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Exhibition “Kafka visiting from Jerusalem”

24 March 2025, 5pm at the Jewish Museum Berlin The National Library of Israel is lending 15 drawings by Kafka from its archives to the Jewish Museum Berlin. To mark the occasion, Stefan Litt, a ...

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Play “The Eichmann Trial in Jerusalem”

27 January 2024 at the Saint-Luc Chapel This play, based on the work of Joseph Kessel, is adapted and directed by Ivan Morane. Kessel was France Soir’s correspondent in Jerusalem in 1961 ...

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Tbilisi

GeorgiaTbilisi and its surroundings

Most of the Jewish sites in beautiful Tbilisi are concentrated in the old city, in the neighborhoods along the left bank of the Kura River. Starting from the Vakhtang Gogasali Square (Meidan ...

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Puglia

Italy

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 ...

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Szeged

Hungary

Half a day will suffice to see the in Szeged, one of the most interesting ones in Hungary (1903). With its Baroque dome, Roman columns, and Byzantine-inspired bellows, the monumental building is ...

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Conegliano Veneto

ItalyVeneto

In this little town, as in so many other towns in Venetia, there was a small but flourishing Jewish community. One can see the street of the former synagogue, whose interior ornaments and ...

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Casale Monferrato

ItalyPiedmont

The Ashkenazic synagogue of the lovely, rich city of Casale Monferrato on the floodplain of the Po River was constructed in 1596, in the center of the old Jewish quarter. It is one of the oldest ...

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Estremadura

Spain

It is likely the history of Spain’s Jews began in Estremadura. Vestiges from the third century bear witness to them, and, according to the twelfth-century chronicler Abraham ibn Daud, the ...

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Teruel

SpainAragón

Teruel became important as the supply center for Catalan-Aragónese troops sent out to conquer Valencia. The Jews here became specialized in weaving wool. The Lonja, or produce exchange, was open ...

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Tortosa

SpainCatalonia

Tortosa was home to one of the peninsula’s oldest communities, as attested by a seventh-century headstone discovered in the nineteenth century and now on display in the cathedral cloister. ...