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Versión en español >> If you cross the Slovakian-Polish border at the Dukla Pass, and turn right at the earliest opportunity, you arrive to Lesko through a fifty kilometers long beautiful mountain road among the Beskides. The town with five thousand inhabitants lays in the south-eastern projection of the country. …

Compartimos con ustedes este interesante video (en inglés y en hebreo) donde vemos y escuchamos acerca de las sinagogas de Izmir (Esmirna). Las sinagogas que se muestran en este video son: Sinyora Shalom Hevra Kahal Kadosh Etz Haym Beit Hilel Sha’ar Hashamayim Rosh Ha Harr Bikur Holim Beit Israel Portugal Kadosh   The hidden …

The Sephardic Synagogue of the Ari is Safed’s oldest house of prayer. It was originally dedicated to Elijah the Prophet, almost 300 years before the Ari (Rabbi Isaac Luria) came to Safed in the sixteenth century. The Ari is said to have prayed here; an alcove is shown where he …

Gozlem Gazetecilik of Istanbul would like to invite you to visit their website to check out an exciting book project called “The Synagogues of Turkey”. This full color picture book set (2 hard cover volumes in 1 box: Synagogues of Istanbul and Synagogues of Thrace-Anatolia) reflects the opulent heritage of …

By HAVIV RETTIG GUR Only a few hundred Jews live in Izmir, with the number who actively participate in the community numbering in the low double digits. But these numbers do not reflect the rich history of the community, which once boasted 34 synagogues, famed scholars and wealthy merchants.   Composed …