228 South Circular Road, Dublin 8 tel +353 1 453 4422
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Adelaide Road Synagogue
37 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2
Plus d'infosIreland
While Ireland is not an obvious destination for those interested in Jewish culture, the island does offer a few surprises. Ireland's Jewish population has never been higher than 8000, and that was in the late 1940s. Today, it is down to under 2000, of which 1500 are in the Republic of Ireland. The last kosher butcher closed shop in May 2001.
Plus d'infosEdinburgh Hebrew Congregation
Synagogue Chambers, 4 Salisbury Rd, Edinburgh EH16 5AB +44 (0) 131 667 3144 http://www.ehcong.com/
Plus d'infosGarnethill Synagogue
129 Hill St, Glasgow G3 6UB +44 (0) 141 332 4151 http://garnethill.org.uk/
Plus d'infosNorth London
Saint John’s Wood, Hampstead, and, above all, Golders Green and Stamford Hill are the heart of London’s Jewish life and have numbers of shops. Amusingly enough, most of the shops selling kosher products are now run by Indians. Opening of the Jewish Museum and the London Museum of Jewish Life The was founded by Cecil Roth, Wilfred Samuel and Alfred Rubens in 1932. It was ...
Plus d'infosSternberg Centre
80 E End Rd, London N3 2SY +44 (0) 20 8346 8560 http://www.lbc.ac.uk/
Plus d'infosWestminster Synagogue
Kent House, Rutland Gardens, London SW7 1BX +44 (0) 20 7584 3953 http://westminstersynagogue.org/
Plus d'infosCentral United Synagogue
36, Hallam St, London W1W 6NW +44 (0) 20 7580 1355 http://www.centralsynagogue.org.uk/
Plus d'infosNew West End Synagogue
St Petersburgh Mews, London W2 4LB +44 (0) 20 7229 2631 http://www.newwestend.org.uk/
Plus d'infosSandys Row Synagogue
4a Sandy’s Row, London E1 7HW +44 (0) 20 7377 6196 http://sandysrow.org.uk/
Plus d'infosPrincelet Street Synagogue
19 Princelet St, London E1 6QH +44 (0) 20 7247 5352 http://www.19princeletstreet.org.uk/
Plus d'infosCentral London (the City, the East End and the West End)
Of the Jewish presence in the City during the Middle Ages there remains little more than memories, but it is a pleasure to walk around here. The three streets around the Bank of England -Poultry, Cheapside, and Old Jewry- were home to a community before the expulsion of 1290. Jewry street, near Aldgate Underground station, is where the Jews took refuge during the riots that broke out at the ...
Plus d'infosBevis Marks Synagogue
4 Heneage Ln, London EC3A 5DQ +44 (0) 20 7626 1274 http://www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/
Plus d'infosLondon
The Jewish communities of London are highly diverse, in terms both of their rites and origins and of their geographical distribution. The Jewish presence in London is attested from the 11th century. During the reign of William II (1087-1100), who seems to have favoured their arrival, in particular to contribute to the economic development of the region. Among the important works of the time ...
Plus d'infosGuildhall Library
Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH +44 (0) 20 7332 1868 https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
Plus d'infosBoard of Deputies of British Jews
1 Torriano Mews, London NW5 2RZ +44 (0) 207 543 5400 http://www.bod.org.uk/
Plus d'infosEngland
There is no historical record of organised Jewish communities in the British Isles before the Norman invasion of 1066, when King William encouraged Jews -mainly merchants and craftsmen- to follow him. Those who did came mainly from France (Rouen) but also from Germany, Italy and Spain.
Plus d'infosNorthern Paris
“Here is buried the body of Sieur Salomon de Perpignan, one of the founders of the Free Royal Drawing School established in the year 1767 of the glorious reign of Louis XV in the city of Paris…Died 22 February 1781”. These are the words on one of the oldest tomb in Paris’s Jewish cemetery. They give an idea of the social importance acquired by the ...
Plus d'infosThe Opera Quarter
In addition to its architecture and activities, the (or Palais Garnier) is notable for its extraordinary ceiling painted by Marc Chagall in 1964. Not far from here, in a room at Hôtel de Castille (37 rue Cambon), Theodor Herzl wrote The Jewish State. This was the founding work of political Zionism, which bore fruit some fifty years later in the proclamation of the State of Israel. is the ...
Plus d'infosSynagogue Buffault
28, rue Buffault, 75009 Paris +33 (0)1 49 70 70 00 www.buffault.net
Plus d'infosSynagogue de la Victoire
44, rue de la Victoire, 75009 Paris Tel : +33 1 40 82 26 73 www.lavictoire.org
Plus d'infosOpéra National de Paris – Palais Garnier
Place de l’opéra, 75009 Paris www.operadeparis.fr
Plus d'infosMontparnasse
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the legendary bohemia of Montparnasse included many Russians Jewish painters who had fled the anti-Semitic pogroms of the day. Among them were Soutine, Chagall, and Zadkine. Others, such as Modigliani, were simply attracted by the city’s prestige and contributed to the tremendous creative effervescence of the day. Division 22 of the ...
Plus d'infosACIP Synagogue
14, rue Chasseloup Laubat, 75015 Paris Tel : +33 1 42 73 36 29
Plus d'infosHomage to Captain Dreyfus
Place Pierre Lafue, 75006 Paris
Plus d'infosSynagogue des Tournelles
21 bis, rue des Tournelles, 75004 Paris 33 (0)1 42 74 32 80 https://synatournelles.fr/
Plus d'infosThe Marais
In the eighteenth century, the area around the Place Saint Paul was known as “the old Jewry”. Until the first years of the twentieth century, the square itself bore the name Place des Juifs. The narrow streets here are best explored on a Sunday morning, when everyday Jewish life has resumed after the Shabbat. Rue Pavée is a few yards from the Saint Paul métro station. This is the ...
Plus d'infosThe Île de la Cité
The sculptures on the Saint Anne portal of (Notre Dame de Paris) offer one of the most moving testimonies we have to medieval Judaism. The frieze in question, just above the doorway, dates from the late twelfth century. It represents the Virgin’s mother, Saint Anne, meeting her future husband, Saint Joachim. The unknown artist used Parisian Jews as his models in order to represent ...
Plus d'infosNotre Dame de Paris Cathedral
6, parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris +33 (0)1 42 34 56 10 http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/
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