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Beaux-Arts hotel on Fifth Avenue with a rooftop bar.
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Celebrate the Festival of Lights in cities with public menorah lightings and deep Jewish history, from New York and Berlin to Budapest, Prague and Buenos Aires.
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New York's lighting of what's billed as the world's largest menorah at Grand Army Plaza, and the Jewish Museum on Fifth Avenue.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~43°F (6°C); cold
- Crowds · season
- High · Peak
- Price level
- $$$$
Beaux-Arts hotel on Fifth Avenue with a rooftop bar.
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The National Menorah lighting on the Ellipse near the White House.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~47°F (8°C); cold
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Peak
- Price level
- $$$
Intimate Beaux-Arts hotel a few blocks from the White House.
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Berlin lights a giant menorah at the Brandenburg Gate, steps from the hotel.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~39°F (4°C); cold
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Peak
- Price level
- $$$$
Legendary hotel beside the Brandenburg Gate.
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Prague's Jewish Quarter has some of Europe's oldest surviving synagogues.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~38°F (3°C); cold
- Crowds · season
- High · Peak
- Price level
- $$$
Riverside hotel with views of Charles Bridge and Prague Castle.
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Budapest's Dohány Street Synagogue is the largest in Europe.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~39°F (4°C); cold
- Crowds · season
- High · Peak
- Price level
- $$$
Art Nouveau palace facing the Chain Bridge.
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Paris's Marais neighborhood and the Museum of Jewish Art and History.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~45°F (7°C); cold
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Peak
- Price level
- $$$$
Palace hotel on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré with a garden courtyard.
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Trafalgar Square's menorah lighting and London's Jewish Museum.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~46°F (8°C); damp
- Crowds · season
- High · Peak
- Price level
- $$$$
Thames-side landmark with an Art Deco ballroom and the American Bar.
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Amsterdam's Jewish Cultural Quarter and the Anne Frank House.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~43°F (6°C); damp
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Peak
- Price level
- $$$$
Six canal palaces on the Herengracht joined into one hotel.
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Rome's Jewish Ghetto, home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in Europe, and its famous carciofi alla giudia.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~57°F (14°C); mild
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Low
- Price level
- $$$$
Elegant hotel near Piazza del Popolo with a terraced 'secret garden'.
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The Venetian Ghetto, the world's first, is beautifully quiet in winter.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~45°F (7°C); chilly
- Crowds · season
- Low · Low
- Price level
- $$$
15th-century doge's palace on the Grand Canal.
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Vienna's Jewish Museum and the city's festive lights.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~39°F (4°C); cold
- Crowds · season
- High · Peak
- Price level
- $$$$
19th-century palace on the Ringstrasse.
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Miami Beach's large Jewish community, public menorah lightings and warm winter weather.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~77°F (25°C); dry
- Crowds · season
- High · Peak
- Price level
- $$$$
Art Deco-meets-Asian oceanfront hotel with three temperature-controlled pools.
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The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Mall.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~45°F (7°C); cold
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Peak
- Price level
- $$$
Grand rotunda hotel next to City Hall.
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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim is one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the US.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~61°F (16°C); mild
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Shoulder
- Price level
- $$$
Grand hotel overlooking Marion Square with a rooftop pool.
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Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest synagogue building in the US.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~43°F (6°C); cold
- Crowds · season
- Low · Low
- Price level
- $$$
Oceanfront mansion hotel at the start of the Cliff Walk.
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Congregation Mickve Israel, the third-oldest Jewish congregation in the US.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~63°F (17°C); mild
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Shoulder
- Price level
- $$$
Design-forward hotel in the historic district with a rooftop bar.
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Buenos Aires has Latin America's largest Jewish community, and Hanukkah falls in early summer.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~81°F (27°C); warm
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Peak
- Price level
- $$$
Grand 1932 hotel in Recoleta.
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Montreal's Jewish heritage, from Mile End bagels to classic delis.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~25°F (-4°C); cold, snow
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Peak
- Price level
- $$$
Historic 1912 hotel on the Golden Square Mile.
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Seville's Barrio Santa Cruz, the city's historic Jewish quarter, in mild winter weather.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~61°F (16°C); mild
- Crowds · season
- Moderate · Low
- Price level
- $$$
Moorish-revival palace hotel near the Alcázar.
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Palm Beach's warm winter weather and active Jewish community.
- Typical weather
- Highs ~75°F (24°C); dry
- Crowds · season
- High · Peak
- Price level
- $$$$
Italian Renaissance-style oceanfront landmark founded in 1896.
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