Artists in the Archives

Until April 30th 2021 Over summer 2020, we paired up some of our Artists’ Network to talk about how they re-imagine archives in their work. We asked them to tell us about what inspired them to use personal (family) archives or institutional (museum) archives in their work, what are the responsibilities or struggles of working with archives, and how archives have enriched their practice. The ...

Jewish cemetery of Volos

Nea Ionia 384 46, Volos

Synagogue of Volos

Mouson 11, Volos 383 33, Greece

Holocaust Memorial of Volos

Dimitriados 1, Volos 383 33

Jewish cemetery of Trikala

Seferi 2, Trikala 421 00, Grèce

Trikala Synagogue

Athanasiou Diakou 27, Trikala 421 00 Tel : + 30 24310 258 34 / 24310 706 22

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 according to historians. But the certainties between experts on the exact moment concerning this city are not yet established. Benjamin de Tudela noted the presence of Jews in the region in his famous travel accounts. Over the centuries a number of ...

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 Inquisition, as well as Jews from Portugal, Hungary and Sicily, increased the number of members of the community. A large part of these Jews worked in the weaving of wool. In 1749, a fire ravaged the city ...

Jewish cemetery of Larissa

2 Akadimias Street, Larissa

Ancient Jewish cemetery of Larissa

Agias Triados Street, Larissa

Synagogue of Larissa

Kentavron 29 – Jewish Martyrs of the Holocaust Square, 41222 Larissa Τel : +30.2410 532965 http://www.jcl.gr

Jewish Cemetery of Chalkis

Evraiko Nekrotafio Chalkidas, Messapion ke Anapafseos, Chalkida 341 00

Synagogue of Chalkis

Kotsou 27, Chalkida 341 00

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 Inquisition, Jews settled there. Among them are many scientists, philosophers and entrepreneurs. They thus participated in the development of the whole city. The community is known for its large number of ...

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 northeast of the fortress. 2000 years ago, Flavius Joseph already mentions the presence of Jews in the Greek city in his work. The same goes for the traveler Benjamin de Tudela twelve centuries later. ...

Synagogue and Community Center of Turku

Brahenkatu 17, 20100 Turku Tel : + 358 40 0526009

Ancient and New Jewish Cemetery of Helsinki

Etu-Töölö, Helsinki Tel : +358 9 586 0310 https://www.jchelsinki.fi/en/node/220393

National Library of Finland

Unioninkatu 36, 00170 Helsinki Tel : + 358 2941 23196 https://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en

Synagogue and Community Center of Helsinki

Malminkatu 26, 00100 Helsinki Tel : +358 9 586 0310 https://www.jchelsinki.fi/en

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 the city’s donation of a plot of land in 1900, the Turku was built in 1912. Mainly architecturally influenced by Byzantine art and Art Nouveau, which was very popular at the time. The ...

Ancient Jewish cemetery of Vauvert

Chemin du Grès, Vauvert

Ancient synagogue of Lunel

207 rue Ménard, Lunel

Posquières-Vauvert

France > Occitanie

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 research was maintained. Like other towns in the region at the time. Benjamin of Tudela notes the presence of a Talmudic school run by Rabbi Abraham ben David. Which wouldn’t be just a local ...

Lunel

France > Occitanie

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, Meshoullam was surrounded by his five children during his activities. Children who later became rabbis: Joseph, Isaac, Jacob, Aaron and Asher. For this community of only 300 members, according to the ...

Lattes

France > Occitanie

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 Ages and its importance in the region’s Jewish cultural and intellectual heritage. The surname “de Lattes” was frequent at the time among the Jews and probably carried because of ...

National Museum of History of Moldova

31 August 1989 St 121 A, Chisinau +373 22 244 325 https://www.nationalmuseum.md/en/

Jewish Cemetery of Chisinau

Mihail Kogalniceanu Street, Chisinau

Alexei Sciusev Street, Chisinau

Alexandru Cel Bun Street, Chisinau