by hadassah | Jan 23, 2024 | Creating a Physical Setting
Detail of the Dedicatory Inscription of the Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo, 1357 Detail of the east wall in the Synagogue El Transito. By Roylindman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17960839 What do you want...
by hadassah | Jan 23, 2024 | Creating a Physical Setting
Córdoba Synagogue, south and north walls, 1314-15 South wall of the Synagogue of Córdoba, Spain. By Shaun Dunphy – Flickr: Cordoba Synagogue, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24807537 North wall of the Synagogue of Córdoba,...
by hadassah | Jan 23, 2024 | Creating a Physical Setting
Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca, Toledo, 13 th century By Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca, 12th century, Toledo (7), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69778255 What do you want to...
by hadassah | Jan 23, 2024 | Creating a Physical Setting
Speyer medieval synagogue- view from the northwest, view from the northeast, sandstone tile floor By Manuae – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39421321 What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from...
by hadassah | Sep 27, 2016 | Demographic Movement
Perceptions of Medieval Times The medieval period was a period of unusual violence and an unusual level of irrational thinking about the Jews but it didn’t involve unremitting violence. Prof. Robert Chazan. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS. What do...
by hadassah | Sep 27, 2016 | Demographic Movement
Why did Jews choose to live in Christian Europe? In the year 1000, there are just about no settled Jewish communities in the northern half of Europe. And yet, Jews for the first time decide to cast their lot in this area. Why? Prof. Robert Chazan. Produced by...
