Erfurt’s medieval Jews carried many of the same diseases associated with Ashkenazi Jews today. BERLIN (JTA) – The city of Erfurt in central Germany is home to an impeccably restored medieval ...

(JTA) — A United Nations committee designated a group of medieval Jewish buildings in ... Erfurt’s Old Synagogue, which dates back to the late 11th century; a mikveh, or ritual bath, which ...

New radiocarbon dating at the Huqoq sanctuary in the Galilee puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, ...

Oxford students Natasha Jenman and Luka Liu discussed their ongoing research into the medieval Jewish community of Lincoln in ...

Designed to introduce students to the everyday lives of the Jews who lived in the German Empire, northern France, and England from the 11th to the mid-14th centuries, the volume consists of ...

Numerous paintings and sculptures depict Jews as obstinate and willfully blind in their refusal to accept Jesus and his covenant, which, according to medieval Christian theologians, had superseded ...

Located below the museum, the Mittelalterliche Synagogue (Medieval Synagogue) gives a more authentic look at the history of Jewish life in Vienna. Constructed in the mid-13th century, this large ...