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Sephardic Cultural RoomThis cultural center reflects the traditions of the Jews who have arrived from North Africa since the 1960s. | ||
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Seward ParkThis was the rallying point for Jewish workers employed in the garment trade. Every morning, workers would assemble before the bosses of the garment factories and hope to be picked for a day’s work. ... East Broadway, Canal and Essex Streets, New York, NY, United States of America, 10002 -  Map - StreetView | ||
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Shteeble RowTaking its name from the Yiddish for “small room” the small synagogues or prayer houses that were sprinkled throughout the tenements gave this area its name. Often housed in an apartment or a conv ... | ||
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Shulamith Yeshiva School for GirlsA building complex with a complex history, the Shulamith Yeshiva School for Girls has the initials YUHS engraved across the gates and a Vitagraph logo on an old smokestack at the edge of the campus. O ... | ||
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SILOAM TUNNELNot for the faint of heart, a walk through the Siloam Tunnel, or Tunnel of Shiloh, at the end of the ancient City of David is one of Jerusalem’s more unusual attractions. Wading through water to a d ... | ||
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Site of 19th century glass and dishware factoryIn 1879, Abraham Lazare opened a small company called G’Schirrfrommel that made glass and dishware on the Rue de l’Ecole, now the Rue de Robertsau. In the 1930s, his son Paul added a glass decorat ... | ||
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Site of Medieval Jewish Cemetery, AuxerreAlong with the medieval synagogue, the old Jewish cemetery of Auxerre was confiscated by Count Pierre around the year 1200. The cemetery was on the contemporary Place des Cordeliers. | ||
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Site of Medieval Jewish Cemetery, Châlon-sur-SaôneThe historical center of the city was once home to Chalon’s Jewish cemetery. | ||
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Site of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological SeminaryNow the Yung Sun Seafood Restaurant in the heart of Old Chinatown, this structure was named after the famous Torah scholar from Lithuania and consecrated in 1886. The forerunner of today’s Yeshiva U ... | ||
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Site of the First Jewish SettlementThis site was the residence of Abraham de Lucena, who lived here after his arrival in 1654 until 1660. His neighbor on Mill Lane, Asser Levy was the butcher and performed the ritual circumcisions. The ... | ||
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Stained Glass MemorialThe Progressive Synagogue at this location has a stained glass window which memorializes the events of the Shoah. The design was executed by architect Raymond Katz and incorporates a figure representi ... | ||
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Struthof. Centre européen du résistant déportéThis concentration camp was in operation from 1941 to 1944, with approximately 80 SS guards and 7000 prisoners by the time the camp was liberated. The official German name of the concentration camp wa ... Site de l’ancien camp de Natzweiler, Route départementale 130, Natzwiller, France, 67130 - Map - StreetView | ||
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Stuyvesant SquareA notorious villain in the records of Jewish history of New York, Governor Peter Stuyvesant was responsible for seizing the meager possessions of the first Jewish refugees who arrived in Nieuw Amsterd ... | ||
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TEL SHILOHTel Shiloh predates even Jerusalem as an important Jewish religious site because it is here where, according to Josh 18:1, the Children of Israel brought the Tabernacle to the land belonging to the Tr ... | ||
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Telshe Yeshiva AlumniOccupying the Anthony Campagna Estate, awarded the gold medal by the Architectural League of New York in 1934, the Telshe Yeshiva continues the work begun in Lithuania in 1875. Now housed in much more ... | ||
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The Jewish CenterThe flagship station for Modern Orthodoxy, The Jewish Center was founded in 1919 as an arena for Jews of the Upper West Side to come together for social and recreational purposes. Funded by two magnat ... Website: www.jewishcenter.org Telephone212-724-2700 | ||
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The Parkchester DevelopmentDeveloped and owned by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the 1930s, the Parkchester apartment towers were primarily tenanted by Jews until the 1960s. Arranged in a fan shape in south central ... | ||
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THE TOMB OF HONI HAME’AGELHoni Hame’agel is revered as a righteous sage and was also known as Honi the Circle Drawer. This moniker comes from the story that the area where he lived, in the foothills of the Naftali Mountains ... | ||
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THE TOMBS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAELAbout three and a half miles north east of Jerusalem on a rocky escarpment, what seems to be the remains of a gigantic wall made up of huge, roughly cut stones is to be seen. Each stone, or megalith, ... | ||
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