Akhaltsikhe

Georgia > On the way to Batoumi

A very interesting encounter with Georgian Judaism is possible by visiting the village of Akhaltsikhe. Located on the road to Batumi, the second largest city in the country, Akhaltsikhe is accessible from Tbilisi either by minibus or taxi, about three hours drive. You can also take the train to Moliti station, then taxi to Akhaltsikhe. It is in the old district of Rabati, located in the city ...

On the way to Batoumi

Oni

Georgia > North of Georgia

In the north of the country, the city of Oni, about 200 kilometers from Tbilisi, is home to a wonderful in excellent condition, located on Baazovi Street. Built in the 1890s according to the plans of an architect from Poland and Jewish workers from Salonika, this beautiful Moorish-style building housed the third largest community in the country after Tbilisi and Kutaisi in the early ...

Kutaisi

Georgia > North of Georgia

The second largest city in the country of Georgia, Kutaisi is located just over 200 kilometers northwest of Tbilisi. The cheapest way to get there from the capital is the minibus (about 4 hours drive, 3 euros), and the most pleasant the train (about 5:30 of journey, a dozen euros). The Jewish community of Kutaisi was one of the largest in Georgia. It was located in a neighborhood on either ...

North of Georgia

Medieval mikveh of Erfurt

Kreuzgasse, 99084, Erfurt

Old synagogue of Erfurt

Waagegasse 8, 99084 Erfurt, Germany +49 361 6551608

Erfurt

The Jewish community of Erfurt first appears in the historical record in the late 11th century, with the earliest recorded building of the synagogue dating from then. For centuries Jews and Christians lived side by side in the centre of town. There is more detailed evidence from the 13th century. We learn from tax lists and deeds that Erfurt Jews worked in banking, and dealt not only with ...

Archeological zone of Cologne

Obenmarspforten 1, 50667 Köln, Allemagne +49 221 22133422 https://www.museenkoeln.de/archaeologische-zone/

Cologne

The history of the Jews in Cologne is documented from the year 321 AD, almost as long as the history of Cologne. Over its history, the Jewish community of Cologne has suffered persecutions, many expulsions, massacres and destruction. The community numbered about 19,500 people before its dispersal, murders and destruction in the 1930s by the Nazis before and during World War II. The community ...

Palazzo Bocchi

Via Goito, 16, 40126 Bologna

Church of San Donato

Piazzetta Achille Ardigò, 40126 Bologna

Georgia

Straddling Europe and Asia, Georgia, situated between the eastern shores of the Black Sea and the high mountains of the Caucasus, is a land of plenty, rich in exceptional nature and in historical heritage. Well preserved, it was praised by Pushkin, Alexander Dumas, or Lermontov. The Georgian nation, whose genesis goes back to the kingdom of Colchis, is evoked in the myths of the Golden Fleece ...

Azores islands

In 1815, North African Jews whose ancestors had been expelled from Spain came to the Azores. The island was duty free and allowed them to import and resell to local businesses. In 1820, the Portuguese liberal revolution led to religious diversity. In 2004, a genetic study concluded that 13,4% of the Y chromosome of Azoreans is of Jewish origins, a fact that suggests the importance of the ...

Vinnytsa

Ukraine > From Kiev to the Black Sea

Located in Podolia, equidistant from Kiev and Odessa, Vinnytsa is a city of cobbled streets, elegant avenues and numerous gardens, still very marked by its Polish past. Its foundation dates back to the 14th century, when Podolia entered the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Integrated into the Republic of Poland-Lithuania at the end of the 16th century, it was then the capital of the province of ...

Monument to the Shoah victims, Nikolaev

Central Ave, 288, Mykolaiv, Mykolaivs’ka oblast, Ukraine, 54000

Forshteter house, Nikolaev

Spas’ka St, 33, Mykolaiv, Mykolaivs’ka oblast, Ukraine, 54000

Meshyres house, Nikolaev

Spas’ka St, 18, Mykolaiv, Mykolaivs’ka oblast, Ukraine, 54000

Old business school of Nikolaev

Artyleriiska St, 19, Mykolaiv, Mykolaivs’ka oblast, Ukraine, 54000

Landau Pharmacy in Nikolaev

Bolshaya Morskaya ulitsa, 71, Mykolaiv, Mykolaivs’ka oblast, Ukraine, 54000

Old Jewish hospice of Belgorod-Dniestrovski

Suvorova St, 11, Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyi, Odes’ka oblast Ukraine 67701

Old Jewish bank of Belgorod-Dniestrovski

13 Moskovskaya, Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyi, Odes’ka oblast Ukraine 67701

Andrei Yarashevich’s house in Belgorod-Dniestrovski

Pushkina St, 26, Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyi, Odes’ka oblast, Ukraine, 67701

Tarbut Jewish School

Zhukovs’koho Street, 15, Odesa, Odessa, Ukraine

Furnitures’ makers Synagogue

13 Myasoyedovskaya, Odessa

Butchers’ Synagogue

46 A Malaya Arnautskaya, Odessa

Yavne Synagogue

31 Bolshaya Arnautskaya, Odessa

Bakers’ Synagogues

29 Uspenskaya, Odessa

Old Jewish School

Schulgasse 1, 6845 Hohenems, Autriche

Mikveh of Hohenems

Schulgasse, 6845 Hohenems, Autriche