Awesome Features

Wandering Jew was created to help the self-guided traveler easily locate, reach and learn about Jewish Heritage sites.

  • Filter by Category

    Select to see all Jewish Heritage sites or filter by synagogues, cemeteries, memorials, plaques, etc.

  • More than Highlights

    While the default view shows only the popular places, you can select to also include off-the-beaten-path locations.

  • Add Content

    You can suggest to add new content to the app as you travel. Easily submit photos and your location for inclusion.

  • See What's Nearby

    Using the GPS location of your mobile phone, sites will be displayed in order of proximity to your current location.

  • Related Information

    Each entry includes references to related information about the place to help you understand what you are seeing and its historical context.

  • No Internet? No Worry

    Lists of sites with basic information, maps and directions are all available without a data connection

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Why Wandering Jew?

Locate

To help self-guided travelers find and navigate to Jewish Heritage sites. Currently available for Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, South Africa and Switzerland. Additional countries are in the works.

Learn

To provide references to learn more about each place. These include the history of the Jewish community there, visitor information, local testimonials, educative videos and so on.

Update

To give an opportunity for anyone to easily submit photos, descriptions and locations of Jewish sites across the globe to ensure their existence remains known and not forgotten.

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Total Cities

604

Total Synagogues

519

Total Cemeteries

360

Total Memorials

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A small static taste of the Wandering Jew.
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Behind Wandering Jew

Let us introduce ourselves. We are Mark and Irit Sherman. In the beginning of 2020, we retired and began our goal of traveling the world. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic changed our plans. Instead, we were home and could only dream about traveling. However, this time at home gave us the opportunity to work on a project we have long thought about.


When we travel, wherever we are, we like to visit any Jewish heritage sites in the area. These ranges from historical synagogues, Jewish museums, Jewish cemeteries, holocaust memorials and so on. Maybe you do the same. Before a trip, we research all these places online, put their location into Google maps and figure out, based on where we will be visiting, how to add them to our schedule. As we do all that, we always thought that there must be an easier way. Thus Wandering Jew was born.

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The Team

The people behind Wandering Jew.
Working today to preserve yesterday's heritage for tomorrow.

Mark Sherman
Ace Programmer
Irit Sherman
Visionary Wanderer
Judy Berlin
Sounding Board
David Mirchin
Symphathetic Ear

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to some basic questions you might have.

The App is available now on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. See the links at the top or bottom of the page.

The Wandering Jew app currently has information for Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland and Colorado,USA. We are currently working on Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Moldova, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, UK and USA. As we work on additional countries, we will update this list.

YES! Currently we are a team of only two, so progress moves slowly. We specifically need people who would like to volunteer to do internet research, update the database, or verify GPS locations. If you have any information or photos of Jewish Heritage sites to contribute, that would also be helpful. Please use the Contact Us form to be in touch and we will see how we can work together.

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Family Reviews

Wandering Jew was first made available to family and friends. Here is what they say. If you'd like to add a review, please contact us.

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Get In Touch

Office Location

Ra'anana
Israel 43374

Phone Number

+972 522 426 826

Email Address

info@wanderingjew.info