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The Ghetto and the Grand Canal: Venice's Jews
In 1516, the Republic of Venice confined its Jewish population to a small, walled island in the Cannaregio district. The word 'ghetto' was born. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Venice's Jewish community lived, worked, and created under the shadow of the Serenissima. They discuss the founding of the Ghetto Nuovo, the locked gates and nightly curfews, the special taxes and yellow badges, but also the remarkable cultural flowering: the five synagogues representing different Jewish ethnic traditions, the rise of Hebrew printing at the Bragadin and Bomberg presses, and…
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