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• An interactive map of Jewish places in Germany!

  

  Rabbi Elli Fischer

  

  Jewish Places

  jewish-places.de

  Jewish Places stellt ausführliche Informationen zu Orten jüdischen Lebens in Deutschland auf einer interaktiven Karte dar. Besucher*innen können …

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  Rabbi Elli Fischer

  Among the Last Jews of Bukhara

  tabletmag.com - Armin Rosen

  Chances are that the great majority of Jews who will ever call Bukhara, Uzbekistan, home are dead. But in cemeteries in the Russian-speaking world, …

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  Rabbi Elli Fischer

  

  Some of Europe’s top tourist destinations are homes to anti-Semitic imagery. What should be done?

  americamagazine.org - Menachem Wecker

  Water has damaged the 18th-century frescos, but visitors to the cloister of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo in Spain can still discern a haloed …

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  Rabbi Elli Fischer

  

  Rome, Through the Eyes of Flavius Josephus (Published 2018)

  The New York Times - David Laskin

  Even without a book or a guide, even after two millenniums of crumbling, the image of the seven-branched candelabrum — the Jewish menorah — is unmistakable on the inner wall of the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. Stand at the base of the single-passage arch and look up, and the scene in …

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  Rabbi Elli Fischer

  

  Why Amsterdam’s beloved nickname is a centuries-old Yiddish word, ‘Mokum’

  timesofisrael.com - Matt Lebovic

  AMSTERDAM — Centuries before Amsterdam became synonymous with weed and over-tourism, it was the beloved “Mokum,” or safe haven, for European Jewry. …

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  Rabbi Elli Fischer

  

  Interactive map shows all Europe’s remaining synagogues

  timesofisrael.com - Cnaan Liphshiz

  JTA – A new British organization has created an incredible tool that should fascinate anyone remotely interested in European Jewish culture: an …