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Until 30 August 2024 at the Thessaloniki Jewish Museum Legend has it that the Golem, the monster created to protect Jews from anti-Semitism, rests in a geniza in Prague. While waiting to find it there, another geniza in Cairo, at the end of the 19th century, uncovered numerous documents, biblical and literary texts as is customary, but also all sorts of historical and artistic documents and ...
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Until 24 November 2024 at the Frankfurt Jewish Museum On ‘Kristallnacht’, from 9 to 10 November 1938, Nazi troops and their supporters carried out a mass destruction of Jewish sites in Germany. These included the beautiful synagogue of the Israelite Religious Society, inaugurated in 1907. The city of Frankfurt built a bunker in its place in 1942. The Frankfurt Jewish Museum has set up this ...
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Until 13 October 2024 at the Augsburg Jewish Museum This workshop is the fruit of work carried out by Elias Holl schoolchildren around the feast of Pesach, enabling them to develop a personal approach. In particular, they asked questions about the biblical events evoked during the exit from Egypt and the highlights of the Seder. The results of this work are displayed alongside the objects and ...
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Tuna 1685, Sk 22A, 35600 Karsiyaka/Izmir
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This exhibition, co-organised with the Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarianism and Democracy, the Jewish community of Thessaloniki and the G. Konstantinidis archives, celebrates the coexistence of the two communities, Jewish and Christian. It also recalls the dark hours of the Shoah, when the Jewish community lost the vast majority of its members. Greece’s political ...
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The Ministry of Culture has made a long-term loan to the museum to enable it to display sculptures and stelae of great importance, marking the antiquity of the Jewish presence in Greece, dating back at least 2,300 years, as evidenced by a sculpture of a menorah with a lulav. The exhibition is accompanied by photos and documents recounting the many aspects of Jewish life in ancient times. ...
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2 rue du Haut Poirier, 57000 Metz Tel : 03 57 88 38 83 Accueil – Musée de La Cour d’Or – Metz Métropole (eurometropolemetz.eu)
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49 rue Clovis, Reims acsireims51@gmail.com
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Reims is known for its many listed monuments, including the famous cathedral and its coronations, as well as its economy, which is essentially linked to Champagne. The Jewish presence in Reims is thought to be very old. The first document attesting to this presence dates back to 1077. At that time, they were mainly confined to rue de Gieu (Jews), which later became . Some sources claim that ...
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Châlons-en-Champagne, formerly known as Châlons-sur-Marne, is famous for its Market Castle and its ancient churches. The Jewish presence in Châlons seems to go back a very long way, perhaps even to Roman times. In any case, it has been documented from the 11th century onwards. Indicative of this antiquity are certain street names typically given in the Middle Ages, such as and , as well as ...
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La Rochelle is famous for its Old Port and medieval towers. The Jewish presence in La Rochelle is thought to date back at least as far as the 13th century. The medieval community seemed to live on the rue des Juifs, which later became the rue de l’Evêché. Many of Roche’s Jews were deported during the Holocaust, following a roundup in the département in 1942. The Jewish community ...
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Soissons is a town known for its famous vase, as well as its former role as a capital. The Jewish presence in Soissons goes back at least as far as the 12th century. The community had a synagogue, probably on the ancient rue de la Juiverie, under the castle walls. Many Jews also lived in the surrounding villages. Jewish life in Soissons came to an end with the expulsion of 1306. Timid returns ...
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Rua Nova, Torre de Moncorvo
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The town of Vila Real, in northern Portugal, is famous for its ancient architecture, which has been blending influences since the Paleolithic period. It became a hotbed of Marranism following the Portuguese Inquisition, and has remained so over the centuries. This stability is largely due to its wine-growing activity, which has remained unaffected by political and religious pressures, as the ...
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A town in north-west Portugal, Viana do Castelo is renowned for its crafts and costumes. Situated close to the River Lima and less than 60 kilometres from Porto, it quickly became an important maritime and commercial centre, with links to both South America and Northern Europe. This was followed by the development of the fishing industry and numerous craft-related activities. These were areas ...
