Hanukkah in Paris

While we are in Paris in December it will be Hanukkah. One of the college girls with us is Jewish, and I was wondering if there is something

of interest for her. I am aware that the 4th is the Jewish section.

While the rest of our group will be delighting in the Christmas markets, santons, etc, (and I am sure she will be doing these sights too,) I just wanted to include her in her holiday too.

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Hi;

While the 4th arrondissement is the more traditional Jewish quartier in Paris there are a number of synagogues and Jewish community organizations around the city.

There are memorials in the 4th along with traditional bakeries, deli%26#39;s and shops, but the atmosphere is decidedly Orthodox.

If your friend is Reformed you may want to check out:

kosherdelight.com/FranceSynagoguesParis.shtml

for a listing and some suggestions for Hanukkah.

Enjoy your visit.

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One of the traditional foods at Hanukkah is a potato pancake, which is NOT an easy thing to find on the menus over here. BUT the Sunday, organic farmer%26#39;s market on the boul Raspail has a guy who makes one of the best latkes I%26#39;ve ever had in my life.

ps Very thoughtful of you!

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We just returned from Paris and were advised from our hotel Concierge that Altitude 95 was not advisable and he was trying to get us into a new restaurant called Les Ombres that has better food and still a view of the eiffel tower and seine. Unfortunately since it was Thanksgiving he could not get us a reservation but I still looked it up to see what we were missing.

Here%26#39;s a blog listing I found. Looks wonderful and maybe something you want to consider. To me Jules Verne is just too outrageously priced at 120 %26amp; up for dinner/pp.

hotels-paris-rive-gauche.com/blog/index.php/…

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Check out Rue des Rosiers. That is one of the main %26quot;Jewish%26quot; streets. L%26#39;As du Falafel has the best falafel in Paris. I was on that street on my Sept-Oct trip to Paris and there were make-shift tables set up where lulofs and esrogs were being sold for the Jewish holiday. I am Jewish and one of the best moments of my trip was to see the orthodox Jewish men checking out the esrogs to find the perfect one. Then, two days later, no more tables.

I don%26#39;t know what they will have on this street for Hanukkah but they are likely to have something--at least decorations. You probably could find some good potato pancakes on that street too.

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I agree with Rue des Rosiers. There is also a museum of Jewish History in Paris : Musée d%26#39;art et d%26#39;Histoire du Judaïsme, i think located on Rue du Temple

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No tables or decorations out for Hanukkah on the rue des Rosiers. Still worth checking out and the Jewish museum has a great exhibit out right now on the history of Jewish influnece in the Comic book industry. Superman was invented by Jews as a response to Hitler, so it is interesting.

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In addition to the museum of Jewish history, she might be interested in the Musée Nissim de Camondo (part of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs). This was the home of the Camondo family (prominent Parisian Jewish bankers), which was donated as a museum by the family in the 1930s, and gives a glimpse of an aristocratic Parisian family%26#39;s life in the 19th and 19th centuries.

You can find some information about the museum at www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_de_Camondo and at www.frommers.com/destinations/paris/A25333.

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Sorry, make that 18th and 19th centuries . . .

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