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List of Best Things to do in Casale Monferrato
Sinagoga
Cattedrale di Sant'Evasio (Duomo di Casale Monferrato)
Jewish Community House Monferrato
Torre Civica di Santo Stefano
Museo Civico Gipsoteca Bistolfi
Santa Caterina
Chiesa di San Domenico
Ecomuseo della Pietra da Cantoni
Castello del Monferrato
Parco Eternot
Florence’s Synagogue
The green dome of Florence-s synagogue is one of the most noticeable landmarks on the city’s skyline. It is the centre-point for Jewish people in Florence, and tells a fascinating history of a community which dates back centuries.
Torino Synagogue Fundraising Project
Torino has a Jewish community of 800 members, small, but the third largest in Italy.
We own and run Jewish schools for 200 children, Jewish and not, from Kindergarden to middle school at Bar Mitzvah age.
A large part of our finances go to keep this excellent reality alive, to provide a solid Jewish education for our children and for the broader community, our future generations.
The retirement home is for 50 Jewish and non Jewish elderly, whether self sufficient or completely reliant on care. We look after our parents and our respected elder generation, who lived through the troubled years of the second world war, our past.
We house, assist and support Jewish families and non Jewish family members and people in difficulty, due to health, financial or social problems, including a political refugee and his wife from Africa.
Our Community runs adult classes, cultural and social events and of course all the Jewish religious Daily, Shabbat, Festival and life cycle services centrally in Torino and also in the regional synagogues when possible, our present.
But we cannot forget the need to repair our broken bones, the buildings that we own and use, that we take for granted.
Decades of weathering and use are taking their toll and we have to undertake emergency repairs to protect people from falling debris, and consolidation tasks have to be done to avert risks, followed by delicate restoration so as to continue to provide a beautiful, safe and functional infrastructure for our community's future.
We need your support for our community and for future Jewish generations.
I am Daniel Fantoni, a member of the Synagogue Board and Council.
Thank you
Italian Jewish Musical Traditions מסורות מוסיקה של יהודי איטליה
The track – Maoz Tsur – opens with the blessing recited upon lighting the Hanukkah candles followed by the hymn commemorating the reestablishment of Jewish worship in the Jerusalem Temple by the Maccabeans. The 'Ma'oz tzur' melody from the Verona Ashkenazi ritual is a variant of the tune transcribed by Benedetto Marcello. Other variants collected by Levi in Ferrara Gorizia Casale Monferrato and Turin attest to its longevity among the Italian Ashkenazi communities and its popularity among Italian communities in Piedmont.
This album provides selections of liturgical music of various Jewish communities in Italy, recorded originally by the Italian Jewish ethnomusicologist Leo Levi (1912-1982) from original sources. Contents: prayers, cantillation and hymns for Sabbath, High holidays, festivals, Hannukah, Purim; Songs and hymns for Birth, circumcision and wedding.
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ברכה לחנוכה – מעוז צור
הקטע נפתח בברכה הנאמרת בעת הדלקת נרות חנוכה ואחריה הפיוט המציין את חידוש הפולחן בבית המקדש בירושלים בידי המכבים. מנגינת 'מעוז צור' זו שימשה את האשכנזים של ורונה והיא וריאנט על לחן שרשם בנדטו מרצ'לו במאה היח. לוי אסף וריאנטים אחרים ללחן בפררה בגוריציה בקזלה מונפרטו ובטורין; אלו מעידים על אריכות ימיו בקהילות האשכנזים באיטליה ועל הפופולריות שלו בקהילות איטלקיות בפיאדמונט.
באלבום זה מבחר קטעי מוסיקה ליטורגית של קהילות יהודיות שונות באיטליה, שהוקלטו על ידי האתנומוסיקולוג היהודית האיטלקי ליאו לוי (1912-1982) מפי נושאי המסורות עצמם. תוכן: תפילות, קריאות ופיוטים לשבת, לימים נוראים, לשלוש רגלים, לחנוכה ולפורים; שירים ופיוטים ללידה, מילה וחתונה. תקליטור אחד, מלווה בחוברת הסברים וטקסטים בעברית ובאנגלית.
