Toni L. Kamins

France has the third largest Jewish community in the world. Take a look at Jewish life in France from the fifth century to the present – where it has been and where it’s going, how it addresses Jewish issues such as intermarriage and assimilation, how it lives with the memory of French involvement in the Holocaust, and how it copes with a governmental policy that is often unfriendly to Israel.

The San Francisco Jewish Bulletin writes, "Kamins' book is Paul Johnson's 'A History of the Jews' meets 'Frommer's France.' It is both history lesson and travel guide that will likely interest any Jewish traveler to France."

Take a walking tour through London's Jewish East End; visit the 300 year old Bevis Marks synagogue; see a collection of Torah scrolls rescued from the Nazis; discover the Jewish communities of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; learn the poignant history of Britain's Jewish community even before you get there.

The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix “good airplane reading en route to a vacation destination, providing quick snapshots of Jewish life in each of the countries and piquing interest in exploring the sites mentioned…. sure to whet the appetite for more reading and travel.”