in the Fort Cochin area, where traditional large colonial bungalows and Jew houses have been converted into homestays. Alappuzha and Kottayam have many...

located on top of it. Famous Madayi Kavu Temple is situated here. There is a Jew' Pond on the rock. There is a travelers bungalow built by the British in...

the three synagogues that remain in Spain from before the expulsion of the Jews in the 16th century, two of which are in Toledo (the third is in Córdoba)...

rather indigenous Jews of Greece who have lived on Greek soil for over 2,300 years. At the beginning of the 20th century these Hellenized Jews, known as "Romaniotes"...

calendar Jewish religious observances. Many American Jews invite traveling Jews and/or non-Jews to their Seder on one of the first two nights. Expect...

middle of the 15th century Szerdahely became an oppidum, or market town. Many Jews settled here in the 18th century. In 1880 the town had 4,182 inhabitants...

Jews rights by reason of their presence in politics and their personal history. The Angioinians, instead, ordered the forced conversion of most Jews to...

school (but not necessarily well). Yiddish is widely spoken among Chasidic Jews, while Pennsylvania Dutch is the primary language in Amish communities. Because...

During that time an estimated 90% of Jews were Sephardi. (In the 19th century, on the other hand, roughly 90% of Jews were Ashkenazim [German and Eastern...

willing to give a hand. German Jews settled this little pueblo in the early 1940s. Many streets are named for Ashkenazic Jews. Most visitors will fly in to...

Dutch Republic, and many migrants sought refuge in Amsterdam, including Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, merchants from Antwerp and Huguenots (French...

mini museum. (updated Jun 2017) 9.956576.266 International Pepper Exchange, Jew town, Fort Kochi, ☏ +91 484 253 9001. Kochi's answer to New York's Wall Street...

earthquakes. It was cosmopolitan, with a majority of Greek Orthodox plus many Jews, Armenians, Muslims, Italians and French, each injecting their own culture...

most of the Syrian Jews were resettled in the United States in the 1990s in exchange for sanctions relief by the U.S., and the last Jews fled Syria for Israel...

in the city, giving it the name 'The Jerusalem of the Balkans'. Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together in Thessaloniki for over 400 years. During...

Mattanchery Old Spice Market, one of the oldest spice markets in the country. Jew town in Fort Kochi has numerous antique and craft stores. Most of the antique...

often with garlic (alho, hence the name). Originally made by Portuguese Jews using veal, duck, chicken, quail or rabbit, they can now contain pork. Carne...

democratic institutions were dismantled and the police state was enhanced. Jews, Slavs, Romani/Sinti people (Gypsies), handicapped people, homosexuals, socialists...

25-26) and Ibn Battuta, who in 1331 AD recorded how Christians, Greeks, Jews, and royal court each inhabited their own walled enclave, while the Muslims...

Dacatur, may be a one of the better options in the region for observant Jews who need a place to stay on the Sabbath. ~$51.   36.1333-115.084911 Boulder...