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In the Jewish Diaspora, a Jewish quarter is the area of a city traditionally inhabited by Jews. Jewish quarters, like the Jewish ghettos in Europe, were often the outgrowths of segregated ghettos instituted by the surrounding Christian authorities.
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she called, throwing herself at him. She savored that word. Most kids got to use it constantly, thoughtlessly. For her it lay unused, stashed away so many months of the year.
Carmen
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In the Jewish Diaspora, a Jewish quarter is the area of a city traditionally inhabited by Jews. Jewish quarters, like the Jewish ghettos in Europe, were often the outgrowths of segregated ghettos instituted by the surrounding Christian authorities. A Yiddish term for a Jewish quarter or neighborhood is "Di yiddishe gas" , or "The Jewish street". Many European and Middle Eastern cities once had a historical Jewish quarter and some still have it. These include:
In Europe
*Alfama and La Judiaría, Lisbon
- Aljama, Seville
- La Judiaría and Bairro de Monchique, Oporto
- Le Marais, Paris
- La Carričre-des-Juifs and Mont-Juif or Montjusieu, Marseille
- La Juiverie de Fourvičre and La Guillotičre, Lyon
- Saint-Seurin, Bordeaux
- La Juderia, Rhodes
- Josefov, Prague
- Kazimierz, Kraków
- Erzsébetváros, Budapest
- Jodenbreestraat, Amsterdam
- The Venetian Ghetto, Venice
- The Roman Ghetto, Rome
- Giudecca, Naples
- La Judeca (Giudecca), Reggio Calabria
- Tirone and Paraporto, Messina
- Meschita and Guzzetta, Palermo
- Judeca Suprana, Judeca Suttana and Piano di Giacobbe, Catania
- Iudeca (Giudecca), Enna
- La Jureca (Giudecca), Syracuse, Sicily
- Balat, European Istanbul
- Call Jueu de Girona, Girona
- Leopoldstadt, Wien
- Joods Antwerpen, Antwerp
- Sedgley Park, Manchester
- South Tottenham, London
- Stamford Hill, London
- Golders Green, London
- Zhetel ghetto, Dzyatlava
In Asia
Other usage
In the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa there are a number of neighborhoods or small towns, generally in large cities or outlying communities of such, which are home to large concentrations of Jewish residents, much in the manner of old-world Jewish quarters or other ethnic enclaves, though without exclusive Jewish population.
In Argentina
In Australia
In Canada
In South Africa
In the United States
- Kiryas Joel, New York State
- Lawrence, New York State
- Monsey, New York State
- Riverdale, Bronx, New York City
- Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City
- Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York City
- Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City
- Forest Hills, Queens, New York City
- Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City
- Miami Beach, Florida
- Beverlywood, Los Angeles, California
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