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The Largest Mill in the Orient (Postcard)
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When the Allatini Mills building was built in 1898, it was considered the largest industrial building in the “Orient” (then the catch-all term for the non-European world east of Europe). The first…

Contributor:

Vitaliano Poselli

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1900–1912

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Sephardi, Christian-Jewish relations, Cities, Labor

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture
Large symmetrical, rectangular building next to body of water.
Seder Eliyahu zuta (The Minor Order of Elijah)
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The Sultan Selim loved the Jews very much, for he realized that with their help he could strike nations and kill mighty kings. [ . . . ] And it came to pass on the third day, when the Sultan…

Contributor:

Elijah Capsali

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1523

Subjects:

Monarchy, Conversion, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Religion & Theology