Location
Mondavio
Mondavio is a very old town and was the main town of the diocese of Fano in the 14th century. Its castle, built at the end of the 15th century, testifies to Mondavio’s important place in ...
Location
Jesi
Jesi is an ancient Roman city, known for its medieval walled old town. Its squares, churches, and other buildings bear witness to the passage of time. The Jewish presence is mentioned in ...
Location
Fermo
Fermo is a very old city, built in pre-Roman times, probably 3000 years ago. Its many palaces, cultural and religious sites still bear witness to this antiquity. The first document mentioning the ...
Location
Castelleone di Suasa
Castelleone di Suasa, a very old town built on a hill with a Roman amphitheatre and many places of interest to archaeologists, welcomed Jews at the beginning of the 17th century. The main purpose ...
Location
Cagli
Cagli is also known for its theatre and, above all, its ancient printing works, one of the oldest in Italy, dating from 1475. The Jewish presence in Cagli dates back to the 14th century, as a ...
Location
Ascoli Piceno
The town still has many buildings showing architectural influences from many periods: Roman, medieval, renaissance, modern… The Jewish presence in Ascoli Piceno is attested since 1297 when ...
Location
Wintzenheim
The Jewish presence in Wintzenheim seems to be very old and important, the city having been the seat of a rabbinate since 1808. If we find traces of a synagogue in the 18th century, the one which ...
Location
Westhoffen
The Jewish presence in Westhoffen seems to be very old, as evidenced by the existence of a prayer room in the 17th century, probably dating from 1626. At that time, there were about 100 Jews in ...
Location
Soultz-sous-Forêts
The Jewish presence seems to be quite old. A synagogue welcomed the faithful in the 19th century. It was inaugurated in 1827 and restored in the 1860s. At that time, Soultz-sous-Forêts played an ...
Location
Saverne
The Jewish presence in Saverne seems to date from the 12th century. Nevertheless, its perpetuation dates rather from the 17th century. An oratory dating from this century would have been located ...
Location
Bischwiller
The Jewish presence in Bischwiller dates back at least to the 14th century, since during the persecutions of 1349, references to those committed in the town were found. As in many other towns in ...
Location
Mulhouse
The Jewish presence in Mulhouse is ancient, probably dating back to at least the 13th century, but following massacres and expulsions, it did not become permanent until the end of the 18th ...
Location
Sélestat
The Jewish presence in Sélestat seems to date from the 14th century, marked in particular by the presence of a synagogue on rue des Clefs. Destroyed in 1470, a building was acquired by the ...
Location
Schirmeck
In 1905, a wood merchant sold his land, on which a synagogue was built. At that time there were 36 Jews in Schirmeck, 23 in La Broque and 19 in Wisches. The synagogue allowed the Jewish ...
Location
Rosheim
The Jewish presence in Rosheim seems to have been quite limited in the Middle Ages, but it is attested from the beginning of the 13th century. Expulsions, wars, and famines prevented the ...
Location
Wurzburg
The Jewish presence in Würzburg dates back to at least the 11th century. After the repercussions of the Crusades in the 12th century, the Jewish population increased in the following century, ...
Location
Rothenburg
The Jewish presence in Rothenburg dates back to at least the 12th century. The first mention of this presence dates from 1180. The establishment of a community in the following century, around ...
Location
Regensburg
The Jewish presence in Regensburg is very old, dating from the Middle Ages, probably around 981. A Jewish quarter existed there since the 11th century. In the 12th century they gained more ...
Location
Hamburg
Marranos fleeing the Inquisition settled in Hamburg at the end of the 16th century. They quickly became active in the city’s life, making their mark in many professions related to the ...
Location
Essen
The Jewish presence in the city seems to date from the 13th century. Following the expulsion, they only resettled there in a stable manner at the end of the 16th century, even if their numbers ...
Location
Bayreuth
The Jewish presence in Bayreuth probably dates from the 13th century. This can be traced in the writings of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg. Until the end of the 17th century, they were alternately ...
Location
Canterbury
The Jewish community in Canterbury appears to be very old. But the earliest administrative record dates back only to 1760, with the purchase of land for a burial. A synagogue was built at that ...
Location
Northampton
The Jewish presence in Northampton probably dates from the Middle Ages. In the 12th century it was one of the largest communities in the country. During the 13th century they were sometimes ...
Location
Newcastle
The Jewish presence in Newcastle probably dates from the Middle Ages. In 1234, Jews were expelled from the city. Some returned or first settled in Newcastle but it was not until the 19th century ...
Location
Leicester
Few Jews lived in Leicester in the Middle Ages. It was only in the 19th century that their presence became more important. This was reinforced by the arrival of Jews from Russia at the turn of ...
Location
Exeter
The Jewish presence in Exeter is very old, dating back to at least the 12th century, and at the time of the expulsion of the Jews in 1290, about 40 families lived there. During the gradual return ...
Location
Bradford
The Jewish presence in Bradford seems to date back to the 19th century; at least the documents attest to it. Mostly Jews from Germany, attracted by the industrial development of the city’s ...
Location
Potsdam
A document attesting to the ratification of a decision authorizing the settlement of Jewish families in the region attests to its presence in 1671. A community was established around 1730, and ...
Location
Munich
Traces of Jewish presence in Munich date back to at least the 13th century. The Jews had a synagogue and a mikve. During the next four centuries, Jews were alternately welcomed and more regularly ...
Location
Périgueux
The Jewish presence in Périgueux seems to date back at least to the 13th century, since Jews were expelled in 1302. This is evidenced by the Ancienne juiverie, known as rue Judaïque, located ...