Jewish Ghetto and Food Tour
August 16, 2019
It is the spiritual and cultural home of Jews in Rome. Jews have been in Rome since being brought over as slaves in the 2nd century BC. In 1943, of the 7,000 Jewish residents 2,000 were ro
unded up and sent to concentration camps. Only 16 survived. Although the name survives the only a quarter of the 20,000 Jews live in this neighborhood.
The plaques (shown to the left) have been added to the streets of the last known address of Holocaust victims.
The food tour group represented NJ, Kentucky, California and Newfoundland Canada. The woman of the Canadian couple was originally from Philadephia and her husband was Canadian and his dad was assigned to the Embassy in Iran when the Shah went out in 1979. His mom with him and his siblings kicked around Rome for a few months until his dad could get out. The Kentuckians were visiting a family member who worked in the US Embassy in Rome.
We ate fried artichokes, two types of pizza, bread, ham, salami, of various types , three variations of pasta, tiramsu, coffee (expresso) but the gelato place was closed. We revolted when the tour guide offered another alternative. Of course, there was some wine and beer too.
On this trip I taxied both ways.