sentences:  Kazimierz had a Jewish community since the late 15th century, transferred from the budding Old Town by King Jan I Olbracht following a fire in 1495.It soon became the main Jewish neighborhood in the region and one of the largest Jewish communities in Poland.Originally called the "New Synagogue" to distinguish it from the Old Synagogue, ("Stara Bożnica"), the Remah Synagogue was built in 1553 at the edge of a newly established Jewish cemetery (today known as the "Old Cemetery") on land owned by Israel ben Josef.