ShUM cities
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The ShUM cities are a historic trio of medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine—Speyer, Worms, and Mainz—renowned as a major center of Ashkenazi Jewish learning and culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ShUM cities canonical | 1 |
| ShUM communities | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of cities
ⓘ
medieval Jewish communities ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableInstitutionType |
rabbinical court
ⓘ
yeshiva ⓘ |
| hasNotableRabbi |
Eleazar of Worms
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Judah he-Hasid of Regensburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabbeinu Gershom ben Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ Rashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mainz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificantPlace |
Jewish cemetery of Mainz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jewish cemetery of Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish courtyard of Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval synagogues ⓘ mikvaot ⓘ |
| HebrewName | ערי שו"ם ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAppliesTo |
Mainz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationBy | UNESCO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Ashkenaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ashkenazi halakha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ashkenazi liturgy ⓘ Jewish communal law in Europe ⓘ |
| language |
Hebrew
ⓘ
Judeo-German ⓘ |
| legalStatus | autonomous Jewish communities (kehilla) ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Rhine River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameDerivedFrom | initial Hebrew letters of Speyer, Worms, Mainz ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Ashkenazi Jewish learning
ⓘ
Jewish communal organization ⓘ Talmudic scholarship ⓘ halakhic rulings ⓘ medieval Jewish culture ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent |
later medieval pogroms
ⓘ
persecutions during the First Crusade ⓘ |
| timeOfGreatestFlourishing |
11th century
ⓘ
12th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.