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The characteristics of cultural tourists who visit urban jewish heritage centres: the case study of visitors to the White Stork Synagogue in Wrocław [PDF]
Tourism, 2016 Since the White Stork Synagogue in Wrocław has been restored, opened to visitors and become a part of the so-called District of the Four Faiths promoted by the city council, both the synagogue and its neighbourhood have become tourist attractions which ...
Magdalena Duda-Seifert
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Culture & Musées, 2022 This article proposes a study of the trajectory of collections in the synagogue-museum devoted to Portuguese Jews in the city of Tomar between 1920 and 2020.
Cyril Isnart
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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2020 The hometown of Jesus, Nazareth, is an international center of Christian pilgrimage that has capitalized on showcasing its sacred sites. Architect Antonio Barluzzi was commissioned to design Nazareth’s modern Basilica of the Annunciation in 1954, and a ...
Naomi Simhony
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Disappearing Diaspora: Deterioration and Restoration of Marrakech’s Lazama Synagogue
ReligionsThis paper examines circumstances where religious practices challenge the survival of tiny diasporic communities. The persistence of such diasporic communities might be undermined by the need to fulfill religious practices that are insurmountable due to ...
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A Jerusalem Synagogue Coping During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF]
Journal of Religion and Health, 2021 Ephraim Shapiro, Livia Levine, Avi Kay
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Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2023 Aleinu, a prayer that initially left us with questions, contains interesting qualities. It comprises the text that has changed its tone over generations.
Larissa N. Talalova, Gregory Ser
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The symbolic universe of the Temple
Nordisk Judaistik, 2022 For Jews, the Jerusalem Temple is the historical focus of ritual practice and pilgrimage. After its destruction in 70 ce, synagogues gradually became important centres for community and ritual, yet the Temple remained a symbolic site of hope and longing ...
Johanna Bokedal
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The Loyalty of Tourism in Synagogues: The Special Case of the Synagogue of Córdoba [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Juan Antonio Jimber Del Río +2 more
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Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2023 In Mikołów (Upper Silesia), a synagogue building was blown up and demolished in 1972 – a significant event that is preserved in the memory of the local population. In 2023, on the initiative of local authorities and cultural institutions, archaeological
Radosław Zdaniewicz
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Disappearance on Display: Vanished Torah Arks in Medieval Synagogues and Their Presentation
Arts, 2020 In planning the museum in the medieval Synagogue in Erfurt more than 10 years ago, there was one big problem: the building had gone through many changes over the centuries, which wiped out almost all traces of the synagogue’s use. The Bimah was destroyed,
Maria Stürzebecher
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