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A Rare Look at the Jewish Catacombs of Rome

By Letizia Pitigliani

No one seems to know why it is so difficult to see the Jewish catacombs of Rome. But it is.

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Footnotes

1.

Michael Ledeen: “The Unknown Catacombs,” Commentary, September, 1977, p. 65.

2.

Tullia Zevi and Sam Waagenaar: “The Jewish Catacombs of Rome: A Neglected Treasure of Our Past,” Hadassah Magazine, December, 1979, p. 38. (Tullia Zevi is Rome correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle of London, and Sam Waagenaar, a journalist residing in Rome, is author of The Ghetto on the Tiber, a history of the Jews of Rome.)

3.

The lulav and etrog are used in rituals associated with the festival of Succoth, the Feast of Tabernacles.

4.

A gerusiarch is the head of an assembly of elders.

5.

Stalactites are icicle-like formations of calcium carbonate that hang from the roofs or sides of caverns. They are produced when water seeps through limestone and partially dissolves the rock.