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British Museum
Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG Tel : +44 (0)20 7323 8299 http://www.britishmuseum.org/
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Stepping out Walking Tours
128 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8TN Tel: +44 (0)20 7611 2545 http://www.guidelondon.org.uk/
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Board of Deputies of British Jews
1 Torriano Mews, London NW5 2RZ Tel: +44 (0) 207 543 5400 http://www.bod.org.uk/
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England
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 ...
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Northern 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 ...
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The 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 ...
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Synagogue de la Victoire
44, rue de la Victoire, 75009 Paris Tel : +33 1 40 82 26 73 www.lavictoire.org
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Rive Gauche
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, ...
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ACIP Synagogue
14, rue Chasseloup Laubat, 75015 Paris Tel : +33 1 42 73 36 29 Communauté de Chasseloup-Laubat
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Synagogue des Tournelles
21 bis, rue des Tournelles, 75004 Paris Tel : +33 1 42 74 32 80 Synagogue des Tournelles – Accueil
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Museum of Jewish Art and History
71, rue du Temple, 75004 Paris Tel : +33 1 53 01 86 53 www.mahj.org
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The 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 ...
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The Île de la Cité
The sculptures on the Saint Anne portal of 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 ...
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Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge
6 place Paul Painlevé, 75005 Paris Tel : + 33 1 53 73 78 16 http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/
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Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
6, parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris Tel: +33 1 42 34 56 10 http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/
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Paris
In 1182, King Philippe Auguste decided to expel the Jews from the capital. Synagogues were converted into churches and buildings owned by Jews were sold, with the proceeds going to the Crown. The ...
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France
The history of Jewish communities in France is characterised by a remarkable diversity, both historically and regionally. It would be futile to look for a coherent identity or shared experiences ...
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Italy
The excavations at Ostia, once the great imperial port of ancient Rome, have revealed the remains of an antique synagogue whose columns support capitals adorned with menorot, the traditional ...