Scuola Canton Synagogue, Venice

Photograph of room with raised wood platform in middle and wooden Torah ark in far wall.

Kadavumbagam Synagogue (Cochin, India)

The Kadavumbagam Synagogue received its name (which means “by the side of the landing place”) from its peripheral location at the border of the Cochin Jewish neighborhood, where it served the Malabari…

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Photograph of room with rows of pews, curtains on right-hand wall, and columned archway on back wall.

Scuola Levantina, Venice

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Photograph of room with ornate columns and pews along both sides, a raised platform on the right side, and several chandeliers.

Great Italian Synagogue, Padua

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Photograph of room with decorated ceiling, central platform with wrought-iron gate, and bookshelf on far wall.

Rema Synagogue (Kraków)

The Rema Synagogue, named after the famous rabbi and scholar Moses Isserles (known by the Hebrew acronym “Rema”), was built in 1553 in the city of Kazimierz (today a district of Kraków). It was…

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Exterior photograph of building with arched windows and triangular room.

High Synagogue (Krakow)

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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Exterior photograph of brick building of high niches.

Old Synagogue (Krakow)

The Old Synagogue (Alte-Schul, or Stara Bożnica) 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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Scuola Canton Synagogue, Venice

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