Jews of San Nicandro
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The Jews of San Nicandro (also called San Nicandro Jews) are a small community of Jews from San Nicandro Garganico
, Italy
. All of the San Nicandro Jews are descended from local neofiti
families from the 15th century. Beginning in the late 1920s, the community developed as a result of the conversion
of the Donato Manduzio
, a crippled WWI veteran who was inspired by his own reading of the Bible. He soon converted a number of his neighbors. By 1949, most of the San Nicandro Jews emigrated to Israel. Today the remaining Jews worship in the historic Scolanova Synagogue
, in neighboring town of Trani
, Apulia
.
The Jews of San Nicandro (also called San Nicandro Jews) are a small community of Jews from San Nicandro Garganico
, Italy
. All of the San Nicandro Jews are descended from local neofiti
families from the 15th century. Beginning in the late 1920s, the community developed as a result of the conversion
of the Donato Manduzio
, a crippled WWI veteran who was inspired by his own reading of the Bible. He soon converted a number of his neighbors. By 1949, most of the San Nicandro Jews emigrated to Israel. Today the remaining Jews worship in the historic Scolanova Synagogue
, in neighboring town of Trani
, Apulia
.
The Jews of San Nicandro (also called San Nicandro Jews) are a small community of Jews from San Nicandro Garganico
, Italy
. All of the San Nicandro Jews are descended from local neofiti
families from the 15th century. Beginning in the late 1920s, the community developed as a result of the conversion
of the Donato Manduzio
, a crippled WWI veteran who was inspired by his own reading of the Bible. He soon converted a number of his neighbors. By 1949, most of the San Nicandro Jews emigrated to Israel. Today the remaining Jews worship in the historic Scolanova Synagogue
, in neighboring town of Trani
, Apulia
.
San Nicandro Garganico
San Nicandro Garganico is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. All of the San Nicandro Jews are descended from local neofiti
Neofiti
The neofiti were a group of Italian anusim, also known as crypto-Jews, living in Southern Italy.-History:The Jewish ancestors of the neofiti were forced to convert to Roman Catholicism in 1493. They continued to secretly practice certain elements of Judaism, however, as did many of their descendants...
families from the 15th century. Beginning in the late 1920s, the community developed as a result of the conversion
Conversion to Judaism
Conversion to Judaism is a formal act undertaken by a non-Jewish person who wishes to be recognised as a full member of the Jewish community. A Jewish conversion is both a religious act and an expression of association with the Jewish people...
of the Donato Manduzio
Donato Manduzio
Donato Manduzio was a self-taught Italian mystic.Donato was the son of Giuseppe Manduzio and Concetta Frascaria, poor peasants from San Nicandro. He did not go to school but he learned reading and writing during his military service in World War I...
, a crippled WWI veteran who was inspired by his own reading of the Bible. He soon converted a number of his neighbors. By 1949, most of the San Nicandro Jews emigrated to Israel. Today the remaining Jews worship in the historic Scolanova Synagogue
Scolanova Synagogue
The Scolanova Synagogue is a synagogue in Trani, Italy. It was built as a medieval synagogue, confiscated by the church during a wave of antisemitism around the year 1380, and converted for use as a church known as Santa Maria in Scolanova...
, in neighboring town of Trani
Trani
Trani is a seaport of Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, in the new Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani , and 40 km by railway West-Northwest of Bari.- History :...
, Apulia
Apulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...
.
The Jews of San Nicandro (also called San Nicandro Jews) are a small community of Jews from San Nicandro Garganico
San Nicandro Garganico
San Nicandro Garganico is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. All of the San Nicandro Jews are descended from local neofiti
Neofiti
The neofiti were a group of Italian anusim, also known as crypto-Jews, living in Southern Italy.-History:The Jewish ancestors of the neofiti were forced to convert to Roman Catholicism in 1493. They continued to secretly practice certain elements of Judaism, however, as did many of their descendants...
families from the 15th century. Beginning in the late 1920s, the community developed as a result of the conversion
Conversion to Judaism
Conversion to Judaism is a formal act undertaken by a non-Jewish person who wishes to be recognised as a full member of the Jewish community. A Jewish conversion is both a religious act and an expression of association with the Jewish people...
of the Donato Manduzio
Donato Manduzio
Donato Manduzio was a self-taught Italian mystic.Donato was the son of Giuseppe Manduzio and Concetta Frascaria, poor peasants from San Nicandro. He did not go to school but he learned reading and writing during his military service in World War I...
, a crippled WWI veteran who was inspired by his own reading of the Bible. He soon converted a number of his neighbors. By 1949, most of the San Nicandro Jews emigrated to Israel. Today the remaining Jews worship in the historic Scolanova Synagogue
Scolanova Synagogue
The Scolanova Synagogue is a synagogue in Trani, Italy. It was built as a medieval synagogue, confiscated by the church during a wave of antisemitism around the year 1380, and converted for use as a church known as Santa Maria in Scolanova...
, in neighboring town of Trani
Trani
Trani is a seaport of Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, in the new Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani , and 40 km by railway West-Northwest of Bari.- History :...
, Apulia
Apulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...
.
The Jews of San Nicandro (also called San Nicandro Jews) are a small community of Jews from San Nicandro Garganico
San Nicandro Garganico
San Nicandro Garganico is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. All of the San Nicandro Jews are descended from local neofiti
Neofiti
The neofiti were a group of Italian anusim, also known as crypto-Jews, living in Southern Italy.-History:The Jewish ancestors of the neofiti were forced to convert to Roman Catholicism in 1493. They continued to secretly practice certain elements of Judaism, however, as did many of their descendants...
families from the 15th century. Beginning in the late 1920s, the community developed as a result of the conversion
Conversion to Judaism
Conversion to Judaism is a formal act undertaken by a non-Jewish person who wishes to be recognised as a full member of the Jewish community. A Jewish conversion is both a religious act and an expression of association with the Jewish people...
of the Donato Manduzio
Donato Manduzio
Donato Manduzio was a self-taught Italian mystic.Donato was the son of Giuseppe Manduzio and Concetta Frascaria, poor peasants from San Nicandro. He did not go to school but he learned reading and writing during his military service in World War I...
, a crippled WWI veteran who was inspired by his own reading of the Bible. He soon converted a number of his neighbors. By 1949, most of the San Nicandro Jews emigrated to Israel. Today the remaining Jews worship in the historic Scolanova Synagogue
Scolanova Synagogue
The Scolanova Synagogue is a synagogue in Trani, Italy. It was built as a medieval synagogue, confiscated by the church during a wave of antisemitism around the year 1380, and converted for use as a church known as Santa Maria in Scolanova...
, in neighboring town of Trani
Trani
Trani is a seaport of Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, in the new Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani , and 40 km by railway West-Northwest of Bari.- History :...
, Apulia
Apulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...
.