MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: jewish

Synagogue

Synagogue

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22 Feb 2016 1 457
Calle Ghetto Vecchio, outside the old gated ghetto.
Synagogue Plaque

Synagogue Plaque

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22 Feb 2016 359
Calle Ghetto Vecchio, outside the old gated ghetto.
Adolfo Ottolenghi Plaque

Adolfo Ottolenghi Plaque

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22 Feb 2016 437
Rabbi Adolfo Ottolenghi was deported by the Nazis and died in 1944.
Ghetto Gate Hinge Slot

Ghetto Gate Hinge Slot

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22 Feb 2016 2 2 472
Each of the two entrances to the Jewish ghetto had large gates, which were locked every night. You can see where one of the hinges used to be.
Ponte de Ghetto Vecchio

Ponte de Ghetto Vecchio

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22 Feb 2016 731
Each of the two entrances to the Jewish ghetto had large gates, which were locked every night. You can see where one of the hinges used to be.
Signs

Signs

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22 Feb 2016 1 362
Gam Gam is the first kosher restaurant in Venice.
Additions

Additions

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22 Feb 2016 1 1 468
I think the room on the left is a small synagogue. Venetian law at one time prohibited the building of separate synagogues, and Jewish law required that there be nothing between the congregation and the heavens.
Museo Ebraico

Museo Ebraico

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22 Feb 2016 1 392
The Jewish Museum
Banco Rosso

Banco Rosso

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22 Feb 2016 1 459
The oldest pawnshop in the world. Jews were allowed to engage in only a few occupations, money lending being one. Since the population was largely illiterate, each pawnbroker used a different colored paper for their receipts. Banco Rosso used red slips, and thus the phrase "in the red" was born.
Pawnshop

Pawnshop

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22 Feb 2016 373
The oldest pawnshop in the world. Jews were allowed to engage in only a few occupations, money lending being one. Since the population was largely illiterate, each pawnbroker used a different colored paper for their receipts. Banco Rosso used red slips, and thus the phrase "in the red" was born.
Campo de Gheto Novo

Campo de Gheto Novo

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22 Feb 2016 362
At one time, 5000 people lived in the ghetto. www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/venice-ghetto
Holocaust Memorial 4

Holocaust Memorial 4

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22 Feb 2016 1 370
Campo de Gheto Novo. 247 Venetian Jews were deported to concentration camps. Only eight returned at the end of the war.
Holocaust Memorial 3

Holocaust Memorial 3

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22 Feb 2016 2 377
Campo de Gheto Novo. 247 Venetian Jews were deported to concentration camps. Only eight returned at the end of the war.
Holocaust Memorial 2

Holocaust Memorial 2

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)
22 Feb 2016 355
Campo de Gheto Novo. 247 Venetian Jews were deported to concentration camps. Only eight returned at the end of the war.
Holocaust Memorial 1

Holocaust Memorial 1

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)
22 Feb 2016 362
Campo de Gheto Novo. 247 Venetian Jews were deported to concentration camps. Only eight returned at the end of the war.
Sotoportego de Gheto Novo

Sotoportego de Gheto Novo

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22 Feb 2016 2 443
Covered alleyway
Campo de Gheto Novo

Campo de Gheto Novo

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22 Feb 2016 379
www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/venice-ghetto
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