תקליטור פיזי וחוברת נלווית באנגלית ובעברית זמינים לרכישה כאן:
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Synagogue Music in the Baroque – 2 – מוסיקה לבית כנסת מתקופת הבארוק
Works from the 18th-century repertory of the communities of Amsterdam: cantatas and choral works; and Casale Monferrato: A Musical Ceremony for Hosha'na Rabbah, from 1732.
You are listening to Hishqi Hizqi by Abraham Caceres -
The descendants of Marranos from the Iberian Peninsula who settled in Amsterdam from the end of the 16th century onwards created during the 17th and 18th centuries one of the most flourishing Jewish communities in Europe. The foremost musical manifestations of this community took place during the celebrations of Shabbat nahamu Simhat torah and Shabbat bereshit. Shabbat nahamu commemorating the inauguration of the great synagogue in 1675 became the principal local feast and is still commemorated today. This celebration and the Simhat torah festivities in honour of the Bridegroom of the Torah and of The bridegroom of Genesis occasioned numerous musical compositions.
The recording is from a concert commemorating the 100th Jubilee of the Jewish National and University Library, which took place in Jerusalem on the 11th of June, 1992, with the assistance of Yad Hanadiv, the IBA and the Noah Greenberg Memorial Fund.
Contains works by: Abraham Caceres, Cristiano G. Lidarti (Amsterdam) and anonymous composers.
Performers: The Israel National Choir Rinat; The Keshet Baroque Orchestra; Avner Itai, conductor; Miriam Meltzer, Sivam Rotem, and Aris Christofellis, sopranos; Yaakov Zamir, countertenor; Stephan Schreckenberger, bass; Walter Reiter, guest violinist; David Shemer, cembalo; Isidoro Roitman, Theorbo; Benny Hendel, narrator.
Musical arrangements and realization of the Basso Continuo, Israel Adler.
Accompanied by Hebrew and English program notes, and Hebrew
texts with English translation.
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מוסיקה אמנותית מן המאה ה18, מתוך הרפרטואר של קהילות אמסטרדם - קנטטות ויצירות למקהלה, וקסאלי מונפראטו - טקס הושענא רבא משנת 1732.
אתם מאזינים לחשקי חיזקי מאת אברהם קסרס:
צאצאי האנוסים מספרד ומפורטוגל אשר התיישבו באמשטרדם מסוף המאה ה-16 יצרו במאות ה-17 וה-18 את אחת הקהילות המשגשגות ביותר של אירופה. האירועים המוסיקליים העשירים ביותר בקהילה זו חלו בשבת נחמו שמחת תורה ושבת בראשית. בשבת נחמו הצטרף אל האירוע גם איזכור חנוכת בית הכנסת הגדול בשנת 1675 אשר היה לחג המרכזי של הקהילה וכאז כן עתה. לרגל חג זה ולרגל אירועי שמחת תורה לכבודם של חתן תורה וחתן בראשית הוזמנו הלחנות רבות. יצירותיו של אברהם קסרס ומקצת מיצירותיו של לידרטי נכתבו לאירועים אלה.
הקלטה מקונצרט לציון מאה שנה לבית הספרים הלאומי והאוניברסיטאי שהתקיים בירושלים באחד עשר ביוני 1992, בסיועם של יד הנדיב, רשות השידור וקרן הזכרון לנח גרינברג.
בתקליטור יצירות מאת אברהם קסרס וכריסטיאנו ג. לידרטי (אמסטרדם) ומלחינים אלמונים.
מבצעים: המקהלה הלאומית רינת; תזמורת קשת הבארוק; אבנר איתי, מנצח; מרים מלצר, סיון רותם ואריס כריסטופליס, סופרן; יעקב זמיר, קונטרטנור; סטפן שרקרברגר, בס; וולטר רייטר, כנר אורח; דוד שמר, צ'מבלו; איזידורו רויטמן,
תיאורבו; בני הנדל, קריין.
