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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: (L-R) Maria Antonietta Ancona, Evelyne Aouate, Eliana Calandra and Luciana Pepi, who spearheaded the efforts to get a new synagogue in Palermo, pose for a portrait in the Municipal Archive of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Palermo’s municipal archives – whose late 19th century grand hall may have been inspired by the Great Synagogue - recently exhibited the 1492 edict that banned jews from the island and mementos of more recent affronts, including documents from the years following Mussolini’s 1938 racial laws.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: (L-R) Maria Antonietta Ancona, Evelyne Aouate, Eliana Calandra and Luciana Pepi, who spearheaded the efforts to get a new synagogue in Palermo, pose for a portrait in the Municipal Archive of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Palermo’s municipal archives – whose late 19th century grand hall may have been inspired by the Great Synagogue - recently exhibited the 1492 edict that banned jews from the island and mementos of more recent affronts, including documents from the years following Mussolini’s 1938 racial laws.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A coppersmith workshop is seen here in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: (L-R) Evelyne Aouate and Maria Antonietta Ancona - who spearheaded the efforts to get a new synagogue in Palermo - pose for a portrait in Mrs Aouate's elegant apartment, which became a point of reference for the Jewish community during the holidays, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The walls of Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri - today part of the University of Palermo - which between 1601 and 1782 served as the prison and tribunal of the Inquisition, preserve the anguished scratched scrawls of past inmates, including some written in Hebrew, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A document  in which the Senate of Palermo promulgates the 1492 edict of the King of Sicily Ferdinand II (called the Catholic) that banned Jews from the island, is shown here in the Municipal Archive of  Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The rocky seats of a mikveh - or Jewish ritual bath - that was found below the courtyard of Palazzo Marchesi are seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Later in the 16th century, Palazzo Marchesi housed the offices of the Inquisition.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Local residents shops in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever,  in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Palermo’s municipal archives – whose late 19th century grand hall may have been inspired by the Great Synagogue - recently exhibited the 1492 edict that banned jews from the island and mementos of more recent affronts, including documents from the years following Mussolini’s 1938 racial laws, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A centenary ficus, whose hanging roots are said to be tears of the tree crying for the executions that took place here during the Inquisition, is seen here in Piazza Marina, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Local residents shops in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever,  in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
<br />
In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A funeral home is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The entrance to a a mikveh - or Jewish ritual bath - was found here below the courtyard of Palazzo Marchesi in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Later in the 16th century, Palazzo Marchesi housed the offices of the Inquisition.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Coppersmith Nicola La Barbera poses for a portrait in front his workshop in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Palermo’s municipal archives – whose late 19th century grand hall may have been inspired by the Great Synagogue - recently exhibited the 1492 edict that banned jews from the island and mementos of more recent affronts, including documents from the years following Mussolini’s 1938 racial laws, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Evelyn Aouate, an Algerian-born, Parisian-raised transplant whose deepening exploration of her own Jewish roots drove her and others open a synagogue, walks in Piazza Marina, where death sentenced occured during the Inquisition, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A coppersmiths is seen here at work in a workshop in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Maria Antonietta Ancona, a retired anesthetist who goes by her Jewish name Miriam, opens the cast iron gate at the entrance of the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A trilingual – in Italian, Hebrew and Arab - street sign for Piazza SS. 40 Martiri (the Holy 40 Martyrs)  was put up as marker in the area in a nod to the city’s rich past in an area once occupied by Palermo’s Great Synagogue, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: (L-R) Evelyne Aouate, Luciana Pepi and Maria Antonietta Ancona - who spearheaded the efforts to get a new synagogue in Palermo - step outside from the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A historical map of Palermo (the Giudecca, Palermo's ancient quarter, is bottom right quarter) is shown here in the Muncipal Archive of in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Palermo’s municipal archives – whose late 19th century grand hall may have been inspired by the Great Synagogue - recently exhibited the 1492 edict that banned jews from the island and mementos of more recent affronts, including documents from the years following Mussolini’s 1938 racial laws.<br />
<br />
In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: (L-R) Maria Antonietta Ancona, Evelyne Aouate, Eliana Calandra and Luciana Pepi, who spearheaded the efforts to get a new synagogue in Palermo, pose for a portrait in the Municipal Archive of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Palermo’s municipal archives – whose late 19th century grand hall may have been inspired by the Great Synagogue - recently exhibited the 1492 edict that banned jews from the island and mementos of more recent affronts, including documents from the years following Mussolini’s 1938 racial laws.<br />
<br />
In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A chair repair shop is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
<br />
In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The walls of Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri - today part of the University of Palermo - which between 1601 and 1782 served as the prison and tribunal of the Inquisition, preserve the anguished scratched scrawls of past inmates, including some written in Hebrew, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
<br />
