ISRAEL · 32.9°N 35.1°E · CITY
Akko (Acre)
Crusader-era port where Maimonides landed in 1165 and Nahmanides settled in 1267; today a mixed city with a UNESCO-listed old town.
Modern locality anchor
Akko (Acre)
Israel · City · 32.9°N 35.1°E
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View locationTHE COMMUNITY TIMELINE · EVERY NODE DATED
What happened to the Jewish community of Akko (Acre)?
Medieval Jewish community (Maimonides 1165; Nahmanides yeshiva 1267)
Ottoman city (al-Jazzar era)
British Mandate (citadel prison era)
Israeli mixed city
Today
A mixed city with a Jewish majority and a significant Arab community (CBS-based); the Old City's Jewish life is small relative to the city's size. Major heritage tourism.
LANGUAGES & COMMUNITY
What did Akko (Acre) sound like?
Judeo-Arabic is a language with its own grammar, literature, and history — not “broken” anything, and not a dialect of Hebrew.
AFTER · IN FULL COLOR
What survives today?
In Akko (Acre)
A mixed city with a Jewish majority and a significant Arab community (CBS-based); the Old City's Jewish life is small relative to the city's size. Major heritage tourism.
Old Acre
UNESCO old town · historic site
Crusader halls, al-Jazzar mosque, and citadel museum.
Ramhal Synagogue
synagogue · public landmark
Old-city synagogue named for Rabbi Moses Chaim Luzzatto.
SOURCES & REVIEW
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. (place entry)
Macmillan Reference USA · 2007
Locality population tables
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics · 2022 · open source
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