Upcoming Expeditions
Tunisia
Judaism's Longest Continuous Lineage
Tunisa Highlights
Celebrate Shabbat with the world's longest uninterrupted Jewish priestly lineage in the the world's oldest active synagogue, El Ghriba, founded by High Priests (Cohanim) fleeing the First Temple’s destruction.
Hear Judeo-Arabic in the last place on Earth where it is natively spoken, among the only native Jewish community in the Arab world whose numbers are actively increasing.
Meet the final members of the "Grana" — the sophisticated, French-speaking, European-Sephardic elite of Tunis — whose once-mighty community now on the verge of extinction.
May 2026 (Confirmed)
Itinerary: Tunis/Carthage → Kairouan → Zarzis → Djerba
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The Final Chapter of a 2,700 Year-Old History
Syria Highlights
Exclusive visit to the Great Synagogue of Aleppo whose iron vault once housed the Aleppo Codex, the Hebrew Bible's most complete manuscript.
Meet the last remaining Jews in Syria who have survived decades of civil war to close chapter of its history.
See the Cave of Elijah in the 2,700-year-old Jobar Synagogue, now undergoing a landmark restoration led by the Jewish Heritage in Syria Foundation.
Visit the Faranj Synagogue, the last fully intact and functional house of worship in Damscus's Old City.
June-July 2026 (Confirmed)
Itinerary: Damascus → Maaloula → Krak des Chevaliers → Aleppo
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Syria
The Mountain Jews &
the Last Shetl
Azerbaijan Highlights
Meet the last native Juhuri speakers, preserving an ancient Judeo-Persian language that has defined the Mountain Jewish identity in the Caucasus since the 5th century.
Tour Qırmızı Qəsəbə (Red Village), the world’s last surviving all-Jewish shtetl outside Israel and the U.S., and visit the Museum of Mountain Jews in the former Six-Dome Synagogue.
Visit the memorial of Albert Agarunov, a Jewish National Hero of Azerbaijan, to see how this Shia-majority nation uniquely venerates its Jewish war veterans.
Late Summer (Provisional)
Itinerary: Baku → Quba → Shamakhi (Oghuz) → Baku
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Azerbaijan
Zambia/Zimbabwe
Judaism's Legacy In the African Bush
Zambia/Zimbabwe Highlights
Explore the "Gateway" museum, which chronicles the specific history of Lithuanian (Ashkenazi) pioneers who arrived in the 1890s and built the country's first synagogue.
Experience a unique liturgical blend where the remaining Sephardic and Ashkenazi congregants alternate services between their respective synagogues to ensure a minyan (prayer quorum) for both.
See how the Carmel School has become a "multicultural haven" where Jewish traditions like lighting Shabbat candles are performed by a diverse student body despite having few Jewish pupils today.
Late Summer/Fall 2026 (Tentative)
Itinerary: Zimbabwe → Zambia → (Victoria Falls add-on)
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Spanish Africa
The Last Sephardim Still in "Sephard" ("Spain")
Spanish Africa Highlights
Hear the last native speakers of Haketia in Melilla, a rare "Judeo-Spanish" dialect blending 15th-century Castilian, Hebrew, and Arabic that remains an active ethnolect within the city's Jewish community.
Explore Melilla's Or Zaruah Synagogue, designed by Enrique Nieto (a student of Gaudí) and the spiritual heart of the only living Jewish Quarter in Spain where streets names like "Tel Aviv" and "Haifa."
Explore the Nahon Museum in Tangier, a 19th-century masterpiece showcasing the silver and Ketubot of Sephardic families who built the city’s diplomatic and commercial legacy.
December 2026 (Tentative)
Itinerary: Seville - Gibraltar (UK) → Ceuta & Melia (exclaves) → Tangiers
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