This is the building colloquially referred to as the “Maimonides Synagogue” after the philosopher/theologian who is depicted in a statue outside. However, Maimonides was dead by 1204, and this is a 14th-century building. There’s lots to unpack here (but I just spent the day driving from the Canadian border to NYC, so I’m not going to unpack it — might update this later in the week), but the quick encapsulated version is that the mismatched chronology says a lot about the compression of time and individual members of minority groups in the service of reimagining history for touristic purposes. (Photo Credit: Museum of the Diaspora)