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Excerpts from the Minute Book of a Psalms Society in the Russian Army
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This minute-book belongs to the members of the Psalms-Society formed here, at Aleksat, of the honorable Jews serving in the army of His Imperial Majesty Alexander, may His glory be exalted, at the…

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Judah Scheindling of Shkudy

Places:

Shkudy, Russian Empire (Skuodas, Lithuania)

Date:

1864–1867

Subjects:

War, Conscription, Communal organizations, Nationalism, Assimilation

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Political Culture, Reference Works, Lists & Catalogues
Grammatica Hebraica (Hebrew Grammar)
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Part One, in which are shown all the rules necessary for understanding language, how to compose and write therein prose and verse, with the appropriate elegance and measure. To the Reader: Although I…

Contributor:

Moses Gideon Abudiente

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1633

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Language and linguistics, Writing

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Print & Book Culture, Reference Works
World Dictionary of Hebrew Slang
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Before the custodians of the purity of the Hebrew language begin to tear their hair out in protest of the so-called indecent acts committed herein, in full view, upon the…

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Dan Ben-Amotz, Netiva Ben-Yehuda

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Date:

1972

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Language and linguistics, Humor, Psychology

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Reference Works
The Earliest Extant Minute Books of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Shearith Israel in New York, 1728–1786
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At a meeting of the Elders and Parnassim this day Mr Heyman Levy paid the fine for refusing serving Parnass Last year, it was at the same time voted by…

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Congregation Shearith Israel of New York

Places:

New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)

Date:

1757–1758

Subjects:

Synagogue, Communal organizations, Sin, Finance, Cantor

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Political Culture, Lists & Catalogues, Reference Works