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There were once hundreds of wooden synagogues in Poland and Lithuania, but only a very few examples of this particularly Jewish form of architecture have survived. The Zabłudów synagogue, built around…
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Zabludow, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Zabłudów, Poland)
Date:
ca. 1637
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Contributor:
Matteo Gucci
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1569–70
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The Great Synagogue of Slonim was one of the prominent synagogues of the region, a testament to the prosperity and status of the town’s Jewish community. Today, it is the best-preserved synagogue in…
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Slonim, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Slonim, Belarus)
Date:
1635–1642
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The High (Wysoka) Synagogue was built in a Renaissance style in the mid-sixteenth century in the Kazimierz district of Kraków. It is the third-oldest synagogue in Kraków. This synagogue owes its name…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1556–1563
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The Old Synagogue (Alte-Schul, or Stara Bóz.nica) of Kraków is located in the Kazimierz district of the city. Because it was in a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth vulnerable to attack by…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1557–1570
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The Isaac (or Izaak) Synagogue in Kraków was built in 1638–1644. Named after its donor, Izaak Jakubowicz (d. 1673), also known as Isaac the Rich, the synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis during World…
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1638–1645
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Now we shall begin to describe the confrontation of the King of Sweden with the King of Poland. First, the aforementioned King of Sweden came to the holy community of Posen [Poznań], a major Jewish…
Contributor:
Samuel Feibush
Places:
Venice, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poland)
Date:
1655