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One of Oria’s gates, (or Porta Taranto) leads to the old giudecca of the city. The gate dates from the fifteenth century and bears a bronze mezuzah. There are no traces left of the Jewish community in Oria, but a stroll in Santa Giudea little streets, the old Jewish neighborhood, will let you see the medieval architecture of what was once one of the biggest giudecca in Italy. The site ...
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Historians believe – although the exact dates are still lacking – that there was a Jewish quarter in the small town of Manduria between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is likely that the Jewish community of Naples found refuge there after its expulsion from the kingdom. The giudecca was not separated from the rest of the city by walls until the expulsion of 1510. At ...
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Vico degli ebrei n. 8, 74024 Manduria TA, Italie +39 335 843 1214
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Lecce had one of the most prominent Jewish settlements in the Neapolitan kingdom before the expulsion of the Jews. Though there is no evidence of a Jewish presence prior to the 15th century, there are traces of its existence in Lecce at the time of the Normans (G. T. Tanzi, “Gli Statuti della Città di Lecce,” p. 19, Lecce, 1898). Their occupations were mostly textile dyeing (silk and wool), ...
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Unlike other cities in the region of Apulia, there are now very few traces of the Jewish presence in Bari, although we know that the community was very developed. The city was, in the 12th century, a recognized center of Talmudic studies. The which housed the place of worship of the community and is now renamed Via Sabino, attests to the importance of Jewish life in Bari. In the of the ...
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Thanks to its geographic position and the presence of Brindisi, Otranto, Bari, Trani and Barletta ports, Apulia has been a transit point for many Jewish exiles -most heading to Israel. This crossing point therefore made of Puglia a privileged region for the Western Europe diaspora. The first evocation of a Jewish presence in Puglia was written by Rabbi Akiva (17-137): en route from Jerusalem ...
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Rakovnik is located between Prague and Plzen; 32 miles west of Prague, and 30 miles northeast of Plzen. Jews are on record as living in Rakovnik since 1441. Between 1618 and 1621, three Jewish families from the nearby town of Senomaty came to live at Rakovnik. In 1690, there were 38 Jews living in the town, and in 1724, seven Jewish families had made Rakovnik their home. The Jewish community ...
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Vysoká 232, 269 01 Rakovník +420 313 511 549 Město Rakovník – Oficiální stránka města Rakovník (mesto-rakovnik.cz)
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Hermanuv Mestec is located in Bohemia, 56 miles south from Prague. The Jews began settling there in the fifteenth century, and the community reached its peak in the nineteenth century. The Baroque-style was built in 1728 in the center of the ghetto, then reconstructed in neo-Roman style in 1870. It was closed in 1939 and served as a warehouse until the 1990s. Today it houses an art gallery.
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Havlíčkova, 538 03 Heřmanův Městec +420 777 797 141 Město Heřmanův Městec – Oficiální stránky města Heřmanův Městec (hermanuv-mestec.cz)
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The Jewish presence in Breclav dates to the sixteenth century. The ghetto, constructed in the seventeenth century, can still be visited. The neo-Roman style synagogue was built in 1888. Closed by the Nazis, it served as a warehouse for a half century. The synagogue today houses a cultural center, an exhibition hall, and an auditorium. In 2000, a plaque was affixed in the synagogue’s ...
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U Tržiště, 690 02 Břeclav +420 731 428 260 Městské muzeum a galerie Břeclav – Muzeum, Synagoga, Zámeček Pohansko, Lichtenštejnský dům (muzeumbv.cz)
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The presence of a Jewish settlement in Holešov dates back to at least the 16th century. Holešov hosted one of the most important Jewish communities in Moravia, a centre of culture and education. The Jewish population of the city reached 1,700 (one third of the whole) by the mid-19th century. In the northern part of the town, some houses of the old ghetto can still be seen. The ...
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Příční ulice, 769 01 Holešov +420 603 796 411
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Jews began settling in Lomnice in 1656. The eighteenth-century ghetto is composed of a square where one can still see the rabbi house and yeshiva. The baroque-style was built in 1870 in the ghetto. Rehabilitated after the war, it was restored in 1997, and today it houses cultural events. You can access the Jewish cemetery through Zidovske street. Dating from the eighteenth century, it is ...
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Židovské nám., 679 23 Lomnice Synagogue : Monuments culturels immobiliers : Lomnice
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Dolni Kounice is a small town of Moravia located 115 miles south of Prague. Jews began settling there in the Fifteenth century and part of the ghetto has been preserved. The Renaissance-style was built in 1652. Closed by the Nazis in 1940, it was restored in 1994 and today houses an exhibition hall. Inside the synagogue, you will observe arcades and Hebrew writings on the wall. There’s ...
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U Synagogy 332, 664 64 Dolní Kounice +420 513 030 427 Synagoga: Dolní Kounice (dolnikounice.cz)
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Novosady 97/85, 594 01 Velké Meziříčí Turistický portál Velké Meziříčí – turistikavm.cz
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Novosady 1146, 594 01 Velké Meziříčí Turistický portál Velké Meziříčí – turistikavm.cz
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Polná is located in Bohemia, about 70 miles south-west of Prague. Jews started settling in Polná in the fifteenth century. The ghetto was created in the seventeenth century, some houses can still be seen. The synagogue was built in 1682. Destroyed by a fire, it was restored in the nineteenth century. It served as a place for worship until 1936, then was used as a store for confiscated Jewish ...
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Karlovo nám. 541, 588 13 Polná +420 732 839 726 Musée juif régional – Synagogue et maison du rabbin : Polná (mesto-polna.cz)
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Hartmanice is located South-West of Bohemia, in a mountainous region close to the Austrian border. The , also called “Mountain Synagogue” was built in 1881 to welcome the growing Jewish community of Hartmanice (about 10% of the population). After the annexation of the region in 1938, the synagogue was confiscated by the Nazis. It was then a carpenter workshop and went through ...
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342 01 Hartmanice, Czech Republic Tel : +420 776 138 224 http://www.hartmanice.cz/
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Arkitekt Christies gate 1B, 7012 Trondheim +47 401 69 801 Forside | Jødisk Museum
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Bergstien 13, 0172 Oslo Tel : +47 23 20 57 50 Welcome to the Jewish Community of Oslo (dmt.oslo.no)
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Östra Larmgatan 12, 411 07 Göteborg, Suède +46 31 10 94 00 jf@jfgbg.se judiskaforsamlingen.se
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Rörsjöstaden, Malmö Tel : +46 40 611 84 60 Judiska Församlingen Malmö (jfm.se)
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S:t Paulsgatan 13, 118 46 Stockholm +46 8644 19 95 Adat jisrael – startsida –
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Wahrendorffsgatan 3, Stockholm 111 47, Suède +46 8 587 858 00 For English speakers (jfst.se)
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