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Romania
There is little evidence of a Jewish presence on the coats of the Black Sea before the arrival of Roman legions in the early second century C.E. Vestiges, coins, and inscriptions preserved in a ...
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Poland
Poland represents the most illustrious and tragic chapter in European Jewish history. For centuries, this country was the most welcoming to Jews fleeing Germany, Spain, and southern Europe; the ...
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Czech Republic
Below the bell tower of Prague's Jewish city hall, there are two clock faces. One displays Roman numerals, and the other Hebrew letters. The hands of the first clock revolve in the normal ...
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Slovakia
The history of Jews in Slovakia -dating from the sixteenth century under the protection of the Hapsburg- intersects that of their fellow believers in Hungary and the Czech Republic. Jews in these ...
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Hungary
At the Jewish Museum of Budapest, a replica of a tombstone dating from the third century bears the image of a menorah. This relic attests to nearly 1700 years of Jewish presence in the Carpathian ...
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Slovenia
A Slavic land under Germanic rule for many centuries, Slovenia finally gained independence in 1991. The fate of the Jewish population here depended largely over the years on the good will of its ...
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Portugal
Portugal became an autonomous kingdom under Henry of Burgundy, a prince of French origin. His son, Alfonso I, was the first king of Portugal (1114-85). The history of its Jewish population ...
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Spain
There are numerous legends surrounding the arrival of the Jews in Spain. They were propagated by Jewish and Christian chroniclers, especially in the sixteenth century. Some say they came in the ...
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Switzerland
Jewish craftsmen and merchants settled in Switzerland's Roman cities between the third and fourth centuries, but the first documents that mention them date only from the thirteenth century. ...
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Germany
At the end of the nineteenth century, an international conference took place sponsored by the Zionist Organisation that was dedicated to the problem of the future national language of the Jewish ...
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Sephardic Synagogue
154, rue Roosendael, 1090 Brussels Tel : +32 475 40 26 49 http://www.cisu.be/
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Gassan Diamonds B.V.
Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 173-175, 1011 LN Amsterdam Tel: +31 (0) 20 622 5333 https://www.gassan.com/
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Portuguese Synagogue
Mr. Visserplein 3, 1011 RD Amsterdam Tel : + 31 (0) 206245351 Portugees-Israëlietische Gemeente – Official Website of the Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam (esnoga.com)
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Hollandsche Schouwburg (Joods Cultureel Kwartier)
Plantage Middenlaan 24, 1018 DE Amsterdam Tel: +31 (0) 20 531 0310
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Waterlooplein Flea market
Waterlooplein 2, 1011 NV Amsterdam Tel: +31 (0) 20 552 4074 Waterlooplein flea market Amsterdam – The oldest flea market
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Jodenbreestraat
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Moses and Aaron Church
Waterlooplein 207, 1011 PG Amsterdam Tel : +31 (0) 20 233 1522 santegidio.nl
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Visserplein
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The Netherlands
Holland has always welcomed political and religious refugees. The first great wave of Jews immigrated to the Netherlands from Spain and Portugal at the end of the sixteenth century. Although ...
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Ireland
While Ireland is not an obvious destination for those interested in Jewish culture, the island does offer a few surprises. Ireland's Jewish population has never been higher than 8000, and that ...
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Westminster Synagogue
Kent House, Rutland Gardens, London SW7 1BX Tel: +44 (0) 20 7584 3953 http://westminstersynagogue.org/
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London
The Jewish communities of London are highly diverse, in terms both of their rites and origins and of their geographical distribution. The Jewish presence in London is attested from the 11th ...
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Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH Tel: +44 (0) 20 7332 1868 Guildhall Library – The Library of London History – City of London
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Stepping out Walking Tours
128 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8TN Tel: +44 (0)20 7611 2545 http://www.guidelondon.org.uk/
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England
There is no historical record of organised Jewish communities in the British Isles before the Norman invasion of 1066, when King William encouraged Jews -mainly merchants and craftsmen- to follow ...
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Northern Paris
“Here is buried the body of Sieur Salomon de Perpignan, one of the founders of the Free Royal Drawing School established in the year 1767 of the glorious reign of Louis XV in the city of ...
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The Opera Quarter
In addition to its architecture and activities, the (or Palais Garnier) is notable for its extraordinary ceiling painted by Marc Chagall in 1964. Not far from here, in a room at Hôtel de ...