Tag | Museum of Jewish History and Culture

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Synagogue of Minsk

vulica Krapotkina 22, Minsk Иудейская религиозная община в г. Минске / Minsk Jewish Religious Community | Facebook

Location

Minsk

BelarusCentral Belarus

Minsk, the capital of Belarus, first welcomed Jews in the fifteenth century. They settled here to engage in the trade between Poland and Russia. After Poland was divided, the Jewish community ...

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Belarus

The Republic of Belarus is a state formed of the disintegration of the Soviet Union. It has retained, however, close ties to Moscow. Historically, Belarus belonged to Lithuania in the fourteenth ...

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Yiddishland

The visitor to Eastern Europe hoping to discover a rich Jewish architectural heritage must remember that what was once the center of Judaic cultural and religious life in Europe -principally in ...