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Jewish Moscow tour

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Today Moscow is home to the largest Jewish community in Russia. It numbers around 250 thousand people, although it's hard to be certain about this figure. During your Moscow tours, you can explore the life of the Jewish community, visit Moscow synagogues, kosher restaurants, schools, cultural centers, and Jewish museums.

Moscow Choral synagogue

Jewish sights are scattered around Moscow. You can spend several days exploring the Jewish heritage of Moscow. But if you're lack of time we'd recommend you at least to visit the Old Choral synagogue. It's the oldest Moscow synagogue, a very beautiful building and it's very close to Red Square. You can easily include it in our classic 1-day tour of Moscow.

If you have more time we offer you our classic tours of Jewish Moscow.

The tour of Jewish Moscow.

10.00 Meeting with a guide and driver

10.30 Old Choral Synagogue. This synagogue recently celebrated the 100 year anniversary. It is a very impressive building, constructed by renowned Moscow architect Roman Klein. This synagogue was the only one that continued to operate throughout the Soviet years.

Not far from the synagogue is the area where Jews used to live in the 19th century. The former Jewish quarter was completely destroyed in the Soviet times, but your Moscow guide will tell you about its past

12.00 The Museum of Jewish history is devoted to the history of Jews in Russia, It offers a rare collection of artifacts, illustrating the everyday life, culture, and religion of Jews living in Russia since the 18th century up to our days

14.00 Lunch break in a kosher restaurant inside the museum of Tolerance

15.00 Jewish museum and the center of tolerance Unlike the museum of Jewish history the Tolerance center applies to interactive media technologies which make the tour memorable, thought-provoking, appealing not only to adults but also children of different age groups. During the tour you’ll be able to feel the wind and splashing water of the Great Flood, experience everyday life in the shtetl, find yourself dressed as a 19th-century rabbi, watch archival video footage from the time of the World War II and learn the story of Holocaust

After the tour, you can stay in the museum longer and watch its fantastic collection of documentaries. Our Moscow tour guide can also accompany you back to the hotel or arrange a taxi.

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Other important Jewish sights of Moscow

We'll be glad to include any of the Jewish sights mentioned below in your Jewish Moscow tour itinerary

Holocaust memorial synagogue

It was built to commemorate the Jews who died during the war on the territory of the USSR. Nearby in the Victory park, you can see the memorial to the victims of the Holocaust

The synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya

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This synagogue was first to appear in Moscow. It was built as a private synagogue by millionaire Polyakov who was the head of the Jewish community in Moscow. There was a secret tunnel underneath that would help the congregation to escape during pogroms. The synagogue has a small museum.

Nearby you can see the Shalom Aleichem statue and the building of the former Jewish theatre where actor Solomon Mikhoels used to play

Jewish community center.

Here you can learn more about the cultural and religious life of Moscow Jews today, meet locals, and see what educational programs the center offers. The center belongs to Chabad-Lubavitch and has a spacious synagogue. The center is located close to the Moscow Jewish Museum and Tolerance center

Jewish cultural center

at Nikitskaya street offers educational programs such as art studios, concerts, festivals plus an opportunity to connect to the rich history and traditions of the Jewish people. You can have a visit to the center during your Moscow tour