The Four Holy Communities:The Jewries of Medieval Provence by Allan Temko These . . . cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger. .…
Temple Emanu-El of San Francisco:A Glory of the West by Allan Temko WITHIN two years after the discovery at Sutter's Mill, the rush for California gold had achieved worldwide proportions. By 1850…
The Dark Age of Medieval Jewry:Persecution, Expulsion, the End of the Paris Synagogue by Allan Temko The spontaneous celebration to which Paris awakened on an August night in 1165 when Philip Augustus—one of the mightiest soldier-kings…
A Jewish Guide to Paris:Mementos of an Old People in an Old City by Allan Temko “Ha-ir hagedolah—that great city!” wrote that great traveler, Benjamin of Tudela, nearly eight hundred years ago.
The Burning of the Talmud in Paris:Date: 1242 by Allan Temko To the Middle Age no subject of conversation was more fascinating than the Lord.
The King, the Bishop, and the Jew:A 6th-Century Disputation; Scene: A Hunting Lodge Near Paris by Allan Temko THIS is a scene of the Dark Ages: when Rome had fallen for more than a century, and the rich…
