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On Hearing She Had Been Praised in the Journals
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My soul sighs, fate brings only trouble. My spirit was lifted, and I grew bold. I heard a voice: ‘Your poem is gold. Who has learned to sing like you, Rachel?’ My spirit in turn replies: I’ve lost…

Contributor:

Rachel Luzzatto Morpurgo

Places:

Trieste, Habsburg Empire (Trieste, Italy)

Date:

1847

Subjects:

Poetry, Exile, Women, Sexism

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Shevet Yehudah (The Staff of Judah)
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The slaughter that occurred there, in Lisbon: I was out of the city, and when I returned after several days they told me that the two [events, namely, the massacre within Lisbon and in the surrounding…

Contributor:

Solomon Ibn Verga

Places:

Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)

Date:

ca. 1520

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Exile, Conversos, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts
Consolaçāo às tribulações de Israel (Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel)
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[ . . . ] The Portuguese king, eager to find some logical excuse to vex me, called for an investigation to see if the number…

Contributor:

Samuel Usque

Places:

Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

1553

Subjects:

Exile, Antisemitism, Conversos, Children, Torture

Categories:

History, Historical Writing