Jewish cemetery of Genoa

Piazzale Giovanni Battista Resasco, Genoa Tel +39 010 557 6400 https://staglieno.comune.genova.it/

Synagogue of Genoa

Via Giovanni Bertora, Genoa Tel +39 010 839 1513

San Daniele del Friuli

Italy > Friuli Venezia Giulia

Administrative documents attesting to the Jewish presence since at least the 16th century. Texts referring to Jewish bankers and doctors working in the city. Over time, these professions diversified, particularly in agriculture, silkworm cultivation and crafts. A synagogue was inaugurated in 1731. And four years later, the Jewish community bought land to place a . Among the personalities ...

Gorizia

Italy > Friuli Venezia Giulia

The city was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the end of World War I, but heavily permeated by neighboring Italian culture. While the Jewish presence probably dates from the 13th century, recognition of it was not materialized by local authorities until the 16th century. In 1696, a ghetto was erected in the city. During the following century, the Jews were authorized to practice ...

Aquileia

Italy > Friuli Venezia Giulia

The Jewish presence in this city is attested since at least the 1st century BC on the epitaph concerning one of its inhabitants. Archaeological excavations carried out in the region have made it possible to find traces of Hebrew characters in buildings, mainly churches. Nevertheless, despite such characters appearing in many churches, it could not be established whether it was previously a ...

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Genoa

Italy > Liguria

The Genoese Jewish presence seems to date back to at least the 6th century, when Theodoric authorized the community to renovate a synagogue there, which was destroyed during actions by hostile locals. This presence was very limited in the Middle Ages, Benjamin of Tudela only noted the presence of two Jews, dyers from North Africa. In the turn of the Spanish Inquisition, Jews were allowed to ...

Liguria

Jewish cemetery of Vesoul

Rue Miroudot Saint-Ferjeux, Vesoul

Synagogue of Vesoul

11 bis rue du Moulin-des-Prés, Vesoul

Ursulines Museum

5 rue de la Préfecture, 71000 Mâcon Tel : 03 85 39 90 38 https://www.macon.fr/vivre-et-bouger-a-macon/culture/musee-des-ursulines

Makhlouf Zemour Synagogue

1 rue Bauderon de Sénecé, 71000 Mâcon Tel. : 03 85 34 60 15

Street of the Jews in Joigny

Charrue Street

Buffon Street

Piron Street

Synagogue of Dijon

5 Rue de la Synagogue, 21000 Dijon Tel : 03 80 66 46 47

Vesoul

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

While the presence of Vesulian Jews has been documented since the 13th century, a community was formed there notably thanks to the synagogue located on the Grande-Rue. About fifteen Jewish families lived in the city. If unlike other communities in the region, the Vesulian Jews were not particularly known for their yeshivot, some personalities played a historical role, like the banking family ...

Mâcon

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The presence of Mâcon Jews has been documented since 820 during pressure against the Jews to convert. But their presence dates from at least the 6th century. A good part of these were then wine growers. A Jewish quarter was located in Bourgneuf. The has medieval Jewish tombstones. Following the expulsion of the Jews in 1394, a small community was finally able to rebuild there following the ...

Joigny

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

If the origin of the presence of Jovignian Jews is not certain, its medieval presence is notably noted by the number of Tossafists who lived in the city in the 12th century. Among them, Menahem Perez de Joigny and Yom Tov Ben Isaac de Joigny. Other eminent scholars followed before the expulsion of the 14th century. The emancipation of the Jews of France through the French Revolution will not ...

Dijon

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The first documented traces of the presence of Dijon Jews date from the end of the 12th century. They lived mainly on rue de la Petite-Juiverie, currently called , rue des Juifs, currently and rue de la Grande-Juiverie, currently . The synagogue was on the first of these streets. A Jewish cemetery was located in what is now rue Berlier. About fifty Jewish tumular stones were discovered ...

Synagogue of Chalon-sur-Saône

10 rue de Germigny, 71100 Chalon-sur-Saône

Rue Richebourg

Jewish cemetery of Besançon

Rue Anne Frank, Besançon

Jérôme Cahen community center

10 rue Grosjean, 25000 Besançon

Synagogue of Besançon

23 Quai de Strasbourg, 25000 Besançon

Rue Vergier-au-Duc

rue du Pont

Clock Tower of Auxerre

Rue de la Draperie, 89000 Auxerre

Chalon-sur-Saône

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The presence of Chalonnais Jews dates to at least the 9th century, according to period documents relating to forced conversions. Some dating from the 12th century evoke the profession of winegrower exercised in particular by Jews from Chalonnais. The Jewish community had a cemetery located on what is now rue des Places and a mikvah in Saint-Jean-des-Vignes. Rue des Juifs was located on what ...