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[ . . . ] Last week, during the days of Hanukkah, we encountered…
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Israel of Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Beginning of the 16th Century
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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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Philadelphia, United States of America
(Ramat Gan, Israel)
Date:
1973
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The life and literary undertakings of Isaac Orobio de Castro are symbolic of the fate and fortunes of the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi diaspora in seventeenth-century western Europe. His passage…
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Yosef Kaplan
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1982
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In response to questions put by the correspondent of the journal Der Israelit of Mayence to the (Chief) Rabbi of the Jewish community of Isfahan concerning the situation of that community, the (Chief…
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The Jewish Community of Isfahan
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1888
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Behold, at this time, faithful Jews from the lands of Ashkenaz and Bohemia came to Jerusalem from nearby—with letters from both of these lands—as they came to attest and tell of their interest in a…
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Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1525