Tag | Casa de Sefarad

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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 –

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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)

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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 ...

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Brody Synagogue

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

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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 ...

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Tbilisi

Georgia › Tbilisi 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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Gori

Georgia › Tbilisi and its surroundings

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 ...

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Tbilisi and its surroundings

Georgia

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 ...

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Batumi

Georgia › On the way to Batumi

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, ...

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Batumi Beit Chabad

10 Vakhtang Gorgasali St, Batumi Tel : +995551122369 בית חב”ד בטומי גיאורגיה – מרכז יהודי למטיילים בבטומי גיאורגיה (chabadbatumi.ge)

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Akhaltsikhe

Georgia › On the way to Batumi

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 ...

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On the way to Batumi

Georgia

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 ...

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Oni

Georgia › North of Georgia

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 ...