Medal Honoring Eleazar ben Samuel’s Appointment as Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi in Amsterdam

In the year 5464 from the creation of the world. If I were to try to tell the travails and bitter tidings and troubles that we the community of Fez (may God guard it!) endured, time would run out and…

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Description of the Celebratory Procession of Prague Jewry

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Print of long procession of people on horses and on foot carrying banners and trumpets, from one archway down and across the page to another archway, with German heading and text below.

Celebratory Processional in Prague to Honor Joseph II

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Ayn naye kornayk (A New Chronicle)

[1742] In the week when we read the portion Toledoth of the Pentateuch a proclamation was issued by the…

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Print of long procession of people on foot and some horses with wagons walking out of a city across hills, with German text above.

The 1745 Expulsion of the Jews from Prague

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Medal embossed with queen on throne before several people and Latin inscription.

Medal Commemorating the Repeal of the 1745 Expulsion of the Jews from Prague

This medal was issued in the Netherlands to commemorate the repeal of the 1745 expulsion of the Jewish community of Prague. Responding to appeals from foreign leaders, Maria Theresa (1717–1780), the…

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Medal Honoring Eleazar ben Samuel’s Appointment as Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi in Amsterdam

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