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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
The Journey of the Holy Man Abou Naddara Zarqa from Cairo the Victorious to Paris the Glorious
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A Conversation between Abou Khalil and Abou Naddara Zarqa at Café Riche, Boulevard des Italiens, on the Night of the 14th of July 1878, Paris[ . . . ] Abou Khalil:Good Lord, I’ve missed your banter…

Contributor:

James Sanua

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1878

Subjects:

Scholarship, Travel, Mizrahi, Community, Arabic

Categories:

Historical writing, Journalism, Firsthand accounts
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

Categories:

Political Culture, 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