Jewish

List of Places

  • Kleine Synagoge Erfurt, Germany 1840

    The Small Synagogue of 1840 is the oldest undamaged synagogue left in Germany, with an original Torah shrine, mikveh, and women's gallery. The lower level houses an exhibition on Erfurt's Jewish community.

  • Holocaust Memorial Berlin, Germany 2005

    This unique Holocaust memorial was unveiled in May 2005. Spread over a large site in central Berlin, it consists of about 2,700 concrete steles arranged in a grid pattern.

  • Congregation Mickve Israel Savannah, Georgia 1878

    Originally established in 1733, the Congregation Mickve Israel is a Reform Jewish synagogue built in the Gothic Revival style (unusual for synagogues) in 1878.

  • Fairlawn Hunter, New York
  • Great Synagogue Rome, Italy

    This large Orthodox synagogue dates from 1904 and includes an excellent Jewish museum.

  • Jewish Ghetto Venice, Italy 1516

    This is the area of Venice in which all Jews were forced to live from the 16th to the 18th century, as described in The Merchant of Venice. It is home to several historic synagogues and a Jewish museum.

  • Mauthausen Concentration Camp Mauthausen, Austria

    Mauthausen (also known as Mauthausen-Gusen) was a group of 49 Nazi concentration camps situated around the small town of Mauthausen in Upper Austria, about 20 km east of Linz.

  • Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Opened in 1997, this uniquely designed building in Lower Manhattan commemorates the victims of the Holocaust. It includes a kosher café.