Berlin is one of the most exciting cities in Europe! Why? No other major European city has in the last few decades re-defined, re-created and re-built itself to such an extent as Berlin.
Until 1989, the city was cut in half by a wall. The main historical Jewish sites were on the eastern side of the city, the part of Berlin that was behind the Iron Curtain.

With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city has had to re-weave its two halves together; to accomplish this, world-renowned architects like Frank Gehry and I. M. Pei came and added their spectacular new designs to the changing landscape. This period of reconstruction produced a blossoming tourism industry, booming business development and a sophisticated art scene.

However, perhaps the most significant change of all is that of the once diminished Jewish Community of Berlin becoming the fastest growing Jewish community in Europe.
Together with the renaissance of the community, the visibility of Jewish life in Berlin is also increasing. Important historic sites, such as the spectacular golden-domed New Synagogue visible throughout the city, have been renovated to their past grandeur and there has been construction of new Jewish landmarks and institutions of learning, like Daniel Libeskind's powerful Jewish Museum, and revitalization of Jewish culture through events such as the annual international Jewish Film Festival. Jewish life in Berlin is even more prevalent than one might realize at first glance: there is very often a Jewish perspective to be found at sites of general interest like the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate.
Judaism in Berlin throughout the centuries has gone through several Golden Ages: the 18th century welcomed the Jewish Enlightenment as heralded by Moses Mendelssohn, the 19th century gave birth to Reform Judaism through the deeds of scholars like Abraham Geiger and the early 20th century saw the contributions of such outstanding personalities as Leo Baeck, Kurt Weill and Albert Einstein

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As well as paying tribute to these inspiring periods of Jewish life, Berlin is a city where the losses of the Holocaust are keenly felt but also stringently remembered.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, right beside the Brandenburg Gate, and dozens of other smaller but equally moving memorials make sure that the Holocaust is never forgotten.
The Jewish world is slowly realizing that there is still Jewish life in Berlin. Despite the division, there did exist a post-war Jewish life in Berlin that is the bedrock for today's thriving community. In Berlin, conscious reconstruction goes hand-in-hand with celebrating the renaissance of the community in all its facets: two Jewish newspapers, a Jewish theater, Jewish educational institutions and nine synagogues; it's all here once again in Berlin.
Let us give you an insider view into Jewish Berlin!

Jewish Berlin for Cruise Ship Passengers

Milk & Honey Tours offers a splendid day trip to Berlin.
We arrange for a pick-up at the cruise ship dock in either Warnemuende, Rostock or Hamburg for the 11- to 14-hour day trip. The guide joins the guests upon arrival in Berlin. The main of emphasis of this private tour will be on Jewish sites, but general sites are included as well.
Our special package includes:
1. Transfer to Berlin in the morning and back to your cruise ship in the evening at least an hour before departure in a non-smoking private minibus/bus with air conditioning.
2. Guided city tour of the most important contemporary and historical places of Jewish Berlin as well as other major sites in the city.
3. Guided tour of Daniel Libeskind's architectural masterpiece, the Jewish Museum, with its permanent exhibition of 2000 years of Jewish German history.
4. Guided visit to the new Memorial to the Murdered Jews in Europe, designed by Peter Eisenman.
* Other sites can be added to the tour depending on individual interests.

Tour Options
- Package for cruise ship passengers (Baltic Sea cruise from Rostock /
Warnemuende; North Sea cruise from Hamburg)
- Multiple-day tour program
- Full-day driving tour of Jewish and general sites
- Half-day driving tour of Jewish and general sites (City Center tour)
- 3-hourwalking tour (Old Jewish Quarter)
- Day trips to
-- Potsdam (World Unesco Heritage Site of parks and palaces)
-- Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial site
-- Dresden