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Bochum 18th Century Synagogue

"The Jewish community of Bochum established a synagogue at 42 Schuetzenbahn in 1744/45" Ruth Martina Trucks Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bochum

First Jewish presence: 1349; peak Jewish population: 1,244 in 1930; Jewish population in 1933: 1,100 The Jewish community of Bochum...

Category: Residential
Location: Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bocholt

First Jewish presence: 1654; peak Jewish population: 296 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 220 In 1667, a considerable number...

Category: Residential
Location: Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bigge

First Jewish presence: late 1700s; peak Jewish population: 72 in 1928; Jewish population in 1933: 28 In 1808, when the...

Category: Residential
Location: Bigge, North Rhine-Westphalia

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Bielefeld Synagogue

"[1905 saw] the inauguration of a new synagogue at 5 Turnerstrasse. The new house of worship not only provided seating...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Bielefeld, North Rhine West-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bielefeld Klosterstrasse Synagogue

" [In] 1847... the congregation inaugurated a synagogue, with a mikveh and organ, on Klosterstrasse...The Klosterstrasse synagogue deteriorated as the...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bielefeld Cemetery

"In 1891, a new Jewish cemetery was consecrated next to the Johannesfriedhof." Ruth Martina Trucks Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 -...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bielefeld

First Jewish presence: 1345; peak Jewish population: 980 in 1900; Jewish population in 1933: 797 The Jewish community of Bielefeld...

Category: Residential
Location: Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Beuel

First Jewish presence: 1808; peak Jewish population: 182 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 133 Shortly after Jews came to...

Category: Residential
Location: Beuel, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bergheim Synagogue

"In 1883, a synagogue (it also housed the school) was built at 10 Klosterstrasse...The synagogue was sold in August 1938....

Category: Synagogue
Location: Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bergheim New Cemetery

"The second [cemetery], located at Bethlehemer Strasse, served the community from 1862 until 1933." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bergheim

First Jewish presence: 13th century; peak Jewish population: approximately 150 in 1835; Jewish population in 1933: 40 The earliest available...

Category: Residential
Location: Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bedburg

First Jewish presence: 1626; peak Jewish population: 73 in 1911; Jewish population in 1933: 20 The Jews of Bedburg founded...

Category: Residential
Location: Bedburg, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bedburg Synagogue

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Category: Synagogue
Location: Bedburg, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Bedburdyck

First Jewish presence: 1664; peak Jewish population: 81 in 1853; Jewish population in 1933: 24 When Jews arrived in the...

Category: Residential
Location: Bedburdyck, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

Beckum Synagogue

"The community built its first synagogue in 1743, but decided, in 1865... to construct a new and larger synagogue with...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Beckum, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 10, 2020

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Jason Guberman-P., A social entrepreneur who specializes in building broad coalitions and melding intellectual and technical innovation, serves as founding Executive Director of Digital Heritage Mapping and is the coordinator of the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.

Joshua Shamsi

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Joshua Shamsi, is Project Director for the Atlas of Jewish Life and Lead Photographer/Outreach Director for the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.

Eddie Ashkenazie

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Eddie Ashkenazie, is a Yeshiva University PhD student focusing his studies on the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in the modern era.

Avital Hirsch

Avital Hirsch graduated Magna Cum Laude from Binghamton University with a BA in language and linguistics. She has studied in Rome at Istituto Lorenzo de Medici.

Glenn Dynner

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Glenn Dynner. Professor of Religion, Sarah Lawrence College. BA, Brandeis University. MA, McGill University. PhD, Brandeis University. Scholar of East European Jewry with a focus on the social history of Hasidism and the Haskalah.

Chrystie Sherman

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Born in Chicago, Chrystie Sherman was educated at the University of Vermont, the University of Paris, and New York University Graduate School of Film and Television.

Gentian Xhaxiu

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Gentian Xhaxhiu, was born in Tirana, Albania, in April 1988. He has attained a Master Degree in “EU Business Law” and has successfully completed the Annual Programme of the School of Political Studies of the Council of Europe.