a quarter soon known as the Ghetto after the Venetian word for copper foundry, the site’s previous tenant. Ziyah Gafić In March 2016 the Jewish Ghetto in Venice will celebrate its 500th ...

Campo del Ghetto Nuovo is the heart of Venice’s Jewish ghetto, a quiet square just a few minutes’ walk from the train station. It hosts the Jewish Museum, three ancient synagogues and the ...

The gates of the Jewish quarter were locked at night. But the Venice ghetto also served for centuries as a center for Jewish culture as Jews from Spain, Germany, France, the Levant and southern ...

The first thing they do is bring out a bag of bread and olive oil so you can make Motzi.  Then, on the waiter’s suggestion, ...

Stepping into Venice’s Jewish Ghetto feels a bit like traveling ... Giovanni Volpe’s store is the quarter’s most sought-after Jewish bakery. It’s not uncommon seeing someone outside ...

Walking through the streets of the world’s first “ghetto,” one might come across a variety of sights: the impoverished Jews confined to that quarter ... Jewish foreigners traveling to Venice ...

The district of Cannaregio is the old Jewish Quarter of Venice and houses some of the most historic ancient synagogues in Europe. Made out of white limestone, the Bridge of Sighs passes over the ...

“They really know how to use technology,” Richetti said, smiling. Many of the circles that make up Jewish Venice converged in that moment. Richetti, who is also the president of the Italian ...

Taking a gondola through the Jewish quarter. I remember one winter it was freezing — I’ve never felt cold like it, in Venice there is no number of furs or cashmeres to keep it out of your bones.

Sponsor Message But whatever the root language, the word's original meaning was clear: "the quarter ... cities like Venice, Frankfurt, Prague and Rome forcibly segregated their Jewish populations ...

Stepping into Venice’s Jewish Ghetto feels a bit like traveling ... Giovanni Volpe’s store is the quarter’s most sought-after Jewish bakery. It’s not uncommon seeing someone outside ...