenida Liberdade Lisboa, Lisbon
2 nights Renaissance Porto Lapa Hotel, Porto
1 night Pousada Serra da Estrela, Colviha (Belmonte)
2 nights Radisson Collection Hotel Magdalena Plaza, Seville
2 nights Alhambra Palace, Granada
All touring and sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle with an expert English-speaking guide
Breakfast daily
Lunch in Caceres
Welcome dinner in Lisbon
Shabbat dinner in Porto
Dinner in Belmonte
1 dinner in Seville
Farewell dinner in Granada
Jewish walking tours in 6 cities
Meetings with local authors, politicians, journalists and more!
Visit to Shaare Tikva in Lisbon
Tour of Sintra's Pena Palace
Port tasting at Taylor Fladgate Cellars
Visit to Belmonte Castle
Airport transfers if arriving/departing with the main group
Entrance fees per itinerary
Porterage
Bottled water on the bus
Whisper headsets
INCLUDED IN MALLORCA & BARCELONA EXTENSION:
2 nights Hotel Nixe Palace, Mallorca
3 nights Grand Hotel Central, Barcelona
Internal flights from Granada to Palma de Mallorca to Barcelona
All touring and sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle with an expert English-speaking guide & tour manager
Breakfast daily
1 lunch in Mallorca
1 dinner in Mallorca with entertainment
2 dinners in Barcelona, including farewell dinner
Panoramic & walking tours of Mallorca, Barcelona & Girona
NOT INCLUDED:
Roundtrip airfare, departure taxes and fuel surcharges
Border taxes or visa fees
Tips to guides, drivers and service personnel ($25 per person, per day; pre-collected)
Meals not listed above
Items of a personal nature
Travel insurance (recommended - group policy available)
Any costs associated with Covid-19 testing or vaccination
Moment Editor-in-Chief & CEO: Nadine Epstein
Award-winning journalist Nadine Epstein is editor-in-chief and CEO of Moment Magazine, founder and executive director of the Washington, DC-based Center for Creative Change, founder of the Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative for young reporters, and founder and editor of MomentBooks. She reported for the City News Bureau of Chicago and the Chicago Bureau of The New York Times, then later covered the U.S.-Mexico border and rural America. After a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, she taught in the Masters Program in Journalism there. She holds degrees in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and was a University Fellow in the political science doctoral program at Columbia University. Epstein has written and edited books including RBG's Brave and Brilliant Women:33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone, Elie Wiesel: An Extraordinary Life and Legacy, contributed to anthology collections including Racing in the Streets: The Bruce Springsteen Reader and The Late, Great Mexican Border: Reports from a Disappearing Line, and co-wrote the short documentary Sastun: My Apprenticeship with Maya Healer. She is also an artist, the creator of the iShadow Project and cofounder of TheMomentGallery.
Dani Rotstein, Tour Director
Our time in Mallorca will be enhanced by guide Dani Rotstein (who will also accompany the full tour). A content producer, entrepreneur, and storyteller, New Jersey native Dani Rotstein spent years traveling the world. When he moved to the Spanish island of Majorca in 2014 to produce TV commercials, he didn't expect there to be much Jewish life there. His surprising discoveries led to his work on the documentary film Xueta Island: A Hidden History, for which he is not only a director, but also a subject. He became involved with the local Jewish community, founding Limud Mallorca as well as Jewish Majorca, a company that offers educational tours of Jewish heritage sites around the island.