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quarter, Via del Portica d'Ottavia
Joelle Bahloul, a professor of
that is adjacent to the main Great
anthropology at Indiana University
Temple, which is Orthodox and
in Bloomington, spoke about her
houses a mikvah. These Jews are
first-hand research on post-
quiet, reserved and keep to them-
Holocaust representation of Jews in
selves.
two European cities: Paris and
Inside the synagogue, which was
Rome.
built
on the ruins of the Jewish
Like Paris, which is still "charac-
quarter, is an Oriental motif The
teristically Jewish," she says,
Holy Ark comes from the
Rome's Jewish quarter — estab-
destroyed Sicilian synagogue and is
lished during the 16th century as
dated 1586. Also inside
La Piatza — still has a
are memorial tablets of
strong Jewish presence.
The mi-va -mi
Jews who died during
Although most of Rome's restaurant is located
Jewish community has
on Rue de s Rosiers in World War I, were
deported during World
moved away from this
Paris' Jewi sh quarter.
War II, and who were
area, hundreds of Jews
slaughtered by the Nazis
visit the quarter on
in the Ardeatine Caves.
Shabbat.
The Great Temple also houses a
"Each week, the area is crowded
Jewish Museum. In the ghetto, old
with entire families after the
buildings abound. Some Jewish
Sabbath," she says, adding,
stores, a kosher butcher shop and
"Families come from all over Rome
excellent restaurants serving up
and sit there and chat. I was so
Jewish dishes still exist.
moved. It has become a place
The more religious symbolism,
where the Jewish soul can be
Bahloul says, takes place in the
found."
Paris Jewish quarter, where more
She referred to this weekly after-
observant Jews of North African
Shabbat ritual as a symbolic return
and Lubavitch influence have
to the very core of our Jewish iden-
returned.
tity in Europe. At one time, this
Proof of the renewal of Jewish
ghetto, quite severe, housed up to
life in the Parisian Jewish quarter is
10,000 people in one-third of a
evidenced by a plethora of syna-
square mile on the left bank of the
gogues, Jewish bakeries, kosher
Tiber. It looks gloomy and oppres-
butcher shops, delicatessens and
sive, reminiscent of the late 1500
kosher cafes and restaurants. This
period.
small Jewish colony, established in
Today, a small group of Roman
the Marais section of Paris during
Jews still lives in the old ghetto
the 13th century, is as intriguing
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