Welcome to our series of posts for UOAA Learning and Leisure Travel’s upcoming Jewish Heritage and Diaspora tour to Italy and Latvia April 30 – May 16, 2019. We hope the resources we share here both help you become inspired to join us and provide information you need to get the most out of your educational travel experience!
To start off, how about some great reporting on Jewish heritage in Europe?
500 Years of Jewish Heritage in Venice offers an overview of Venice’s fascinating Jewish past and what remains of it at present. The UOAA Jewish Culture and Diaspora tour to Italy and Latvia will spend a few days in Venice exploring heritage described in this article and more with Lisa Calevi, Assistant Director for Institutional Relations at Global Education Oregon (GEO), the UO study abroad office. Lisa has studied Jewish Italian culture extensively and maintains ties to Venice through her affiliation with the Venice Center for International Jewish Studies.
You may learn more about the tour and leaders Lisa Calevi and Eric Benjaminson at the University of Oregon Alumni Travel webpage for the tour.