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The small town of Torre de Moncorvo, in northeast Portugal, is famous for its Renaissance buildings and religious edifices and for its long-standing commercial importance, boosted in particular by the presence of the Marranos during the Inquisition. However, this did not prevent the Inquisition from bringing many cases to trial. The Jewish presence goes back much further, probably to the ...
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Lamego is famous for its ancient foundations, dating back to Roman times, as well as its 13th-century castle and magnificent cathedral. It was here that the first Portuguese parliament was established. The Jewish presence is also quite old, dating back at least to the 14th century, when they lived between the castle and the church of Santa Maria. Those who lived there in the early 15th ...
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Guarda is known as the highest town in Portugal, situated at an altitude of 1060 metres. This medieval city boasts a number of buildings, such as the Sé Cathedral, which bear witness to a time when the Jewish presence was significant. This presence probably dates back to the 13th century, when they settled in Rua da Judiaria, now . A synagogue was inaugurated at that time. Later, they moved ...
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Freixo de Espada-a-Cinta is a small town in northeast Portugal, on the Spanish border. A medieval town built in a complex natural environment, Freixo is best known for its 14th-century tower. The town was home to many Marranos driven out by the Spanish Inquisition, some of whom went on to become great explorers. Persecuted by the Portuguese Inquisition, they had to live out their faith ...
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Covilha is a town known as an important urban centre in the Portuguese interior. The Jewish presence probably dates back to the 12th century. There were three successive Jewish quarters in the town. The first, within the walls of the old town, near the . The second was adjacent to this quarter but outside the walls. The third was near Refugio and Meia Legua. One of the main economic ...
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The city of Coimbra is famous for its historic sites and the first Portuguese university founded there in 1290. It was also an important centre of Portuguese Judaism until the Inquisition. During the Inquisition, they suffered numerous persecutions, being one of the seats of the Inquisition. More than 11,000 cases were tried here between 1541 and 1820. Marranism developed, making Coimbra an ...
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Castelo Branco is known, as the first part of its name suggests, for its medieval buildings. The Jewish presence dates back to at least the 14th century. An organised Jewish community existed in the town until the advent of the Inquisition. Old buildings in the town’s Jewish quarter bear traces of this presence, such as a in Rua d’Ega. A was apparently located at 10 Rua de la ...
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Rua do Campo Alegre 790, 4150-171 Porto Museu | Museu do Holocausto do Porto | Porto (mhporto.com)
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R. de Guerra Junqueiro 325, 4150-389 Porto Início | Museu Judaico do Porto (mjporto.com)
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The Jewish community of Baza dates back to the 11th century. The inhabitants of the judería were few in number but prospered thanks to the silk trade. A has been discovered here, an excellent example of 11th-century Arabic architecture. Nothing remains of the old Jewish quarter, which spread out around the mikveh in Place de Santiago.
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Žvejų street, Šeduva Tel : +370 698 44091 Lost Shtetl
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74 Vilniaus, Siauliai Tel : + 370 41 52 69 33 Chaimas Frenkelis Villa-Museum – Aušros muziejus (ausrosmuziejus.lt)
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The City of the Dukes is the historic capital of the States of Savoy. The Jewish presence in Chambéry probably dates back to the 14th century, following Count Edward’s call for their settlement in 1319. Most families lived on rue de la Juiverie, now . This street faced a two-storey tower attached to the castle. They often worked as bankers and pawnbrokers, both because the Church ...
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Annemasse, a town on the border with Geneva, developed mainly in the early 20th century. The Jewish presence in Annemasse probably dates back to the Middle Ages, but was quite small. This changed with the emancipation of the Jews of France following the Revolution, and especially with the arrival in the region of Jews from Alsace-Lorraine. By the turn of the 20th century, Jews were living ...
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This beautiful Alpine town between lake and mountains has been a favorite of residents and tourists alike for centuries. The Jewish presence in Annecy probably dates back to the Middle Ages. They lived on the right bank of the Thiou, outside the fortified city walls. Rue des Juifs (“Street of the Jews) later became Quai de l’Evêché. During the Great Plague, Jews were accused of ...
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