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In 1735, Eleazar ben Samuel arrived in Amsterdam to take up the post of chief rabbi of the Ashkenazic community. To mark the occasion, Joel ben Lippman Levi minted a medal. On the front of the medal…
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Joel ben Lippman Levi
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1735
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[ . . . ] The two worlds, in my childhood, were not really separate. The synagogue in Graham Street, to which we walked across the Meadows every Saturday morning, was as much a part of the Edinburgh…
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David Daiches
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Date:
1956
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The resolution of the heder commission and the OPE [The Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia] Committee indicates that our task went far beyond the limits of a…
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Felix Shapiro
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Minsk, Russian Empire (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1912
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This receipt with ornate Hebrew calligraphy was issued to certify a donation by members of Ferrara’s Jewish community to aid Jews in Jerusalem. The funds were solicited by the rabbi of a yeshiva in…
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Unknown
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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
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18th Century