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Ponderings from Provence: A French Revolution

As we travelled through France we did manage to visit one other country, a 15-minute drive from Nice, and the second smallest in the world at less…

Ponderings from Provence: Nice is Nice

Nice, like many other places of Jewish settlement, first attracted Jews who were fleeing other centres of Jewish life. Many of those expelled from…

Ponderings from Provence: Papal Territory

Narbonne, Lunel, Arles, Perpignan, Posquières, Montpellier are some of the great medieval centres of Jewish learning in Provence. Today there are…

Ponderings from Provence: One Tradition, Many Paths

I have often noted that one of most beautiful aspects of the Torah in Motion Journeys through Jewish History is seeing how different communities…

Ponderings from Provence: An Introduction

Provence, where Torah in Motion’s inaugural trip to France is centred, is situated in the south of France closer to Barcelona than it is to Paris.…