Palermo continues to embrace its multicultural heritage and express it in the present, making it a fascinating time to travel there. Read the full article, “Jews Find A New Home in Sicily, 500 Years After They Were Forced Out,” in yesterday’s New York Times at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/world/europe/italy-jews-sicily-expulsion.html I enjoy immensely programming Jewish historical sites into our…
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The Mikveh of Siracusa
One of the more fascinating things that I saw during my last trip to Sicily was behind the wall where this eclectic lantern is hanging. It’s the Bagno Ebraico, Mikveh, or Jewish Bath of Siracusa that was discovered 20 years ago, when Amalia Daniel di Bagni was renovating a building she purchased to build a…