Celebrations in Paris: Group Festivities
Kehilat Gesher is a Franco-American reform congregation that welcomes conservative denominations and generally sponsors a series of activities for Passover.
Feel free to contact them at their website for details about celebrations in 2015.
Visit the official website
Kosher foodshops and restaurants: where to head?
The Marais district in northeast Paris is home to a lively Jewish community, and the site of the "Pletzl": the neighborhood where French Jews have lived and congregated for hundreds of years, starting as early as the 13th century. Read our guide to the area around the Rue des Rosiers for ideas on where to shop and eat for Passover.
Michel Gurfinkiel has a comprehensive online guide to kosher foodshops and restaurants in Paris. Make sure to call ahead, as many shops and restaurants will be closed for part or all of Passover.
See Michel Gurfinkiel's website
Celebrating Jewish History in Paris: Get Some Culture in Before Dark
Paris has a remarkably rich (and tumultuous) Jewish history. One way to celebrate Passover in the city might be to learn more about this centuries-old heritage. Visit the Paris Museum of Jewish Arts and History, or take our self-guided walking tour of the Marais district and the old Pletzl for a deeper look at Jewish Parisian life, past and present.
To hold in memory those who suffered and perished in the Shoah, meanwhile, the nearby Shoah Memorial and Museum will allow you to contemplate the struggles, suffering, and triumphs of European Jews during the early to mid- twentieth century.