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Letter Addressed to the Conference of Constantinople in Favor of the Jews of the Orient
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Paris, December 1876 To Mr. President and Members of the Conference of Constantinople Sirs, You were nominated to discuss the interests of a great number of people in the Orient, and to accomplish a…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1877

Subjects:

Scholarship, Diaspora, Community, Sephardic, Journalism

Categories:

Historical writing, Journalism, Firsthand accounts
Sheloshah perushim (Three Commentaries) on the Song of Songs: Story of His Exile
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R. Isaac ben Abraham ben Judah ‘Akrish, may he rest in peace, from exile in Spain and Naples, said that he would not receive the proud waters [of baptism; see Psalms 124:5], and was driven out…

Contributor:

Isaac ‘Akrish

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

ca. 1575–1578

Subjects:

Exile, Prophets & prophecy, Travel, Scribal culture, Scholarship, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Travel Writing