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From the United Synagogue:  The Jews of London - https://www.thejewsoflondon.co m/ "Brand-new, free, self-guided walking tour: The Jews of London. Written by Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum and Ben Vos as part of our 150th anniversary celebrations, the tour begins at the Barbican and ends at Fournier Street, Spitalfields taking in nearly 1,000 years of Jewish history. The tour begins by asking: how did the first English Jews live? What brought them to London? And how were they received? Over fifteen stops, we then take in the expulsion of 1290 and the Jews' readmission more than three centuries later. We explore the development of London's Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities, look at diamonds and disputes, the formation of the United Synagogue, the seismic changes brought about by Jewish immigration from eastern Europe, the development of kosher food, Jewish schools and the move from the East End to London's suburbs. It is a fascinating journey and one we do hope you'll...

"A synagogue, a tempel, a kloiz, a shtibl or bet ha-midrash - these words describe different places where Jewish communities used to pray. There were more than a hundred of them in pre-war Krakow, but were they all as grand as those at Szeroka Street? Were they as crowded? Were they all located within what we call “the Jewish Quarter”? We invite you for a walking tour to the places connected with Jewish religious life, during which you will hear the stories about the best known and the completely forgotten Jewish houses of prayer in Kraków." Online tour: Sunday, 19.07.2020, 10.00 Online walking tour live on Facebook. In order to participate you need to buy a ticket and have an active Facebook account. Tickets at 10 PLN are available on Museum’s website until 18.07.2020, 17.00: http://www.galiciajewishmuseum.org/pl/biletyonline More information: weronika.bilas@galiciajewishmuseum.org In Polish. Note to readers: If you're viewing this post via the daily summary email ...