Worms, Germany — Infobox German Location Name = Worms Art = Stadt image photo= Worms 01.jpg imagesize = image caption=Nibelungen Bridge over the Rhine at Worms Wappen = DEU Worms COA.svg lat deg = 49 |lat min = 37 |lat sec = 55 lon deg = 08 |lon min = 21 |lon sec … Wikipedia
WORMS — WORMS, city in Germany. Documentary evidence points to the settlement of Jews in Worms at the end of the tenth century. The community grew during the 11th century, and a synagogue was inaugurated in 1034. In 1076–77 there was already a Jewish… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Cemetery — For other uses, see Cemetery (disambiguation). Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island … Wikipedia
Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright — PC DL JP FRS (20 October 1840 ndash; 6 January 1903) was a British politician. Before his elevation to the peerage in 1895 he was known as Baron Henry de Worms. The third son of Solomon Benedict de Worms, Hereditary Baron of the Austrian Empire,… … Wikipedia
List of cemeteries — This list of cemeteries compiles notable cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design, their history and their interments.Argentina*La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires burial… … Wikipedia
Meir of Rothenburg — Tombs of Meir of Rothenburg (left) and Alexander ben Salomon Wimpfen (right) in the Jewish cemetery in Worms, Germany Meir of Rothenburg (c. 1215 – 2 May 1293) was a German Rabbi and poet, a major author of the tosafot on Rashi s commentary on… … Wikipedia
LEWYSOHN, YEHUDI LEIB LUDWIG — (1819–1901), rabbi and scholar. Lewysohn, who was born in Schwerzenz (Swarzec), Poznania, taught at Frankfurt on the Oder (1848–51) and served as rabbi and preacher in Worms (1851–59) and rabbi in Stockholm (1859–83). He was a regular contributor … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Frankfurter Judengasse — The Frankfurter Judengasse (from German: “Jews Alley”) was the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt and one of the earliest ghettos in Germany. It existed from 1462 until 1796 and was home to Germany s largest Jewish community in early modern times.At the… … Wikipedia
Rashi — For the astrological concept, see Rāshi (Jyotiṣa). Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki, ( he. רבי שלמה יצחקי), better known by the acronym Rashi (Hebrew: rlm;רש י lrm;), (February 22, 1040 ndash; July 13, 1105), was a rabbi from France, famed as the author of… … Wikipedia
SPEYER — (Fr. Spire; Eng. sometimes Spires), city in the Rhenish Palatinate, Germany. Although local traditions, largely legendary, speak of Jewish settlement in Speyer in Roman times, Jews probably first came to the city in the early 11th century.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