עיבודים מוסיקליים ומימוש הבס הממוספר נעשו על ידי ישראל אדלר.
מצורפת חוברת עם הסברים בעברית ובאנגלית וטקסטים עבריים עם תרגום
לאנגלית.
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Conservation Project - Window Restoration at Three Synagogues in Venice, Italy
In 2016, WMF worked with local partners to restore the damaged windows of three historic synagogues in Venice—Schola Canton, Schola Tedesca, and Schola Spagnola. The windows of these aging synagogues have long suffered from oxidation, cracking, and water infiltration. Through our project, made possible thanks to the generous support of the David Berg Foundation and our Jewish Heritage Program donors, painstaking repairs were carried out on the windows to protect the synagogues from future water damage and deterioration, a key step in the full restoration of the synagogues and part of an action plan developed by the Communità Ebraica Venezia and the Museo Ebraico.
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SR13: Italian Purim (Livorno-Tunis) - Cantors Sidney Ezer and Matthew Klein
Cantors Sidney Ezer and Matthew Klein
with Elizabeth Rodgers, piano
Traditional melodies arranged by Ramon Tasat
Performed at the Jewish Theological Seminary, H. L. Miller Cantorial School,
Plesser/Weiss Memorial Senior Recital of Sidney Ezer, Jonathan Schultz, Matthew Klein, and Yakov Hadash
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FATE ONORE AL BEL PURIM (From Livorno)
Today I want to sing in honor of this occasion
I have found, saw salvation
From the narrowness [of destruction]
I shall be happy, thankful to my Rock [God] who freed us from death
From the sword of the dove with happiness and great joy
Honor the beautiful Purim that truly deserves it
I say unto you, young ones seeking pleasures
Do not fear at all being considered drunkards
Honor the beautiful Purim!
Honor the beautiful Purim for the beautiful ladies
In its honor the old maids make cakes
For our young ones honor the beautiful Purim!
UAL VIVA NOSTRO BURINO (From Tunis)
Long live our Purim! Let us drink as much wine as possible
Today the Jew has now worries; happily, it is Purim!
Everyone shouts: Let's go, let's go and kill Haman, the traitor
And with his death all the evil people, the nation of Amalek
In order to remember this event I want to sing this tale
And all together let's be merry, let's make melancholy go away
ALAVEMOS JUNTAMENTE AL GRAN DIO DE ZION (From Livorno)
Let us all bless the great God of Zion
Who has given us wine to make our hearts merrier
And with the intention of not boring our audience
I shall conclude this song
May God send us redemption speedily
Let us all bless the great God of Zion
Binghamton: Family gathering Jan 2004
Bill and Sandy Boysick, Bobby and Shelley Flaxman, Alex and Floyd Jacobowitz
The most beautiful synagogue in the worold,Dohány Street Synagogue
The Dohány Street Synagogue (Hungarian: Dohány utcai zsinagóga/nagy zsinagóga, Hebrew: בית הכנסת הגדול של בודפשט bet hakneset hagadol šel budapešt), also known as The Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is located in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest. It is the largest synagogue in Europe[1] and one of the largest in the world. It seats 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism.
The synagogue was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, with the decoration based chiefly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain (the Alhambra). The synagogue's Viennese architect, Ludwig Förster, believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs.[2] The interior design is partly by Frigyes Feszl.
The Dohány Street Synagogue complex consists of the Great Synagogue, the Heroes' Temple, the graveyard, the Memorial and the Jewish Museum, which was built on the site on which Theodore Herzl's house of birth stood. Dohány Street itself, a leafy street in the city center, carries strong Holocaust connotations as it constituted the border of the Budapest Ghetto
Cantor Dovid Rubinfeld
In an ancient synagogue in Italy!
