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History Of The Jews In Florence
The history of the Jews in Florence can be traced over nine hundred years. Florence ( it, Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. The Jews of Florence have one of the oldest continuous Jewish communities in Europe. The historic Jewish community in Florence is one of the largest and one of the most influential Jewish communities in Italy. The Jewish community in Florence also serves the smaller neighboring Jewish communities in Pisa, Livorno, and Siena. Ancient and Medieval history While the evidence of Jews living in Tuscany in the Roman Era is scant, Benjamin of Tudela recorded finding a Jewish community in Florence when he visited in 1159. The history of the Jews in Florence really begins with Italian Jews from the south emigrating to Florence and the Tuscany, Tuscan region by the beginning of the 14th century. Many Jews who settled in Florence were merchants and money lenders. Emanuel ben Uzziel da Camerino was one of the fi ...
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Synagogue Florence Italy
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish language, Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino language, Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Judaism, Jewish house of worship. Synagogues have a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller Chapel, chapels), where Jews attend religious Services or special ceremonies (including Wedding, Weddings, Bar Mitzvah, Bar Mitzvahs or Bat Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvahs, Confirmation, Confirmations, choir performances, or even children's plays), have Beth midrash, rooms for study, social hall(s), administrative and charitable offices, classrooms for religious school and Hebrew school, sometimes Jewish preschool, preschools, and often have many places to sit and congregate; display commemorative, historic, or modern artwork throughout; and sometimes have items of some Jewish historical significance or history about the Synagog ...
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