Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

This sixth-century synagogue was first reconstructed digitally, then in real life.

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

Through a collection of modern bric-a-brac this museum tells the story of the Jewish people from Biblical times to today.

This wooden home was built in West Virginia by a Scottish immigrant before being moved to an Israeli winery.

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.