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Letter Hailing Shabbetai Tzvi as the Messiah
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This letter hailing Shabbetai Tzvi as the Messiah was signed by twenty-four prominent members of the Amsterdam Jewish community who had founded a learned society, Yeshuot Meshiho, in his honor. It was…

Contributor:

Eliah ben Michael Judah Leon

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Writing, Messianism, Sabbatianism, Community, Piety

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Manuscript page with Hebrew writing and Latin signatures underneath, with seal and ribbon on right side.
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
Who Is Vildman the Wrestler?
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Among the wrestlers competing in the current tournament in the Panorama [Building] on Karowa Street, fighting for the 1912 Polish Championship, is a Jew called Vildman.He has become quite famous, in…

Contributor:

Menachem Kipnis

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Sports, Writing, Leisure, Jewish identity, Community

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

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
Ost und West Editorial Statement
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A remarkable transformation is occurring in our days. From the confusion of imported trends that have been crowding Judaism over the past century, an element that has long been overlooked is emerging…

Contributor:

Davis Trietsch, Leo Winz

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1901

Subjects:

Writing, Jewish identity, Community, Diaspora

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism