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From Roman Legions to our Days: Jewish History of Moldova Mosaics
Jews appeared on the territory of modern Moldova more than 2000 years ago. In the south of the country, the graves of Roman legionaries with the inscriptions in Hebrew and the image of the menorah and the Star of David were found. By the time of the collapse of the Roman Empire, Jewish communities had already existed here.
The fate and history of the Jews of Moldova are inextricably linked with the complex and ambiguous history of the region, the events that have occurred and the development trends.
The most significant period for the Moldovan community, which contributed to the European and world Jewish history, was the period of the 19th and 20th centuries, when Jewish life reached its heyday in cities and towns.
It was the time of famous rabbis, artisans and poets, pogroms, the Holocaust and the waves of emigration to Israel, North and Latin America, Europe. At that time, a special literary and musical culture developed in Bessarabian Yiddish.
Today, the hundreds of former synagogues, dozens of ancient cemeteries, remnants of architectural elements in the most unexpected places throughout the Republic remain from the former busy life. Nowadays< already other generations are trying to preserve the past in their own new way, to live in the present and build the future of the Jewish community of Moldova.
