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Thematic walk organised by the CCLJ
23 April at 2 p.m., at the Dieweg cemetery This walk is one of several in the Belgian capital. Familiar and more unusual places, bearing witness to Jewish life past and present. During this walk, ...
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Volos
A port city, the Jewish community has been present in Volos since the Antiquity era. Probably from the 2nd century BC, ancient tombs attesting to it, according to historians. But the certainties ...
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Trikala
The Jewish presence in the city of Trikala seems to date from the Byzantine period. But there is not much documentation to confirm this presence. The arrival of Jews from Spain following the ...
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Synagogue of Larissa
Kentavron 29 – Jewish Martyrs of the Holocaust Square, 41222 Larissa Τel : +30.2410 532965 http://www.jcl.gr
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Jewish Cemetery of Chalkis
Evraiko Nekrotafio Chalkidas, Messapion ke Anapafseos, Chalkida 341 00 tel +30 697 194 9816
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Larissa
The Jewish presence in Larissa seems to date back to ancient times. Archaeological excavations indicate that this presence has probably been continuous for 1900 years. Following the Spanish ...
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Chalkis
The great peculiarity of the Jewish community of Chalkis is that Jews lived there uninterrupted for over 2,500 years! Probably one of the few in Europe in this case. They settled mainly in the ...
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New Jewish Cemetery of Helsinki
Etu-Töölö, Helsinki Tel : +358 9 586 0310 https://www.jchelsinki.fi/en/node/220393
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National Library of Finland
Unioninkatu 36, 00170 Helsinki Tel : + 358 2941 23196 https://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en
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Turku
Turku was an important city when Finland was part of the Kingdom of Sweden before independence. It has a Jewish presence dating back to the 19th century, with some dating back to 1853. Following ...
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Posquières-Vauvert
Four hundred Jews lived in Posquières in the 12th century, according to the Benjamin of Tudela’s travels. A city where, as the author recounts, a community very much invested in study and ...
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Lunel
In his Book of Travels, Benjamin of Tudela mentions the Jewish community of Lunel. As well as the active study of texts by students and the spiritual leader Rabbi Meshoullam. According to Tudela, ...
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Lattes
Once a city and now a village, Michaël Iancu describes in his book Les Juifs de Montpellier et des terrains d’Oc the contribution of Lattes to the development of Montpellier in the Middle ...
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National Museum of History of Moldova
31 August 1989 St 121 A, Chisinau +373 22 244 325 https://www.nationalmuseum.md/en/