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Netanya’s synagogues may, in sum, be seen as not merely functional places of prayer but also communal centers.

Late morning on the second day of Passover in Stamford Hill, north-east London, the streets are busy with families on their way to synagogue. Women push double buggies – often with at least one too many children for the number of seats spilling out of them – men walk in groups and with purpose. It’s a sunny morning and this is a holy day and a happy day for this tight-knit community.

David Baddiel, Rabbi Pinchus Shebson and Purim

While there’s nothing wrong with the big-name sights, the Continent has less obvious treasures that can prove just as satisfying.

The book of memoirs ‘Underground in Berlin’ tells the unusual story of Marie Jalowicz, who defied the Third Reich without leaving Berlin, circumventing the Gestapo and enduring rape, freezing conditions and hunger