Synagogue - Rome, Lazio, Italy
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- ... I bet if we had heard singing in the Synagogue, the effect would have been the same The statues are of important saints and popes and other people important to the church ...
- ... have seen the movie Only You it is featured in it and tells the legend), the Jewish Ghetto (and saw the first synagogue that was built in Rome ), the ancient ruins where Julius Caesar was kill (Et tu, Brute?), the Golden House of Nero, The Roman Forum, ...
- ... There we discovered an enormous synagogue and then loads of Kosher restaurants and stores ...
- ... I would have loved to have taken pictures but back in the eighties there was a terrorist attack on the synagogue so they have since upped security measures around the facility and no photos are aloud within the gates ...
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- Rome, Lazio, Italy
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- Menorah outside Rome Synagogue by Sarahgrace from a blog titled Great (extended) weekend
- Rome's primary synagogue by Saginaw94 from a blog titled Rome
- Rome Synagogue by Sarahgrace from a blog titled Great (extended) weekend
- The Synagogue by Ebloom from a blog titled Habito a Roma
- Synagogue Arc by Ebloom from a blog titled Creppi Lupo!
- Synagogue by Ontoitaly from a blog titled Second day!
- Synagogue by Gutkincar from a blog titled Day 3 Rome
Italian teens perform in front of Old Synagogue in Krakow, Poland.
Italian teens produce an open-air performance based on Roma Ligocka book “The Girl in the Red Coat” in front of Old Synagogue in Krakow, Poland.
Jacobowitz Family - Trip to USA (1/3)
First part (out of three) of the edited movie of our trip to NY an New Hampshire.
Chabad of Naples Pt. 1
Chabad of Naples
5th Year Anniversary
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Beit Alpha (Beit Alfa) Synagogue, Israel - one of the most beautiful mosaic floors (6th century CE)
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera
zahigo25@walla.com 972-54-6905522 tel
סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this calling in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, glide over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and see the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.
The outstanding synagogue of Conegliano Veneto
The outstanding highlight of the Museum is the synagogue, which is now used by Italian Jews in Jerusalem: it was originally the synagogue of Conegliano Veneto, a village located between Padua and Venice.
Jews lived in Conegliano Veneto from the sixteenth century and prayed in a synagogue in front of a beautiful Holy Ark with fine golden carved wooden decorations. In a carved panel on the lower part of the Ark is a dedication to Rabbi Nathan Ottolengo (d. 1615), who was the head of the Talmudic School of Conegliano Veneto. The Ark and other items of furniture were transported to a “new” synagogue the community erected in 1701. To this period belong the golden Rococo wings and the elaborate golden carvings on top of the Ark.
The “new” synagogue served the small community as a cultural and spiritual centre for religious studies and family celebrations. It remained in sporadic use until the First World War. The last service was held on Yom Kippur in 1918 by Jewish soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army and their chaplain, Rabbi Harry Deutsch
Synagogue Music in the Baroque – 3 – מוסיקה לבית כנסת מתקופת הבארוק
Hosha'na Rabbah in Casale Monferrato, 1733: Musical Ceremony for 3 voices, strings, oboes, trumpets and basso continuo, by anonymous composers. Includes liturgical chants, orchestral overtures, interludes and the cantata-quasi-oratorio Elyon, Melits Umastin (Dio, Clemenza e Rigore, libretto by S. H. Jarach).
You are listening to Dio Clemenza E Rigore: Recitative and aria. Clemenza: Recitative - Akh tov, Aria- Eli.
Live recording by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) from a concert which took place in the Mozartsaal of the Wiener Konzerthaus in the framework of the Wiener Festwochen 1995, on June 6, 1995, with the assistance of the Austrian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Noah Greenberg Memorial Fund.
Performers: Capella Savaria (artistic director: Pal Nemeth); Hungarian Chamber Choir (director: Matyas Ontal); Aris Christofellis, soprano; Luigi Petroni, tenor; Andrea Martin, baritone; Avner Itai, conductor.
