A Jewish Community was established in the 1750s, with many persons working as artisans. The Jewish population rapidly Evolved in the 19th century, numbering 1559 in 1815 and 2918 in 1847. The development of railroads and different industries such as grain and timber encouraged the growing of the city. In 1898, the number of Jews working as artisans in Daugavpils grew to 5000. Jobs became more ...

The oldest Jewish tombstone found in Wroclaw (Breslau) dates back to 1203, indicating that by then Wroclaw was home to a permanent Jewish community. In 1290, Wroclaw had the second largest Jewish community in East Central Europe, after Prague. The Jews of the city worked primarily as moneylenders and traders; a smaller minority worked as artisans. During the 14th century, however, the Jews of ...

Jews settled in Arad in the early eighteenth century, reaching the number of 10,000 before the Second World War. In the nineteenth century, this city was one of the hearts of Reform Judaism, under the direction of Rabbi Aaron Chorin. The community survived the Holocaust and most of the family emigrated to Israel after the war. There are less than 300 Jews in Arad today. Community life is ...

Not far from Tbilisi, about 90 kilometers away, is the town of Gori, the birthplace of Joseph Stalin, to whom a museum is dedicated. The marshroutka is the most economical way: departure every 20 minutes or so from Didube bus station in Tbilisi for about one euro (3 GEL) and one hour and a half. You can otherwise go by taxi, for about twenty euros. At 25 Kasteli Street, on the first floor of ...

The city of Antakya is located 20 miles from the border with Syria and nestled in the mountainous region of Turkey’s southern Hatay province. This regions, a panhandle wedged between Syria and the mediterranean, is hailed across Turkey for its multiculturalism and tolerance. The province was part of Syria until Turkey officially annexed it through a referendum in 1939, and its ...

It is unknown how far in the past a Jewish community existed in Izmir. When we speak of the Jews of Izmir, usually the Sephardic Jews who immigrated from Spain and Portugal between 1492 and 1497 come to mind. However, it has been proven  that there was a Jewish settlement in Izmir as soon as the antique age. There is an evidence that a Jewish community existed in Izmir during the Roman ...