Menorah in Knight Templar Church

[Chiram]

While strolling through central Paris last week, I checked out the old St Gervais church originally owned by the Commandery of the Knights Templar (The Order of King Solomon's Temple).

Though the church was altered since the order was banned by the Pope for heresy in 1312, some traces remain.

One curious symbolical remnant are the menorahs in the chancel of the catholic edifice.

Perhaps, like Righteous Gentile JTFers, part of the fabled treasure of the Templars was their deep appreciation of Judaism.

[Israel Chai]

They had a deep appreciation of taking home Jewish artifacts after they decided ransacking and pillaging Jews in Jerusalem was a good idea to do while holding off the caliphate.

[Lisa]

They had a deep appreciation of taking home Jewish artifacts after they decided ransacking and pillaging Jews in Jerusalem was a good idea to do while holding off the caliphate.

Good response!!!!

 

[Binyamin Yisrael]

I saw the archeological area of Akko where the Crusaders were. They are reduced to antiquities and old chuches in Europe that are mostly only tourist attractions now (Most Europeans don't care about religion.) while we are back and alive in the Land of Israel. In Europe, the largest active religion is most likely Islam and in Akko, there are many Muslims in the archeological area. The Old City is mostly Muslims and you hear the Muazin's call all the time. But Akko as a whole is majority Jewish. The archeological site was discovered by Jewish prisoners in the Citadel that were trying to escape from the British Nazi prison. The British Nazis executed Jewish freedom fighters in the Citadel.