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The press of Solomon Proops was one of the most prolific and well-known Hebrew presses in eighteenth-century Europe. The printer’s mark used by Proops (which does not appear on all his works) depicts…
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Solomon Proops
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1730
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The stamp of Joseph Knebel’s publishing house features his initials, J. K., on a leaf-like shield mounted on a floral wreath.
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Joseph Knebel
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1909
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The photomontages that Benor-Kalter began to make in the 1930s were a departure from his earlier straightforward style and allowed him to use photography to create visual metaphors. Here, a…
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Jacob Benor-Kalter
Places:
Mandate Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Date:
1929–1939
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The Gazeta de Amsterdam was printed by David de Castro Tartas, in that city, not regularly, from 1672 to 1702. This is considered the first Jewish newspaper, although it has no particular Jewish…
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David de Castro Tartas
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1675
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This book was printed in Belvedere, outside Constantinople, by Reina Nasi, the daughter of Gracia Nasi, and widow of Joseph. She was the first Jewish woman to establish her own press.
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Doña Reina Mendes
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1593–1595
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This is one of three known portraits of Jacob Judah Leon Templo, who was famous for his elaborate wooden model of the Temple of Solomon, which he turned into a traveling exhibition and showed and…
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Shalom Italia
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1640–1649