New Book: The Jewish Neighborhood in Medieval Ashkenaz

Michael: On the History of the Jews in the Diaspora, Vol. 17

Editors: Simha Goldin and Joseph Isaac Lifshitz

Jews lived amongst Christians for at least one millennium and, in this collection of articles, we learn that the daily life and relationship between Jews and Christians was both varied and complex. Even the borders of the Jewish street or the Jewish neighborhood were not that defined. This volume seeks to explore not only the physical structure of the medieval Jewish neighborhood but also the very concept of “neighborhood” and the social and cultural implications embedded therein.


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About Maria Stürzebecher

I am the curator of the Museum Old Synagogue in Erfurt and scientific coordinator for the UNESCO World Heritage application Jewish-Medieval Heritage in Erfurt. Since 2012, I am editing the series "Erfurter Schriften zur Jüdischen Geschichte"; in 2020, the 6th volume "Ritual Objects in Ritual Contexts." was published. I studied History of Arts, Archaeology, Sociology and History and wrote my PhD thesis about the medieval Erfurt Treasure, which was published in 2009 entitled „Der Schatzfund aus der Erfurter Michaelisstrasse – Mittelalterliche Goldschmiedearbeiten als Zeugnisse jüdischen Lebens in Erfurt“.