- La Juderia
La Juderia, ( _la. לה גודיריאיאאי), was the former Jewish quarter of
Rhodes, Greece . The quarter was inhabited bySephardic , Ladino-speaking Jews.History
Although there has been a Jewish presence of some sort on the island of Rhodes for nearly 2,000 years, the inhabitants of La Juderia did not arrive until the
16th century , after they were expelled from Spain. The Jews of Rhodes prospered until the persecutions of Italian Fascism began in the 1930s, and at its peak the population of the Jewish quarter was more than 4,000.Geography and features
La Juderia is located in the eastern part of the Old City of Rhodes, near a pier used by cruise ships. It is primarily centered around the Dossiadou Street where the
Kahal Shalom Synagogue , the lone remaining Jewish house of worship on the island of the six that once stood, is located, along with the Jewish Community Museum of Rhodes. Other features in the quarter include the Square of the Martyred Jews, which pays tribute to the Jews of Rhodes who died in the Holocaust, located near the heart of the neighborhood, theAlliance Israélite Universelle school, the former site of theKahal Grande Synagogue , and a number of plaques throughout the quarter in Ladino, Hebrew and Italian. Outside the Juderia is the Jewish cemetery of Rhodes, which dates from the 16th century and is one of the best preserved in Europe.References
* [http://www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org/tour.htm Rhodes Jewish Museum]
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Greece.html#The%20Italian%20Occupation%20Zone The Virtual Jewish History Tour: Greece]
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