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Notisias dos Judeos de Cochim (Report on the Jews of Cochin)
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Moved by the fraternal love nourished in my…

Contributor:

Moses Pereyra de Paiva

Places:

Cochin, Cochin (Ernakulam, India)

Date:

1687

Subjects:

Travel, Community, Synagogue, Communal organizations, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage
Letter about the Travels of Abraham Rovigo
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Abraham Rovigo (1650–1713) was born in Modena and studied kabbalah under Moses Zacuto in Venice. Rovigo’s wealth enabled him to devote himself to study and to support pious endeavors. Swept up by…

Contributor:

Mordechai de Lattes

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1702

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Travel, Plague, Community, Israel-Diaspora relations

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Travel Writing, Letters