There was a Jewish community in Parma until its expulsion in 1555. The Jews came back during the industrial immigration in the nineteenth century. In 1939, there were about thirty Jews in Parma, 18 were sent to death camps. was inaugurated in 1866. During World War II, the synagogue’s furnitures were hidden in the Palatine Library. Some of it were reintegrated to the synagogue after the ...
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Palatine Library of Parma
Strada alla Pilotta, 3, 43100 Parma PR, Italie +39 0521 220411 beniculturali.it
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Piazza Basilica, 1, 73028 Otranto +39 0836 801437
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One of Oria’s gates, (or Porta Taranto) leads to the old giudecca of the city. The gate dates from the fifteenth century and bears a bronze mezuzah. There are no traces left of the Jewish community in Oria, but a stroll in Santa Giudea little streets, the old Jewish neighborhood, will let you see the medieval architecture of what was once one of the biggest giudecca in Italy. The site ...
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Historians believe – although the exact dates are still lacking – that there was a Jewish quarter in the small town of Manduria between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is likely that, the Jewish community of Naples found refuge there after its expulsion from the kingdom. The giudecca was not separated from the rest of the city by walls, until the expulsion of 1510. At ...
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Lecce had one of the most prominent Jewish settlements in the Neapolitan kingdom before the expulsion of the Jews. Though there is no evidence of a Jewish presence prior to the 15th century, there are traces its existence Lecce at the time of the Normans (G. T. Tanzi, “Gli Statuti della Città di Lecce,” p. 19, Lecce, 1898). Their occupations were mostly textile dyeing (silk and wool), ...
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Unlike other cities in the region of Apulia, there are now very few traces of the Jewish presence in Bari, although we know that the community was very developed. The city was, in the 12th century, a recognized center of Talmudic studies. The which housed the place of worship of the community – now renamed Via Sabino attests of the importance of the Jewish life in Bari. In the of the ...
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Thanks to its geographic position and the presence of Brindisi, Otranto, Bari, Trani and Barletta ports, Apulia has been a transit point for many Jewish exiles -most heading to Israel. This crossing point therefore made of Puglia a privileged region for the Western Europe diaspora. The first evocation of a Jewish presence in Puglia was written by Rabbi Akiva (17-137): en route from Jerusalem ...
Plus d'infosRakovnik
Rakovnik is located between Prague and Plzen; 32 miles west of Prague, and 30 milesnortheast of Plzen. Jews are on record as living in Rakovnik since 1441. Between 1618 and 1621 three Jewish families from the nearby town of Senomaty came to live at Rakovnik. In 1690 there were 38 Jews living in the town and 1724 seven Jewish families had made Rakovnik their home. The Jewish community was ...
Plus d'infosHermanuv Mestec
Hermanuv Mestec is located in Bohemia, 56 miles south from Prague. The Jews began settling there in the fifteenth century and the community reached its peak in the nineteenth century. The Baroque-style synagogue was built in 1728 in the center of the ghetto, then reconstructed in neo-Roman style in 1870. It was closed in 1939 and served as a warehouse until the 1990s. Today it houses an art ...
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The Jewish presence in Breclav dates to the sixteenth century. The ghetto, constructed in the seventeenth century can still be visited. The neo-Roman style Synagogue built in 1888. Closed by the Nazis, it served as a warehouse for a half century. The synagogue today houses a cultural center, an exhibition hall and an auditorium. In 2000, a plaque was affixed in the synagogue’s entrance ...
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The presence of a Jewish settlement in Holešov dates back to at least the 16th century. Holešov hosted one of the most important Jewish communities in Moravia, a centre of culture and education. The Jewish population of the city reached 1,700 (one third of the whole) by the mid-19th century. In the northern part of the town, some houses of the old ghetto can still be seen. The ...
Plus d'infosLomnice
Jews began settling in Lomnice in 1656. The eighteenth-century ghetto is composed of a square where one can still see the rabbi house and yeshiva. The Baroque-style synagogue was built in 1870 in the ghetto. Rehabilitated after the war, it was restaured in 1997 and today houses cultural events. You can access the Jewish cemetery through Zidovske street. Dating from the eighteenth century, it ...
Plus d'infosDolni Kounice
Dolni Kounice is a small town of Moravia located 115 miles South of Prague. Jews began settling there in the Fifteenth century and part of the ghetto has been preserved. The Renaissance-style Synagogue was built in 1652. Closed by the Nazis in 1940, it was restaured in 1994 and today houses a exhibition hall. Inside the synagogue, you will observe arcades and Hebrew writings on the wall.
Plus d'infosPolná
Polná is located in Bohemia, about 70 miles South West of Prague. Jews started settling in Polná in the fifteenth century. The ghetto was created in the seventeenth century, some houses can still be seen. The synagogue was built in 1682. Destroyed by a fire, it was restored in the nineteenth century. It served as a place for worship until 1936, then was used as a store for confiscated Jewish ...
Plus d'infosHartmanice
Hartmanice is located South-West of Bohemia, in a mountainous region close to the Austrian border. Hartmanice Synagogue, also called “Mountain Synagogue” was built in 1881 that would become a new house of prayer for the growing Jewish community of Hartmanice (about 10% of the population). After the annexation of the region in 1938, the synagogue was confiscated by the Nazis. It ...
Plus d'infosSynagogue and Jewish Museum of Trondheim
Arkitekt Christies gate 1B, 7012 Trondheim +47 401 69 801 jodiskemuseum.no
Plus d'infosSynagogue and Community Center of Helsinki
Malminkatu 26, 00100 Helsinki, Finland +358 9 5860310 http://www.jchelsinki.fi
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Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1, Copenhagen http://www.kb.dk/
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P15, Zhovkva, Lviv Oblast
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Grebinka St, Lvov
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5 Saxaganski st, Chernivtsi
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21 Osipova Street, Odessa +38 0482 218 890
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25 Evreyskaya Street, Odessa +38 0482 243 694
Plus d'infosRabbi Nahman’s Tomb
Bjelins’koho St, 3, Uman’, Ukraine
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T1032, Pereyaslav-Khmel’nyts’kyi, Kyivs’ka oblast, Ukraine, 08400
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5 rue Basseïnaïa, Kiev
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29 Shchekovitzkaya St kiev +38 044 417 3583
Plus d'infosEtnographic Historical Society Museum of Saint Petersburg
Fifth Line, number 50, Vasilievsky Island, Saint Petersburg
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10 Boulevard Tverskoï, Moscow
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