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Community Center of Bucharest
Strada Popa Soare 18, Bucharest (+40) 021 320 26 08 http://www.jcc.ro
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Synagogue of Boskovice
Antonína Trapla 6, 680 01 Boskovice Tel : + 420 777 089 265 Synagoga maior | Muzeum boskovicka (muzeum-boskovicka.cz)
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Synagogue of Golcuv Jenikov
Pod Vyšehradem 768, 582 82 Golčův Jeníkov Město Golčův Jeníkov – Oficiální stránky města Golčův Jeníkov (golcuv-jenikov.cz)
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Synagogues of Joniskis
Upytės g. 7-9, 84148 Joniškis Titulinis – Joniškio istorijos ir kultūros muziejus (joniskiomuziejus.lt)
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Synagogue of Pakruojis
8 Kranto Street, Pakruojis Tel : + 370 676 27181 Sinagoga – Pakruojo biblioteka (rvb.lt)
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Alytus
Alytus is a town on the river Nemunas, crossed by the main roads linking the country’s major cities. Today, there are few traces left of Jewish life in Alytus. The , built with yellow and ...
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Joniskis
The town of Joniskis is quite old, dating back to the 16th century. The Jewish presence in Joniskis dates back to the 18th century. They lived mainly around the main synagogues. Before the Shoah, ...
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Kedainiai
The town of Kedainiai dates back to the 14th century, making it one of the oldest in the country. Under the Kishkis family, who ruled the town from 1490, Jewish merchants were invited to settle. ...
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Pakruojis
The town of Pakruojis is situated on the river Kruoja and was founded in the 15th century. The wooden synagogue dating from 1801 is probably the oldest of its kind in the country. Between the ...
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Urla
Urla is located 25 miles from Izmir. It is assumed that the town’s Jewish community originated on the Aegean islands of Mora and Izmir. In 1840, Urla’s Jewish community numbered 40 ...
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Turgutlu
Strategically located on the trade route between Sardis and Izmir, Turgutlu was home to a large Jewish community. Gravestones with Hebrew inscriptions dating back to 1391 have been found here. In ...
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Priene
Compared with other cities, Priene was a modest town whose economic growth was always hindered by Miletus. During excavations carried out between 1895 and 1898, German archaeologists ...
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Tire
Tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions dating back to 1271 have been found in Tire’s old Jewish cemetery. The town’s hamam, which dates back to the 16th century, also houses a mikveh ...
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Sardis
In Hellenistic times, Sardis was home to one of the largest synagogues in the world. It was discovered by American archaeologists in 1960. It was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 17 AD.
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Pergamon (Bergama)
Pergamon is one of the thirty districts of the province of Izmir. The city lies 93 kilometres north of Izmir. What is now known as Bergama was built on the remains of the ancient city of ...
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Miletus
Inscriptions found in the give some indication of a Jewish presence. Dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, these engravings read “the place of the monotheistic Jews” or “the ...
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Manisa
Manisa is 125 kilometres from Izmir. On the wall of a house in the Ayvazpasa district, you can read the following inscription: “Starton, the son of the Jew Tyrannos had this tomb built for ...
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Ephesus
Located within the boundaries of the Selçuk district, Ephesus was one of the most important cities in Ionia during the Roman Empire and the Classical period. The ancient city is famous for the ...
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Aphrodisias
During archaeological excavations in Aphrodisias, an ancient city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, numerous inscriptions referring to a Jewish community were discovered. On three marble ...
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Akhisar
A Jewish community existed in Akhisar during the Hellenistic period. In 1904, the town still had 75 families and a synagogue, of which nothing remains today. After liberation from Greek ...
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Baza
The Jewish community of Baza dates back to the 11th century. The inhabitants of the judería were few in number but prospered thanks to the silk trade. A has been discovered here, an excellent ...
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Markowa
In the second quarter of 1942, the Germans began liquidating the Polish ghettos. According to the process put in place by the Occupier, the Jews of the village of Markowa, near Lancut, and those ...