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Moved by the fraternal love nourished in my…
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Moses Pereyra de Paiva
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin (Ernakulam, India)
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1687
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These are the things that have no set limit [m. Peah 1:1] for the benefactors of the nation, friends and nobles, young and old, and righteous women, who have come together in the gemilut ḥasadim…
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The Gemilut Ḥasadim (Giving of Loving-Kindness) Society of Ferrara
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Province of Ferrara, Italy)
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1515
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The following incident occurred: On the holy Sabbath of ḥol ha-mo‘ed Passover in the year 5335 [1575], many virtuous individuals from the Lisbon congregation arose and came to an agreement among…
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Nicolas de Nicolay, Isaac Adarbi
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Mid–16th Century
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Zetim:How blessed and how happy must that man
A thousand times be called who acknowledges
One God alone, a single entity.
Gerizim:How happy and how blessed must he be
Who in God’s holy Law meditates
B…
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Reuel Jessurun
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1624
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Mom was taken away, I don’t know exactly where. Dad says she is in a nice place where they take good care of her. I miss her…although I understand. Dad says she suffered from a sickening love for…
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Alcina Lubitch Domecq
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1984
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Mrs. Levy made it her business to be our eyes and ears, the supplier of all information and news. Her job would be easy this time—she had the good fortune to live directly across the street from…
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Tova Mirvis
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Newton, United States of America
Date:
1999
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The theater troupe at the Saidye Bronfman Centre decided to practice a bit of outreach to the city’s French Canadian majority by staging a play by the Québécois dramatist Michel Tremblay. It wouldn’t…
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Alan M. Tigay
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Northvale, United States of America
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1993
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Jewish identity in the preemancipation period assumed essentially one of two forms—religion or communalism. Each in its own way was a break with tradition. Each was predicated on acceptance of the…
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Charles S. Liebman
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Ramat Gan, Israel
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1973
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The Jewish community as a whole is a unique blend of kinship and consent. […] The fact that Jews are born Jewish places them in a special position to begin with, one that more often than not has…
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Daniel J. Elazar
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1976
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The use of the notion of “community” to define French Judaism is not self-evident. On the one hand, if “community” renders the medieval kahal, the concept has a long history and has engendered any…
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Shmuel Trigano
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Nanterre, France
Date:
1994