Editing Benevento (section)

===Jewish history===
{{see also|History of the Jews in Southern Central Italy}}
Epigraphical evidence show that a [[Jewish]] community had existed in Benevento since at least the fifth century.<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/benevento|title=Benevento|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.byzantinejewry.net/applications/mjcb/show_evidence_details.php?evidence_id=287|title=Details of evidence of Jewish community in the Byzantine Empire|website=www.byzantinejewry.net|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref> In the 10th century, Jewish traveller [[Ahimaaz ben Paltiel]] described the Jewish community of Benevento, among other southern Italy towns.<ref>[[Ahimaaz ben Paltiel]]</ref> One of Paltiel's relatives established a [[Yeshiva]] in town, and a large part of his family resided in Benevento.<ref>{{cite book |authorlink=Robert Bonfil|last=Bonfil |first=Robert |title=History and Folklore in a Medieval Jewish Chronicle |url=https://archive.org/details/historyfolklorem00bonf |url-access=limited |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |year=2009 |isbn=978-90-04-17385-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyfolklorem00bonf/page/n92 74] }}</ref> In 1065, prince [[Landulf IV of Benevento]] forced a number of [[Jews]] to convert to [[Christianity]], which was censured by [[Pope Alexander II]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bnmal.it/sito/2013/06/ebrei-a-benevento-dal-ix-al-xvi-secolo/|title=BNMAL » Ebrei a Benevento dal IX al XVI secolo|access-date=2014-06-04|archive-date=2014-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606214321/http://bnmal.it/sito/2013/06/ebrei-a-benevento-dal-ix-al-xvi-secolo/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jewish traveller [[Benjamin of Tudela]], who visited Benevento in 1159 or 1165, described 200 Jewish families living in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2939-benevento|title=Benevento  |website=jewishencyclopedia.com|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Patai |first=Jennifer |title=The Myth of the Jewish Race |location=Detroit |publisher=Wayne State University Press |year=1989 |page=44 |isbn=0-8143-1948-3 }}</ref> Being under Papal rule (unlike the rest of southern Italy), the [[Jewish]] community of Benevento was not expelled, as most other southern Italy [[Jewish]] communities in 1541.<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary.org"/> Nevertheless, they were expelled from town later in 1569 under [[Pope Paul IV]].<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary.org"/> In 1617 the [[Jewish]] community was given permission to resettle, though were expelled again 13 years later after being accused of [[well poisoning]].<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary.org"/> There has been no organized Jewish community in Benevento since the expellation.<ref>{{Google books |id=jblYAwAAQBAJ |page=341 |title=Encyclopaedia Judaica: Ba-Blo }}</ref> However, an unorganized Jewish community has persisted. In recent years, a few Israeli Jews have faced occasional anti-semitic incidents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://antisemitism.org.il/article/83571/swastikas-were-painted-store-ancient-city-benevento |title=CFCA – Swastikas were painted on a store in the ancient city of Benevento |access-date=2014-06-04 |archive-date=2014-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028200312/http://antisemitism.org.il/article/83571/swastikas-were-painted-store-ancient-city-benevento |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ntr24.tv/it/news/cronaca/benevento-via-iii-settembre-svastiche-su-un-negozio-del-centro-storico.html |title=Benevento, via III settembre: Svastiche su un negozio del centro storico &#124; cronaca &#124; news &#124; NTR24 – l'informazione sul web |access-date=2013-12-05 |archive-date=2013-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212031330/http://www.ntr24.tv/it/news/cronaca/benevento-via-iii-settembre-svastiche-su-un-negozio-del-centro-storico.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>