In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A street food stand is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A coppersmith workshop is seen here in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Coppersmiths are seen here at work in a workshop in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: (L-R) Evelyne Aouate and Maria Antonietta Ancona - who spearheaded the efforts to get a new synagogue in Palermo - pose for a portrait in Mrs Aouate's elegant apartment, which became a point of reference for the Jewish community during the holidays, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A local resident visits for the first time the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A man walks  in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever,  in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A marble slab, shown here in the church of San Nicola da Tolentino, documents the presents of a synagogue in the site where the church was later built, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A view of Palazzo Chiaromonte-Steri – today part of the University of Palermo - which between 1601 and 1782 served as the prison and tribunal of the Inquisition, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A coppersmith workshop is seen here in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A man is seen here walking in the court of the Palazzo Chiaromonte-Steri – today part of the University of Palermo - which between 1601 and 1782 served as the prison and tribunal of the Inquisition, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. <br />
In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Maria Antonietta Ancona, a retired anesthetist who goes by her Jewish name Miriam, uses an oversized key to open the tall paneled wood door of the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A centenary ficus, whose hanging roots are said to be tears of the tree crying for the executions that took place here during the Inquisition, is seen here in Piazza Marina, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The walls of Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri - today part of the University of Palermo - which between 1601 and 1782 served as the prison and tribunal of the Inquisition, preserve the anguished scratched scrawls of past inmates, including some written in Hebrew, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A Bangladeshi barber shop is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A local resident steps outside from the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: (L-R) Evelyne Aouate, Maria Antonietta Ancona and Luciana Pepi - who spearheaded the efforts to get a new synagogue in Palermo - visit the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A funeral home is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A man walks in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The walls of Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri - today part of the University of Palermo - which between 1601 and 1782 served as the prison and tribunal of the Inquisition, preserve the anguished scratched scrawls of past inmates, including some written in Hebrew, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A narrow and steep staircase leeds to a mikveh - or Jewish ritual bath - that was found below the courtyard of Palazzo Marchesi in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Later in the 16th century, Palazzo Marchesi housed the offices of the Inquisition.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A trilingual – in Italian, Hebrew and Arab - street sign for Via Meschita (the Arab word for both synagogues and churches)  was put up as marker in the area in a nod to the city’s rich past in an area once occupied by Palermo’s Great Synagogue, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A Tunisian barber cuts the hair of his client in his barber shop here in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever,  in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A Bangladeshi fast food restaurant (left) and a Tunisian barber shop are seen here in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever,  in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A street view of Vicolo Meschita - part of an area once occupied by Palermo’s Great Synagogue - where the new synagogue will be housed in a former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, an unusual name for a church in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Meschita is the Arab word for both synagogues and churches.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The tower of Palazzo Marchesi, where a a mikveh - or Jewish ritual bath - was found below the courtyard, is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Later in the 16th century, Palazzo Marchesi housed the offices of the Inquisition.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A marble slab, shown here in the church of San Nicola da Tolentino, documents the presents of a synagogue in the site where the church was later built, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Coppersmith Nicola La Barbera poses for a portrait in front his workshop in Via Calderai, whose name (of Arab origin) recalls for the tinkers and coppersmiths whose shops have lined the street practically forever, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The walls of Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri - today part of the University of Palermo - which between 1601 and 1782 served as the prison and tribunal of the Inquisition, preserve the anguished scratched scrawls of past inmates, including some written in Hebrew, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Abandoned chairs are seen here in the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Abandoned chairs are seen here in the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: Abandoned chairs are seen here in the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A narrow passage is seen here in the  Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
    CIPG_20170322_NYT_JewishPalermo__M3_...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The walls of Palazzo Chiaramonte-Steri - today part of the University of Palermo - which between 1601 and 1782 served as the prison and tribunal of the Inquisition, preserve the anguished scratched scrawls of past inmates, including some written in Hebrew, in Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: The mikveh - or Jewish ritual bath - that was found below the courtyard of Palazzo Marchesi is seen here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017. Later in the 16th century, Palazzo Marchesi housed the offices of the Inquisition.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 22 MARCH 2017: A local resident visits for the first time the former Baroque oratory known as Santa Maria del Sabato, or Holy Mary of Saturday, that will soon become Palermo's first synagogue in 500 years, here in the Giudecca, the ancient Jewish quarter of Palermo, Italy, on March 22nd 2017.<br />
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In 1492, Sicily’s Jews were banished from the island, the victims of a Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism. On Jan. 12, exactly 524 years to the day that the edict gave as a deadline for Sicily’s Jews to depart, Palermo’s archbishop, Corrado Lorefice, granted the emerging community the use of a deconsacrated oratory, to be transformed into Palermo’s first stable synagogue in five centuries.  The synagogue will be located in what once was known as the Giudecca, Palermo’s ancient Jewish quarter
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