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Portrait painting of bearded man in turban holding a book and facing viewer.

Portrait of Hezekiah da Silva

Born in Livorno, Tuscany, in 1656, Hezekiah ben David de Silva was a scholar best known for his halakhic work Peri ḥadash (New Fruit). De Silva studied in Syria and later headed a yeshiva in Jerusalem…

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Page with Yiddish text interspersed with drawings of large boat, the Statue of Liberty, an anchor, train, and flags.

Leshone-toyve shifskarte (Jewish New Year's Card in the Form of an Ocean Liner Ticket)

This card for Rosh Hashanah plays on the common Jewish experience of immigration to the United States to offer the traditional New Year’s wishes of long life, health, happiness, and success. Framing…

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Page of Yiddish text with illustration of stylized bust of figure wearing necklace and crown next to a bird.

Temerl

Cover image and page 4 of Moyshe Broderzon’s Temerl, illustrated by Joseph Chaikov.

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