Shavuot in Rome, Italy

Contributed by: Nava Billet | Last Date of Travel: May/June 2009

Buongiorno!

I thought people might be interested to hear about Shavuot in Rome.

I stayed in a small suite next to one Synagogue, Bet Shmuel, on Via Garfagniana  (pronounced Gar-Fan-Nyana). It is a small shul, with congregants mostly of Libyan descent; they came to Italy after 1967. There is one man from Jerba (a small island off the coast of Tunisia with an interesting Jewish history) and he is louder than all the Libyans put together. None of the women come at night but they do come to shul during the day.

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Jewish Young Professionals Ski Trip in Italy!

March 23rd – March 30th in Canazei, Italy

Join young professionals from around the world for a week of fun and skiing in one of the most exotic ski locations in the world: Canazei, Italy. The group will be staying at the FOUR STAR My One Hotel Canazei, a year-round Kosher Ski Resort.

The cost of €975 includes:

• Transfers to and from the resort
• Luxurious 4 Star hotel, with Swimming Pool for a week
• Full Kosher board — Kosher breakfasts, dinners, and packed lunches for the ski slopes.
• Ski equipment rental
• Ski Passes
• Group Night Activities
• Airport & Security Tax

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Posh Kosher Cooking Vacations in Italy & France: 2011 Schedule

CookEuro has recently sent out a schedule for the following week long Kosher Cooking vacations in 3 beautiful regions of Italy and France:

• Emilia Romagna, Italy: May 9-16, 2011
• Tuscany, Italy: August 29-September 5; September 5-12, 2011
• Provence, France: October 31-November 7, 2011

The instructors in the region of Tuscany are Cristina Blasi and Gabriella Mari, the owners of the prestigious cooking school in Florence, Scuola di Arte Culinaria ‘Cordon Bleu’. In Emilia Romagna the instructor is Silvia Maccari, olive oil expert, author of a book of family recipes and owner of Camilla in Cucina. Jean-Claude Aubertin, a winner of the Moudet Cadet and Poele D’Or competitions and a member of Academie Culinaire de France and Les Diciples D’Escoffier, is the instructor in Provence.

All programs, under regional kosher supervision, are for a one week period, with five cooking classes, hands-on, in English. The cost for each program is $3,500 per person, shared room. A private room, if available, is an additional $550. Here’s the catch … the price is all inclusive, except airfare, from/to Bologna (Emilia Romagna), Florence (Tuscany), or Avignon (Provence). Not a cheap undertaking, but sounds really exciting.