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Tseror perahim (A Bouquet of Flowers)
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I had recently published my work Ḥeker davar, and for other reasons, I was compelled to seek out the city of my birth, Vilna, and…

Contributor:

Abraham Uri Kovner

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1868

Subjects:

Education, Cities, Poetry, Enlightenment

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Travel Writing, History, Historical Writing
Shalshelet ha-kabalah (The Chain of Tradition): History of Late Antiquity
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In the days of Antigonus, in about 3160 of creation, roughly 52 of the second rule of Ptolemy II over Egypt…

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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya

Places:

Alessandria, Duchy of Milan (Alessandria, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Sectarianism, Cities, War, Jerusalem

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
Kiryah ne’emanah (Faithful City)
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1. Giedymin, the great prince of Lithuania, who dwelt in the fortress of the city of Troki, once went forth…

Contributor:

Samuel Joseph Fuenn

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1860

Subjects:

Cities, Finance, Justice system, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism

Categories:

History, Historical Writing