Venice ’s Jewish ghetto , considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, is seeing a new effort underway to preserve its 16th … Venice ’s Jewish ghetto , considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, is seeing a new effort underway to preserve its 16th -century synagogues for the faithful who have remained as well as the tourists who visit. For nearly two years, restorers have been peeling away paint and discovering the original foundations of three of the ghetto ’s synagogues — believed to be the only...