Georgia / Tbilisi and its surroundings
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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 Square), located near the traditional Persian baths, take the main street of the old town, Kote Afkhazi Street, which you will go up a hundred meters to see on your left the Built at the beginning of the ...
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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 hour and a half. You can otherwise take a taxi. At 25 Kasteli Street, on the first floor of the courtyard of a house, you can see the ...
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As you can discover on the page devoted to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi is home to a number of sites linked to Jewish cultural heritage in the old town. One of these is the astonishing synagogue built of red bricks. Less expected in the region is a small synagogue in Gori, the birthplace of Stalin!
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Large city on the shores of the Black Sea and an important seaside resort, Batumi still has some Jewish sites. From Tbilisi, the easiest and most pleasant way is to go by train (about 5 hours, about fifteen dollars). Beautiful white building, is located at number 33 Vazha-Pshavela street, in the old town, which you will reach from the station along the waterfront. It was built between 1900 ...
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10 Vakhtang Gorgasali St, Batumi Tel : +995551122369 בית חב”ד בטומי גיאורגיה – מרכז יהודי למטיילים בבטומי גיאורגיה (chabadbatumi.ge)
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33 Vaja Pshavela St, Batumi tel +995 555 36 66 99
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A very interesting encounter with Georgian Judaism is possible by visiting the village of Akhaltsikhe. Located on the road to Batumi, the second largest city in the country, Akhaltsikhe is accessible from Tbilisi either by minibus or taxi, about three hours drive. You can also take the train to Moliti station, then taxi to Akhaltsikhe. It is in the old district of Rabati, located in the city ...
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tel +995 599 93 72 80
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On this road you’ll find the town of Akhaltsikhe, with its ancient Rabati quarter housing the country’s oldest synagogue, as well as another built in the 20th century. Once you’ve crossed the road and set down your bags in Batumi, you’ll be dazzled by the synagogue built between 1900 and 1904 on the Tsar’s authorisation!
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In the north of the country, the city of Oni, about 200 kilometers from Tbilisi, is home to a wonderful in excellent condition, located on Baazovi Street. Built in the 1890s according to the plans of an architect from Poland and Jewish workers from Salonika, this beautiful Moorish-style building housed the third largest community in the country after Tbilisi and Kutaisi in the early twentieth ...
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Bazovi Street, Oni Tel : +995 598 25 28 33
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Boris Gaponov Street, Kutaisi, Géorgie
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The second largest city in the country of Georgia, Kutaisi is located just over 200 kilometers northwest of Tbilisi. The cheapest way to get there from the capital is the minibus (about 4 hours drive), and the most pleasant the train (about 5:30 of journey). The Jewish community of Kutaisi was one of the largest in Georgia. It was located in a neighborhood on either side of Boris Gaponov ...
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Surprising discoveries await you in northern Georgia. From Kutaisi, with its great synagogue dating from the late 19th century and its famous translator Boris Gaponov, to Oni, with its sublime synagogue dating from the same period and recently restored.
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Kreuzgasse, 99084, Erfurt +49 361 6551608 Medieval Mikveh | Jüdisches Leben (erfurt.de)
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An der Stadtmünze 5, 99084 Erfurt Tel. +49 361 655-1661 Small Synagogue | Jüdisches Leben
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Waagegasse 8, 99084 Erfurt Tel. +49 361 655-1520 Old Synagogue | Jüdisches Leben
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Waagegasse 8, 99084 Erfurt Tel. +49 361 655-1520 Old Synagogue | Jüdisches Leben
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The Jewish community of Erfurt first appears in the historical record in the late 11th century, with the earliest recorded building of the synagogue dating from then. For centuries Jews and Christians lived side by side in the centre of town. There is more detailed evidence from the 13th century. We learn from tax lists and deeds that Erfurt Jews worked in banking, and dealt not only with ...
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Roonstraße 50, 50674 Köln +49 221 9215600 Home
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Obenmarspforten 1, 50667 Köln, Allemagne +49 221 22133422 https://www.museenkoeln.de/archaeologische-zone/
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The history of the Jews in Cologne is documented from the year 321 AD, almost as long as the history of Cologne. Over its history, the Jewish community of Cologne has suffered persecutions, many expulsions, massacres and destruction. The community numbered about 19,500 people before its dispersal, murders and destruction in the 1930s by the Nazis before and ...
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Via de Gombruti 9, 40123 Bologna +39051232066 http://www.comunitaebraicabologna.it
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Via Mario Finzi 2, 40123 Bologna +39051232066 http://www.comunitaebraicabologna.it
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Via Goito, 16, 40126 Bologna
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Straddling Europe and Asia, Georgia, situated between the eastern shores of the Black Sea and the high mountains of the Caucasus, is a land of plenty, rich in exceptional nature and in historical heritage. Well preserved, it was praised by Pushkin, Alexander Dumas, or Lermontov. The Georgian nation, whose genesis goes back to the kingdom of Colchis, is evoked in the myths of the Golden Fleece ...
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Rua da Fonte da Rosa 41 6250-041 Belmonte, Portugal
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R. do Brum 16, 9500-085 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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In 1815, North African Jews whose ancestors had been expelled from Spain came to the Azores. The island was duty-free and allowed them to import and resell to local businesses. In 1820, the Portuguese liberal revolution led to religious diversity. In 2004, a genetic study concluded that 13.4% of the Y chromosome of Azoreans is of Jewish origins, a fact that suggests the importance of the ...
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