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Leḥem Yehudah (The Bread of Judah): On the Fate of the First Edition
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I printed my book [Leḥem Yehudah] in Venice at the beginning of for the Almighty Shadai [in gematria = 1553] has dealt very bitterly with me (Ruth 1:20) and the ruler of Rome [the Pope] decreed that…

Contributor:

Judah Lerma

Places:

Sabbioneta, Venice (Sabbioneta, Italy)

Date:

1554

Subjects:

Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Pogroms, Writing, Print

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Firsthand Accounts
Sefer ha-zikuk (The Book of Expurgation)
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1. Whenever the term idolaters appears, and it is not clearly referring…

Contributor:

Domenico Gerosolomitano

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1596

Subjects:

Translation, Polemics, Christian-Jewish relations, Christianity, Print

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Firsthand Accounts
Discourses on the Ecclesiastical and Civil Polity of the Jews
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We have already said, that wheresoever a competent Number of those of our Nation, were settled into a standing Community, the first thing they took care of, was the Erection of a publick School. Now…

Contributor:

Isaac Abendana

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1706

Subjects:

Education, Children, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling
Livro de ascamot (Book of Regulations): On the Education of Children
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Rules and regulations of Talmud Torah, now consolidated, and the general council of our community of Hamburg, whereby the members of the general council shall elect as parnasim (community leaders)…

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The Portuguese Jewish Community of Hamburg

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1653

Subjects:

Education, Holidays, House of Study, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling