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The Netherlands

Holland has always welcomed political and religious refugees. The first great wave of Jews immigrated to the Netherlands from Spain and Portugal at the end of the sixteenth century. Although nominally present since the twelfth century, the Jews in Holland were able to openly practise their religion for the first time beginning in this later period. The Sephardic Jews were the first to make a ...

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Dublin

Dublin’s Jewish community reached its apogee at the end of the nineteenth century. It centered around South Circular Road. Indeed, Dubliners nicknamed Warren Street, Martin Street, and Saint Kevin’s Parade “Little Jerusalem”. is housed in the old synagogue on Walworth Road. This place of worship was the center of Jewish life in the capital until the movement out to the ...

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Herzog House

Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6 +353 (0) 1 492 37 51

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Greenville Hall, Mason Technology

228 South Circular Road, Dublin 8 tel +353 1 453 4422

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Ireland

While Ireland is not an obvious destination for those interested in Jewish culture, the island does offer a few surprises. Ireland's Jewish population has never been higher than 8000, and that was in the late 1940s. Today, it is down to under 2000, of which 1500 are in the Republic of Ireland. The last kosher butcher closed shop in May 2001.

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Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation

Synagogue Chambers, 4 Salisbury Rd, Edinburgh EH16 5AB +44 (0) 131 667 3144 http://www.ehcong.com/

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Garnethill Synagogue

129 Hill St, Glasgow G3 6UB +44 (0) 141 332 4151 http://garnethill.org.uk/

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North London

England > London

Saint John’s Wood, Hampstead, and, above all, Golders Green and Stamford Hill are the heart of London’s Jewish life and have numbers of shops. Amusingly enough, most of the shops selling kosher products are now run by Indians. Opening of the Jewish Museum and the London Museum of Jewish Life The was founded by Cecil Roth, Wilfred Samuel and Alfred Rubens in 1932. It was originally ...

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Westminster Synagogue

Kent House, Rutland Gardens, London SW7 1BX +44 (0) 20 7584 3953 http://westminstersynagogue.org/

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Central United Synagogue

36, Hallam St, London W1W 6NW +44 (0) 20 7580 1355 http://www.centralsynagogue.org.uk/

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New West End Synagogue

St Petersburgh Mews, London W2 4LB +44 (0) 20 7229 2631 http://www.newwestend.org.uk/

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Sandys Row Synagogue

4a Sandy’s Row, London E1 7HW +44 (0) 20 7377 6196 Sandys Row Synagogue

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Princelet Street Synagogue

19 Princelet St, London E1 6QH

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Bevis Marks Synagogue

4 Heneage Ln, London EC3A 5DQ Tel : +44 (0) 20 76211188 http://www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/

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Guildhall Library

Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH +44 (0) 20 7332 1868 Guildhall Library – The Library of London History – City of London

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Stepping out Walking Tours

128 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8TN +44 (0)20 7611 2545 http://www.guidelondon.org.uk/

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Northern Paris

“Here is buried the body of Sieur Salomon de Perpignan, one of the founders of the Free Royal Drawing School established in the year 1767 of the glorious reign of Louis XV in the city of Paris…Died 22 February 1781”. These are the words on one of the oldest tomb in Paris’s Jewish cemetery. They give an idea of the social importance acquired by the ...

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The Opera Quarter

In addition to its architecture and activities, the (or Palais Garnier) is notable for its extraordinary ceiling painted by Marc Chagall in 1964. Not far from here, in a room at Hôtel de Castille (37 rue Cambon), Theodor Herzl wrote The Jewish State. This was the founding work of political Zionism, which bore fruit some fifty years later in the proclamation of the State of Israel. is ...

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Synagogue Buffault

28, rue Buffault, 75009 Paris +33 (0)1 49 70 70 00 www.buffault.net

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Synagogue de la Victoire

44, rue de la Victoire, 75009 Paris Tel : +33 1 40 82 26 73 www.lavictoire.org

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Opéra National de Paris – Palais Garnier

Place de l’opéra, 75009 Paris www.operadeparis.fr

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Rive Gauche

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the legendary bohemia of Montparnasse included many Russians Jewish painters who had fled the anti-Semitic pogroms of the day. Among them were Soutine, Chagall, and Zadkine. Others, such as Modigliani, were simply attracted by the city’s prestige and contributed to the tremendous creative effervescence of the day. These inspired individuals, ...

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ACIP Synagogue

14, rue Chasseloup Laubat, 75015 Paris Tel : +33 1 42 73 36 29

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Tribute to Captain Dreyfus

Place Pierre Lafue, 75006 Paris

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Synagogue des Tournelles

21 bis, rue des Tournelles, 75004 Paris 33 (0)1 42 74 32 80 https://synatournelles.fr/

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The Marais

In the eighteenth century, the area around the Place Saint Paul was known as “the old Jewry”. Until the first years of the twentieth century, the square itself bore the name Place des Juifs. The narrow streets here are best explored on a Sunday morning, when everyday Jewish life has resumed after the Shabbat. Rue Pavée is a few yards from the Saint Paul métro station. This is the ...

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The Île de la Cité

The sculptures on the Saint Anne portal of offer one of the most moving testimonies we have to medieval Judaism. The frieze in question, just above the doorway, dates from the late twelfth century. It represents the Virgin’s mother, Saint Anne, meeting her future husband, Saint Joachim. The unknown artist used Parisian Jews as his models in order to represent these early ...

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Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral

6, parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris +33 (0)1 42 34 56 10 http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/

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Paris

In 1182, King Philippe Auguste decided to expel the Jews from the capital. Synagogues were converted into churches and buildings owned by Jews were sold, with the proceeds going to the Crown. The sovereign used the sums thus amassed to build the keep of the castle at Vincennes and to put a wall around the nearby woods. Within Paris itself, he built a market in the now deserted Champeaux ...