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Mosby

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4. The NYT is wrong about certain facts.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon May 9, 2022, 02:49 PM

May 2022

The temples were built on the top floor — according to Jewish law, synagogues should be the tallest structures in a given area — and had to be hidden because Jews were not allowed to pray openly

This is not true. The synagogues in question were built on top of existing structures because they were in Italy where the original buildings were from 1400 or whatever. There is absolutely no religious edict that requires synagogues to be above all other surrounding buildings height, that's actually a Muslim thing, not Jewish.

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Reviving the Renaissance Temples of Venice's Jewish Ghetto [View all] elleng May 2022 OP

I saw three of the temples when Jewish violinist came to play at my (then) theater (La Fenice) and fierywoman May 2022 #1

Didn't know that, even tho visited it once. elleng May 2022 #3

I was able to see one photo, before the pay wall closed 70sEraVet May 2022 #2

The NYT is wrong about certain facts. Mosby May 2022 #4

I suggest you inform the author. elleng May 2022 #5

Or it could be a Venetian thing -- Venice is prone to flooding. Important things are built fierywoman May 2022 #6