Andrea Stoler is originally from upstate New York and Chicago and has been living in Rome for over twelve years. She has a PHD in Moleculer Cell Biology from Northwestern University and has been a passionate art history scholar for many years -specializing in the Medieval era. She also loves teaching the interconnections between Jewish and Roman hisory and Judaism and Western Art.

ROME FOR JEWS is proud to offer some of Rome's best
tours from a Jewish perspective. We are proud to tell you all
the amazing Jewish history and stories in the Colosseum and
Imperial Forums, in the Vatican and all over the historic center,
not just in the old Ghetto area.   

We give our tours in fluent English, Hebrew, Italian and
American Sign Language. Our guides are all articulate,
knowledgeable, fun and passionately interested in Jewish,
Roman and art history. Once we get to the tour sites, we do
our tours on foot, as they are all in pedestrian zones, for reasons
of archeology and security, and so we can make sure you don't
miss any of the great sights or stories that await you at every turn.

For getting exactly the right hotel for you, arranging
transportation, train tickets, kosher meals and catering,
cell phones, Shabbat needs, and just about everything else,
call David Walden at (country code 39) 339.705.9603.
We are proudly Shomer Shabbat (Sabbath observant) and
donate 10% of all our proceeds to tzedaka (righteous charity).

What We Don't Do

We do not do the kind of uninformative "drive-through" bus
tours where you snap photos through a car or bus window
without ever truly experiencing the city. We do not work on
the Sabbath, even if paid in advance. Touring on a Saturday
afternoon might be a relaxing pleasure for a client, but for us
it would be work and thus a profanation of Shabbat rest.
We do not exchange dollars or traveler's checks. We are not
equipped to accept credit cards, dollars or traveler's checks.
In spite of the many urban legends and rumors, there is no way
to get you into the Vatican museum ahead of everyone else,
there is no secret side door to let you step directly inside the
Sistine Chapel from the street, there is no access to the secret
tunnels under the Colosseum, there is no way to arrange a
private meeting over tea and cookies with either the Chief
Rabbi or the Pope, and there is no proof that the Menorah and
Kelim (the holy vessels from the Holy Temple) are in the
basement of the Vatican. We will be very happy, of course,
to show you the authentic representations of them in stone
carved by the Romans 2,000 years ago.