The famous commentator on the Mishnah, Ovadia of Bartenura sipped wine with the Jews of Gaza in the 1480s. The founder of Wissotzky Tea spearheaded the revival of a thriving Jewish Gazan community in the 1880s. Today, there is still a section of Gaza City known as the Jewish Quarter. Find out about the history of the Jews of Gaza who lived, worked and prayed along Israel’s southern Mediterranean coastline.
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Jewish communities in Gaza throughout the yearsThe lost history of Gaza's Jewish quarterGaza, like you never knew itA Brief Historical Review of the Gaza Jewish communityGaza Strip: History of Jewish SettlementRabbi Israel NajaraThe ancient synagogue in GazaBritish military cemetery in Gaza (contains Jewish graves)Maiuma ancient port of GazaHistory Of Yoffe/Yaffe Family of GazaGreat Mosque in Gaza (contains Hebrew inscription)Jewish Travellers by Elkan N. Alder (contains letters from Ovadia of Bartenura and Meshullam of Volterra)
