Syracusan Jews settled mainly in Ortygia, in the urban fabric that aggregated from the Middle Ages onwards and which still reflected the ancient Greek structure. The Jewish quarter was formed of Vicolo I alla Giudecca, Via del Crocefisso, and the district "di li muragli", where there were small hou...

In the Jewish community, purification rituals played a fundamental role. For this reason, Giudecca would also have a "[approfondimenti id="3186" testo_link="mikveh"]": a purifying ritual bath. The mikveh of Syracuse, one of the most important in Europe, is the Casa Bianca, discovered by chance in 19...

In the heart of the Mediterranean, Syracuse played a primary role as a cultural centre in the antiquity. This geo-cultural context also involves the Jewish communities that throughout the first millennium, following the diaspora, were concentrated in insular Italy, until their [approfondimenti id="3...