Musical arrangements, with realization of the basso continuo, by Israel Adler.
Accompanied by Hebrew, English and German program notes, and Hebrew texts with English and German translations.
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הושענא רבא בקסאלי מונפראטו, 1733. טקס מוסיקלי לשלושה קולות, מיתרים, אבובים, חצוצרות ובאסו קונטינואו, מאת מלחינים אלמונים. בתקליטור שירה ליטורגית, פתיחות תזמורתיות, אינטרלודים, והקנטטה-קואזי-אורטוריו עליון, מליץ ומשטין (ליברטו מאת ש. ח. ירח).
הקלטה של שירות השידור האוסטרי (ORF) מתוך קונצרט שהתקיים באולם-מוצרט בקונצרטהאוס של וינה, במסגרת Wiener Festwochen 1995, בששה ביוני 1995, בסיועם של ידידי האוניברסיטה העברית באוסטריה וקרן הזכרון לנח גרינברג.
מבצעים: קפלה סווריה (מנהל אמנותי פל נמת); המקהלה הקאמרית ההונגרית (מנצח: מתיאס אונטל); אריס כריסטופליס, סופרן; לואיג'י פטרוני, טנור; אנדראה מרטין, בריטון; אבנר איתי, מנצח
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עיבודים מוסיקליים ומימוש הבס הממוספר נעשו על ידי ישראל אדלר.
מצורפת חוברת עם הסברים בעברית, אנגלית וגרמנית, וטקסטים עבריים עם תרגום לאנגלית ולגרמנית
נושא הקנטטה עליון מליץ ומשטין הוא מענייני דיומא של הושענא רבה, דהיינו יום הדין של האדם לפני הקדוש ברוך הוא. הנפשות הפועלות (כולם קולות גברים) - עליון, מליץ (או סניגור) ומסטין (או קטיגור) - מבצעים את תפקידיהם ברצף של רצ'יטטיבים, אריות, דואטו ובסופה של היצירה מקהלת סיום עליזה.
אתם מאזינים לרצ'יטטיב ואריה
מליץ: רצ'יטטיב - אך טוב, אריה - אלי.
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Montefiore Synagogue Ramsgate Open Day 2007
THE MONTEFIORE SYNAGOGUE AND MAUSOLEUM
Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was a towering figure of Victorian England, renowned locally, nationally and internationally. The grandson of wealthy Sephardi London merchants originally from Livorno in Italy he retired from the Stock Exchange a rich man to devote his life to philanthropy. He gave generously locally: his mayoral gold chain is still worn by Ramsgate mayors. Nationally he worked for removal of disabilities for all dissenters; he helped establish the non-denominational University College London. Internationally he most famously fought for and helped financially his co-religionists abroad in times of persecution and established a new suburb and industries for impoverished Jews of Jerusalem and of the Holy Land.
He first came to Ramsgate in 1812 on his honeymoon with his wife Judith Cohen, sister-in-law to Nathan Rothschild. After his first visit to Jerusalem he bought, in 1831, East Cliff Lodge with its grounds, now George VI Park. The pious and observant Montefiores immediately expressed their intention to build a synagogue as a private `chapel' on their estate. David Mocatta, a cousin, was hired to design it.He was the first Anglo-Jewish architect, a pupil of Sir John Soane and architect for railway stations on the Brighton Line. Mocatta estimated the cost at between £1500 and £1600 exclusive of the interior which was to cost £300 and £400. The foundation stone was laid on the New Moon of Tammuz (Leo) 5691 anno mundi (1) or 9th. August 1831 in the presence of large numbers of the family; terra santa[sic](2) was placed where the Ark with its scrolls would eventually stand.
It was on Sunday the 16th. June 1833 that the dedication of the synagogue took place.
The Chief Rabbis of both the Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities were present, leading a large and distinguished congregation from all over the United Kingdom.
