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An Ottoman Jewish Zionist Volunteers for the Greek Army
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Let me be frank: I was there, but as a Zionist. I thought Judaism and Zionism in particular needed to be represented in some way. It was a grand idea, a matter of defending a supreme liberty. Jews…

Contributor:

Joseph Marco Baruch

Places:

Kingdom of Italy (Italy, Italy)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Reportage
Paraḥ mateh Aharon (The Staff of Aaron Had Sprouted)
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The rich and honorable Moshe haCohen, resident of the city Castoria may God protect it, says as follows: he has been given a bad wife, and that during their marital life…

Contributor:

Aaron ha-Kohen Peraḥia

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1701

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Divorce, Nonmonogamy, Muslim-Jewish relations, Journalism, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa, Reportage
The Jews of Hamadan in 1892
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A Jewish girl, having been sent by her parents on an errand to a Jewish neighbour, was one day suddenly seized in the street by a Moslem and forcibly carried off to a Moslem house and compelled to…

Contributor:

Morris Cohen

Places:

Hamadan, Iran

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Jewish identity, Human rights, Cities, Journalism

Categories:

Reportage
The Condition of the Jews of Western Azerbaijan in the Years 1888–1893
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Written today, the 13th of the month of Adar 5653 (March 1, 1893), and addressed by us, the poor and downtrodden members of the community of Urumia, may God protect it, with a thousand greetings and…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Urmiya

Places:

Urumia, Iran (Urmia, Iran)

Date:

1894

Subjects:

Mizrahi, Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Violence, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage
Jaffa Changes Its Face
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We must emphasize the impact Jews are having on the town of Jaffa. Those who knew Jaffa in the past can testify that the town owes a lot to the Jews; its appearance has changed dramatically over the…

Contributor:

Ze’ev Smilansky

Places:

Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Aliyah, Cities, Muslim-Jewish relations, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism
Letter from an Egyptian Jewish Deist on Why He Will Not Convert to Islam
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You said, in the beginning of the second page, “The young man then adopted the Muslim religion.” Please omit this because I did not change the faith of my parents, although I respect the three…

Contributor:

Ya‘qub Sannu‘

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Muslim-Jewish relations, Islam, Family, Philosophy, Monotheism, Journalism, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Journalism, Letters
A Report on the Community of Isfahan
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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…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Isfahan

Places:

Isfahan, Iran

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Mizrahi, Cities, Muslim-Jewish relations, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage