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Jewish Quarter (diaspora)
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In the Jewish Diaspora, a Jewish quarter is the area of a city traditionally inhabited by Jews. Jewish quarters were often the outgrowths of segregated ghettos. The Yiddish term for a Jewish quarter or neighborhood is "Di yiddishe gas" (Yiddish: די ייִדדישע גאַס ), 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:
- Josefov, Prague
- Kazimierz, Cracow
- Erzsébetváros, Budapest
- Jodenbreestraat, Amsterdam
- The Venetian Ghetto, Venice
- The Roman Ghetto, Rome
- Balat, European Istanbul
- Call Jueu de Girona, Girona
- Leopoldstadt, Wien
- Le Marais, Paris
- Joods Antwerpen, Antwerp
- Sedgley Park, Manchester
- South Tottenham, London
- Golders Green, London
- Zhetel ghetto, Dzyatlava
- In Asia:
In the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa it has become often the case when jewish inmigrants move to the same neighorbood, where they establich community centers, synagogues, schools and grocery stores where they find kosher-certified products; but this does not mean only jews live in these neighborhoods, only that the major concetration are in these neighborhood, areas or sometimes districts and full towns when the community is very large. Some of these are:
- In the United States:
- Kiryat 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
- In Australia:
- In South Africa:
- In Argentina:
- In Canada: