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Synagogue built in 1827, it hosts the last remaining Jews of the city. The building is now part of the national romanian heritage
Location

Arad

Romania › Transylvania

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, ...

Site

Arad Jewish community

strada Poetului, nr. 52, mun. Arad, jud. AR. Tel: +40 745 104048 Home – Comunitatea Evreiască din Arad

Vue de la ville de Trancoso avec la muraille autour des maisons
Location

Trancoso

Portugal › Centro

The town of Trancoso is an ancient city at the crossroads of many wars, and as such was transformed into a fortress. The Jewish presence probably dates back to the 12th century. Its population ...

Large view of the Alcazaba in the city of Malaga
Location

Malaga

Spain › Andalusia

The Jews lived under Arab occupation in Malaga from 743. They settled in the neighborhoods on the periphery in the company of the very active traders of Genoa. At the fall of the caliphate of ...

Site

Casa de Sefarad

C/Judios esquina Averroes, 14004 Cordoba Tel: +34 957 42 14 04 Casa de Sefarad Córdoba – Museo de Cultura y Memoria Judía –

The Mir yeshiva was founded in 1885 and played a central role in the life of the local, regional, and global community.
Location

Mir

Belarus › Central Belarus

The first Jews probably settled in Mir in the 17th century. On the eve of the Second World War, 2400 members of the community lived there, half of the city’s population. A famous Lithuanian ...

Immeuble moderne de briques rouges accueillant la synagogue de Rotterdam
Location

Rotterdam

The Netherlands

In 1610, the city fathers of Rotterdam issued permits to engage in trade within the city to a small number of Portuguese Jewish merchants. The permits guaranteed freedom of worship and the right ...

Site

A.B.N. Davidsplein Synagogue

A.B.N. Davidsplein, 3039 KS Rotterdam Tel +31 10 466 9765 NIG Rotterdam | Joodse Gemeente Rotterdam (nig-rotterdam.nl)

Large view of the synagogue of Augsburg
Location

Augsburg

Germany

Archaeologists have discovered an oil lamp dating from the 4th century. A menorah was found on it. Documentary evidence of Jews living in Augsburg dates from 1212. Records from the second half of ...

Site

Brody Synagogue

Keilstraße 4, 04105 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0) 341 980 0233

Chaises du Mémorial de la Shoah de la ville de Leipzig
Location

Leipzig

Germany

A Jewish community is first mentioned in Leipzig at the end of the 12th century; and an organized community with a synagogue and a school existed from the second quarter of the 13th century. Its ...