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The Shum Cities of the Rhine

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Since the High Middle Ages the three Jewish centres of the mid-Rhine region, Mainz, Worms and Speyer have been known by the acronym ShUM, composed of the first letter of the city names in Hebrew - ...
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Of extraordinary significance are the material remains that have been preserved or newly brought to public notice in the three ShUM cities: in Speyer above all the communal Jewish buildings with synagogue and mikvah; in Worms "Holy Sand Cemetery", the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe, as well as the synagogue (destroyed in 1938, reopened in 1961) and mikvah; and in Mainz the "Memorial Cemetery".
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Price: £5.00
Pages: 40
Publisher: Schnell & Steiner
Imprint: Schnell & Steiner
Series: GDKE Bildhefte
Publication Date: 30 November 2015
ISBN: 9783795426736
Format: Paperback
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Judaism, European history, Social and cultural history
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