The Jewish presence in Chinon seems to date from the 12th century. Administrative documents attest to this from the following century. Most of the Jews lived in the rue de la Juiverie, near the Palais de Justice in Chinon. There was then a synagogue, a mikvah and a renowned study center. On August 27, 1321, following a false accusation (frequent at the time) of poisoning wells, the 160 Jews ...
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Bourges
The Jewish presence in Bourges seems to date from the 6th century. Following a refusal to convert to Christianity, the Jews were expelled from the city in the 7th century. Administrative documents attest to a Jewish quarter in 1020, south of the city. It seems that a building at the corner of rue des Bourbonnoux and served as a synagogue in the Middle Ages. There would have been another ...
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The Jewish presence in the city of Tours dates from at least the 6th century. In the Middle Ages there was a rue de la Juiverie, as well as a Jewish cemetery. However, as in all cities of France, this ancient presence came to an abrupt end with the expulsions of the late Middle Ages. Unlike many cities, the emancipation of Jews from France following the Revolution was slow to materialize in ...
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14 rue Robert de Courtenay, Orléans Tel : +33 2 38 62 16 62
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Rue des Juifs
Orléans
Unlike the majority of other cities in the region, the Jewish presence is attested in Orléans from the 6th century. In 585, the Orléans Jews participated in the welcoming ceremony in homage to King Gontran. It seems that they asked him for the possibility of building a new synagogue following the destruction of the previous one. The Jewish community of Orleans was quite large in number in the ...
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The Jewish presence in Chartres seems to date from the 12th century, documents attest to it for 1130. Places still mark this presence such as the . The old synagogue would have been located where the Saint-Hilaire hospital is now. At the end of the 19th century, dwellings in the streets of the Jews will be sources of inspiration for the novel La Terre by Emile Zola. Among the illustrious ...
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The Jewish presence in Blois seems to date from the end of the 10th century. But the city was infamous for the first anti-Semitic charge of ritual murder in 1171. About 40 Jews lived there then. Isaac Ben Eleazar was accused of having thrown a child in the Loire. 33 Jews were imprisoned and murdered following this false accusation based on unfounded rumors and the transmission of anti-Semitic ...
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The Centre-Val de Loire region is of course famous for its châteaux on the banks of the Loire, but also for its cathedrals, particularly those at Chartres, Orléans, Tours and Bourges. The Jewish presence in the region is very old. It appears to date back to the 6th century in Bourges and Tours, and the 12th century in Chinon. Recent archaeological digs in Châteauroux also attest to this, as ...
Plus d'infosNational Museum of Estonia
Muuseumi tee 2, 60532 Tartu Tel : + 3727363000 https://www.erm.ee/
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Klooga, 76703 Harju maakond, Estonia
Plus d'infosJewish cemetery of Tallinn
Rahumäe tee 8, 11614 Tallinn Tel : + 372 655 48 96
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Like the city of Tallinn, the Jewish community of Tartu was founded mainly by retired Russian soldiers, previously stationed in the city. Thus, the former soldiers of Nicholas built a synagogue in 1876 in the city of Tartu. By the turn of the 20th century, there were nearly 1,800 Jews in the city and thriving educational institutions. Among them is the Association for the Study of Jewish ...
Plus d'infosSynagogue of Norrköping
Tunnbindaregatan 35, 602 21 Norrköping
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Bogårdsvägen 17, 128 62 Sköndal
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Linvävarvägen, 171 64 Solna
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Kronobergsgatan 2, 112 38 Stockholm
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Alströmergatan 47, 112 47 Stockholm
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Wahrendorffsgatan 3B, 111 47 Stockholm
Plus d'infosNorrköping
At the end of the 18th century, with the emancipation of the Jews in the country, the city of Norrköping, like Goteborg and Stockholm, hosted its first synagogue, built by Jacob Marcus. Another place previously hosted Jewish ceremonies. The current was built in the mid-19th century by architects Edvard Meden and Carl Stal. Due to the decline of the city’s Jewish population, the ...
Plus d'infosCommemorative plaque
12 rue Sainte-Catherine, Lyon
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4 rue Jeanne Hachette, 69003 Lyon Tel : +33 4 78 53 60 41 http://www.memorial-montluc.fr/
Plus d'infosSynagogue of Sarreguemines
Rue George-V, 57200 Sarreguemines
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12 Rue du Sauvage, 57400 Sarrebourg
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Jewish Cemetery of Epinal
rue du Souvenir français, 88600 Epinal
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9 Rue Charlet, 88000 Épinal Tel : +33 6 75 06 58 90
Plus d'infosSarreguemines
The Jewish presence in Sarreguemines seems to date from the 13th century. However, the sustainability of this installation will only take place with the wind of emancipation of the French Revolution. A rabbinical seat was created in the city in 1791. There were 350 Jews from Sarreguemines in 1861. That year, a Byzantine-style synagogue was built on rue de la Chapelle. The Jewish population ...
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Forbidden to stay following pressure from local merchants, the first Jews to settle in Sarrebourg did so after the French Revolution and national emancipation. The first birth of a Jew in Sarrebourg therefore dates from 1794. The community acquired land that could be used as a cemetery in 1812. An oratory was installed a few years later on the first floor of a house. A was officially opened ...
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