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Founded in 1548, the Italian Synagogue of Padua was moved to its current location by 1603. It was renovated in the nineteenth century and restored again after World War II, when the Scuola Grande…
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
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1548
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Built in 1568, the Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in India, as well as in the entire British Commonwealth. The land on which it was built was a gift from the Rajah of Cochin, Paraja, so…
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Artist Unknown
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin (Ernakulam, India)
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1568
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The gravestone of Judah Loew (1520–1609; known as the Maharal) and his wife, Pearl (1528–1610), is located in the Old Jewish Cemetery of the Jewish quarter in Prague. A prominent scholar and kabbalist…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1609 and 1640
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These Torah finials from Cochin, India, were made around 1565. Elegant and simple, made from metal, their surfaces appear to be hammered, with one adorned with a Hebrew inscription. The earliest…
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Artist Unknown
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin (Ernakulam, India)
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ca. 1565
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1553
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Maurice Ascalon
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1939
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Friedrich Friedländer
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Vienna, Austria
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Date Unknown, 18th century
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The plot of La Juive (The Jewish Woman), an opera in five acts, centered around a romance between a Jewish woman and a Christian man. It was one of the most popular operas of the nineteenth century.
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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
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1835
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Rötger Herfurth
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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ca. 1769–1776
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Jacob Koppel Gans
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Holy Roman Empire (Bavaria, Germany)
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1772–1773