`The simple building is based on a rectangular plan with canted corners plus a semicircular apse at the back to accommodate the Ark. It has whitewashed stucco walls and a lead roof. The clock on the façade, an unusual feature of synagogues (the most famous being that on Prague's baroque Jewish Town Hall) is inscribed in English with the motto TIME FLIES. VIRTUE ALONE REMAINS. The chiming clock is the only example in an English Synagogue.'(3)
This clock has marked the time for numerous Ramsgatonians, speeding many a schoolboy late for school. Sir Moses Montefiore's arms, by the side of the entrance, are from the now demolished Judith, Lady Montefiore College; they were placed there after 1960.
`The interior: Semicircular stone steps (at north) lead to a tiny vestibule with a marble washstand. The interior of the small prayer hall was originally dimly lit from above by an octagonal dome and lantern of clear and red glass, a feature typical of the Regency, and by a tiny window over the Ark now filled with a stained glass Decalogue. Only later were windows introduced at gallery level. The classicism of the tapering Ark is modified by the lotus-bud capitals, which give it a slightly Egyptian feel.
Other alterations to the interior have somewhat compromised the restrained neoclassicism: the cream, pink and grey granite and marble lining the walls (in 1912), replacement and rearrangement of furniture (by oak in 1933; the Reader's desk is now in the centre) and the introduction of iron gallery supports and stained glass (also 1933). The gallery faces the Ark along the west wall and has a traditional high latticework mehitsah (*). In 1933 the original timber Royal Family prayer board was replaced. It can now be seen at Bristol Synagogue' (4)
The present Prayer for the Royal Family is for King George V and Queen Mary.
In the lobby there is a memorial to a member of the family who was killed on active service at Gallipoli during World War I.
The synagogue is lit by candles in their original brass chandeliers, as at its parent synagogue Bevis Marks in London. Sir Moses' own seat by the Ark is still to be seen as is that of Lady
Montefiore's in the women's gallery (no.3).
The Montefiores travelled widely and visited the Holy Land seven times. The suburb built outside the old walls of Jerusalem, `Yemin Moshe' (the Right Hand of Moses in honour of Sir Moses) had a distinctly English flavour, and one might say even a very Ramsgate flavour: the ironwork is from G S Culver's Ramsgate Metalwork factory and the windmill was based on the Hereson flour mill. It was built by Messrs. Holman, engineers and millwrights, of Canterbury.
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Arya Leah's Bas Mitzva in Jerusalem: Clip 1
Apr 27, 2000 at the Anna Ticho House in Jerusalem with her family
Places to see in ( Siena - Italy ) Sinagoga di Siena
Places to see in ( Siena - Italy ) Sinagoga di Siena
The Sienna synagogue is a notable, historic synagogue in Siena, Italy. A substantial Jewish community is recorded in Siena beginning in the 14th century. In 1571 the Medici restricted Jewish residence to a defined neighborhood, or ghetto, and it was in this neighborhood that a synagogue was built on the Vicole dell Scotte very close to the Piazza del Campo. The Jews were emancipated from the requirement of living in a ghetto in 1860.
The present synagogue was erected in 1786 on the site of the older synagogue. Because Jews in that era were prohibited from building houses of worship identifiable from the street, the stone facade of the four story building is plain, resembling neighboring residential buildings. The sanctuary is located on the first floor (one flight up from street level). It has an elaborate neoclassical interior, with a lofty baroque ceiling featuring a large crowned tablet of the Ten Commandments enthroned in clouds of glory.
Two tiers of balconies on the building's third and fourth stories have views into the room through elaborate baroque grills. Furniture is arranged in the historic style of the Italian Jewish community, with the bimah in the center of the room. The Torah Ark is a classical marble cabinet with marble pillars and entablature towering almost the height of the room.
The architect was Giuseppe del Rosso of Florence, the master builders were Niccolo Ianda and Pietro Rossi. The synagogue is open to visitors. The historic Jewish cemetery of Sienna also survives and is open to visitors.
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