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Discorso circa il stato de gl’Hebrei et in particolar dimoranti nell’inclita Città di Venetia (Discourse Concerning the Condition of the Jews, and in Particular Those Living in the Illustrious City of Venice): On Jewish Commerce
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The Hebrews have been taught and instructed more than any other nation in the school of hardship under the rigorous discipline of that necessity, because they are deprived of real estate, forbidden…

Contributor:

Simone Luzzatto

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1638

Subjects:

Cities, Economic life, Travel, Community, Antisemitism, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Reportage
Masa‘ot erets Yisra’el (Travels in the Land of Israel)
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Safed is in the upper Galilee, in the Naftali region, with the bulk of the city atop the mountain. Surrounding the city’s mountain are some four mountains; on two of them, all the people are…

Contributor:

Moses Basola

Places:

Ancona, Papal States (Ancona, Italy)

Date:

1521–1523

Subjects:

Travel, Cities, Economic life, Synagogue, Israel/Israelis, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage
Re’shit bikure katsir (First Fruits of the Harvest)
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I have examined the matter carefully, to see whether I should uphold that which they have already done, in nullifying the custom [of reciting the priestly blessing after dark, during the Ne…

Contributor:

Jacob Ulma, Isaac Lampronti

Places:

Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

1715

Subjects:

Holidays, Yom Kippur, Prayer & liturgy, Halakhah, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Journalism
L’educatore Israelita: A Newspaper of Readings for Jewish Families. Compiled by the Teachers Giuseppe Levi and Esdra Pontremoli
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We have already offered a glimpse, in our program, into the nature of this publication. Yet the desire to open our heart, especially to those benevolent people who have looked favorably upon…

Contributor:

Giuseppe Levi and Esdra Pontremoli

Places:

Vercelli, Kingdom of Sardinia (Vercelli, Italy)

Date:

1853

Subjects:

Writing, Scholarship, Nationalism, Enlightenment, Community, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Journalism