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August 14, 2019

A Rare and Ancient Mosaic from a Greek Synagogue Goes on Display

An artifact of one of Europe’s oldest Jewish communities.

First discovered in the 19th century, the mosaic floor of a destroyed synagogue on the Greek island of Aegina has recently been made available for public viewing. The synagogue belonged to a community of Jews who were precursors of the Romaniot—the Judeo-Greek-speaking Jews who lived in the eastern Mediterranean before the influx of refugees from Spain in the 15th century. Ilanit Chernick reports:

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