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The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321 CE, [ 2][ 3] and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages ( circa 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish community. The community survived under Charlemagne, but suffered during the Crusades.
Expulsions of Jews in Europe from 1100 to 1600 Jews of Germany, 13th century. The early medieval period was a time of flourishing Jewish culture. Jewish and Christian life evolved in 'diametrically opposite directions' during the final centuries of Roman empire. Jewish life became autonomous, decentralized, community-centered.
The cluster of cities contain the earliest Jewish settlements north of the Alps, and played a major role in the formation of Ashkenazi Jewish religious tradition, [11] along with Troyes and Sens in France. Nonetheless, Jewish life in Germany persisted, while some Ashkenazi Jews joined Sephardic Jewry in Spain.
The history of the Jews in Alsace is one of the oldest in Europe. It was first attested to in 1165 by Benjamin of Tudela, who wrote about a "large number of learned men" in "Astransbourg"; [ 1] and it is assumed that it dates back to around the year 1000. [ 2] Although Jewish life in Alsace was often disrupted by outbreaks of pogroms, at least ...
Jewish culture. Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, [ 1] from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based religion, but an orthoprax and ethnoreligion, pertaining to deed, practice, and identity. [ 2] Jewish culture covers many aspects, including religion and worldviews ...
A. Jewish anti-Zionism in Germany (1 C, 5 P) Antisemitism in Germany (7 C, 151 P) Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Germany (6 C, 9 P)
Throughout Jewish history, Jews have repeatedly been directly or indirectly expelled from both their original homeland, the Land of Israel, and many of the areas in which they have settled. This experience as refugees has shaped Jewish identity and religious practice in many ways, and is thus a major element of Jewish history. [316]
The history of the Jews in Hamburg in Germany is recorded from at least 1590 on. Since the 1880s, Jews of Hamburg have lived primarily in the neighbourhoods of Grindel [], earlier in the New Town, where the Sephardic Community "Neveh Shalom" (Hebrew: נוה שלום) [1] was established in 1652.